Biography
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Acting
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 Ser…
Career works
124
Movies
49
Series
75
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
12/30/1956
Place of birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026 · 4.0
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · 9.0
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025 · 1.0
Ricky
2025 · 1.0
The Fabulous Four
2024 · 6.0
The Real Red Tails
2024 · 7.5
Disney 100: Remember That
2023 · 10.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · 8.3
The Young Wife
2023 · 5.4
Commitment to Life
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 · 6.8
Christmas in My Heart
2021 · 5.9
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Christmas Comes Twice
2020 · 6.3
Fashionably Yours
2020 · 6.5
Series
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026 · 9.6
Imperfect Women
2026 · 6.2
Weather Hunters
2025 · 8.5
Young Love
2023 · 5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · 5.6
Sherri
2022 · 2.6
How We Roll
2022 · 5.3
Abbott Elementary
2021 · 7.5
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021 · 3.2
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · 7.1
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020 · 7.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.3
Tamron Hall
2019 · 4.5
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · 7.0
Fam
2019 · 6.5