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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 30, 1956
Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- 쉐릴 리 랠프
Sheryl Lee Ralph
1.7 Popularity
Biography
Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen she earned acclaim for her role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Since 2021, she has starred as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
9.0
Self
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025
0.0
Hazel Scott (voice)
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
1.0
Joanne
Ricky
2025
6.0
Kitty
The Fabulous Four
2024
7.5
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Real Red Tails
2024
6.9
Additional Voices (voice)
Young Love
2023
5.5
Angelique
The Young Wife
2023
7.2
Self
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
Credits
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
as Self
2025
9.0
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
as Hazel Scott (voice)
2025
0.0
Ricky
as Joanne
2025
1.0
The Fabulous Four
as Kitty
2024
6.0
The Real Red Tails
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
7.5
Young Love
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
6.9
The Young Wife
as Angelique
2023
5.5
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2022
7.2
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
How We Roll
as Loretta
2022
5.4
Abbott Elementary
as Barbara Howard
2021
7.4
Christmas in My Heart
as Ruthie Sampson
2021
5.9
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
2021
3.2
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
2021
7.0
Christmas Comes Twice
as Ms. Nelson
2020
6.3
Fashionably Yours
as Janet
2020
6.5
Motherland: Fort Salem
as President Kelly Wade
2020
7.9
Christmas Hotel
as Marnie
2019
6.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Asia's Mother
2019
7.0
Fam
as Rose
2019
6.5
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
as Mrs. Wright
2018
6.9
Forbidden
2018
8.2
Step Sisters
as Yvonne Bishop
2018
6.4
Christmas at Holly Lodge
as Nadine
2017
5.9
Just Getting Started
as Roberta
2017
4.9
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
6.1
The Quad
as Ula Pettiway
2017
5.3
MacGyver
as Mama Colton
2016
7.3
One Mississippi
as Felicia
2016
6.9
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Instant Mom
as Maggie Turner
2013
8.2
Ray Donovan
as Claudette
2013
7.5
JD Lawrence's Community Service
as Carolyn
2013
0.0
Christmas in Compton
as Abuta
2012
3.2
Smash
as Cynthia Moore
2012
6.4
Ladies of the Church
2012
0.0
2 Broke Girls
as Genét
2011
7.2
Young Justice
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2010
8.4
Blessed and Cursed
as Lady Wright
2010
6.7
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
5.5
Hannah Montana
as Clarice Johnson
2006
7.1
Barbershop
as Claire
2005
7.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Barbara Howard
2005
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
as Cheetah (voice)
2004
8.3
Las Vegas
as Janet Ellis
2003
7.0
Whoopi
as Florence
2003
8.7
Justice League
as Cheetah (voice)
2001
8.2
The Proud Family
as Diana Parker (voice)
2001
7.7
The Jennie Project
as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
2001
6.1
The District
as Dee Banks
2000
6.8
Static Shock
as Trina Jessup (voice)
2000
8.1
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
as Nurse
2000
4.6
Deterrence
as Gayle Redford
2000
6.1
The Parkers
1999
8.2
🎬
Hook'd Up
as Chantal
1999
0.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1998
7.3
The Wild Thornberrys
as Lioness #2 (voice)
1998
7.0
Jamaica Beat
as Sylvia Jones
1997
6.0
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
1996
7.8
Bogus
as Ruth Clark
1996
5.8
7th Heaven
as Nurse
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Lover's Knot
as Charlotte
1996
4.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Moesha
as Dee Mitchell
1996
7.0
White Man's Burden
as Roberta
1995
5.1
Witch Hunt
as Hypolita Kropotkin
1994
5.1
ER
as Gloria Gallant
1994
7.8
The Flintstones
as Mrs. Pyrite
1994
5.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Florence Watson
1993
6.4
🎬
George
1993
0.0
The Distinguished Gentleman
as Miss Loretta
1992
6.0
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
Mistress
as Beverly Dumont
1992
5.5
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as Miss Rosalee
1991
4.6
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
1991
8.0
To Sleep with Anger
as Linda
1990
6.7
New Attitude
as Vicki St. James
1990
10.0
🎬
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
5.0
Skin Deep
as Receptionist
1989
6.1
The Mighty Quinn
as Lola Quinn
1989
6.0
Oliver & Company
as Rita (voice)
1988
6.7
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
as Corelle
1987
0.0
🎬
Wordplay
as Self - Celebrity Panelist
1986
0.5
Designing Women
as Etienne Toussant Bouvier
1986
6.8
L.A. Law
as Renee Quintana
1986
7.0
Amazing Stories
as show singer
1985
7.4
Code Name: Foxfire
as Maggie Bryan
1985
0.0
Code Name: Foxfire
as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
1985
0.0
V
as Glenna
1984
7.0
Hunter
as Josie Clifford
1984
7.1
The Neighborhood
as Doris Campbell
1982
6.0
Falcon Crest
as Mooshy Tucker
1981
5.5
It's a Living
as Ginger St. James
1980
5.7
A Piece of the Action
as Barbara Hanley
1977
5.6
Wonder Woman
as Bobbie
1975
7.0
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
American Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1974
8.2
Good Times
1974
8.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Cars: Lightning Racers
as Ms. Blinker (voice)
N/A
0.0