Sheryl Lee Ralph
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.
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Acted in
Ricky
2025
as Joanne
The Fabulous Four
2024
as Kitty
The Real Red Tails
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Young Love
2023
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Young Wife
2023
as Angelique
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
as Self
How We Roll
2022
as Loretta
Abbott Elementary
2021
as Barbara Howard
Christmas in My Heart
2021
as Ruthie Sampson
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
as Ms. Nelson
Fashionably Yours
2020
as Janet
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
as President Kelly Wade
Christmas Hotel
2019
as Marnie
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Asia's Mother
Fam
2019
as Rose
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
as Mrs. Wright
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters
2018
as Yvonne Bishop
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
as Nadine
Just Getting Started
2017
as Roberta
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
The Quad
2017
as Ula Pettiway
Call Me Madame: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Sheryl Lee Ralph
2016
as Self - Host
MacGyver
2016
as Mama Colton
One Mississippi
2016
as Felicia
Instant Mom
2013
as Maggie Turner
Ray Donovan
2013
as Claudette
Christmas in Compton
2012
as Abuta
Smash
2012
as Cynthia Moore
Ladies of the Church
2012
2 Broke Girls
2011
as Genét
Young Justice
2010
as Amanda Waller (voice)
Blessed and Cursed
2010
as Lady Wright
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Hannah Montana
2006
as Clarice Johnson
Barbershop
2005
as Claire
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Cheetah (voice)
Las Vegas
2003
Whoopi
2003
as Florence
Justice League
2001
as Cheetah (voice)
The Proud Family
2001
as Diana Parker (voice)
The Jennie Project
2001
as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
The District
2000
as Lt. Dee Banks
Static Shock
2000
as Trina Jessup (voice)
Deterrence
2000
as Gayle Redford
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
as Nurse
The Parkers
1999
Hook'd Up
1999
as Chantal
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Lioness #2 (voice)
Jamaica Beat
1997
as Sylvia Jones
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
Bogus
1996
as Ruth Clark
7th Heaven
1996
as Nurse
Lover's Knot
1996
as Charlotte
Moesha
1996
Moesha
1996
as Dee Mitchell
White Man's Burden
1995
as Roberta
Witch Hunt
1994
as Hypolita Kropotkin
ER
1994
as Gloria Gallant
The Flintstones
1994
as Mrs. Pyrite
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Florence Watson
George
1993
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Miss Loretta
Mistress
1992
as Beverly Dumont
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Linda
New Attitude
1990
as Vicki St. James
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
Skin Deep
1989
as Receptionist
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Lola Quinn
Oliver & Company
1988
as Rita (voice)
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
as Corelle
Designing Women
1986
as Etienne Toussant Bouvier
L.A. Law
1986
as Renee Quintana
Amazing Stories
1985
as show singer
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
as Maggie Bryan
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
V
1984
as Glenna
Hunter
1984
as Josie Clifford
The Neighborhood
1982
as Doris Campbell
Falcon Crest
1981
as Mooshy Tucker
It's a Living
1980
as Ginger St. James
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Barbara Hanley
Wonder Woman
1975
as Bobbie
The Jeffersons
1975
Good Times
1974