Sheryl Lee Ralph
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.…
Filmography
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026 · 9.6
George
1993 · 9.0
New Attitude
1990 · 9.0
Young Justice
2010 · 8.4
Whoopi
2003 · 8.4
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · 8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · 8.3
Justice League
2001 · 8.2
Instant Mom
2013 · 8.2
Forbidden
2018 · 8.2
Static Shock
2000 · 8.0
The Parkers
1999 · 8.0
Good Times
1974 · 8.0
Code Name: Foxfire
1985 · 8.0
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020 · 7.9
ER
1994 · 7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · 7.8
The Proud Family
2001 · 7.7
Barbershop
2005 · 7.6
Abbott Elementary
2021 · 7.5
Ray Donovan
2013 · 7.5
Amazing Stories
1985 · 7.5
Jamaica Beat
1997 · 7.5
The Jeffersons
1975 · 7.3
Uncensored
2018 · 7.3
MacGyver
2016 · 7.3
2 Broke Girls
2011 · 7.2
Hannah Montana
2006 · 7.1
V
1984 · 7.1
Hunter
1984 · 7.1
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014 · 7.1
Wonder Woman
1975 · 7.0
Las Vegas
2003 · 7.0
L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · 7.0
Hook'd Up
1999 · 7.0
Code Name: Foxfire
1985 · 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · 7.0
Moesha
1996 · 6.9
The District
2000 · 6.9
Designing Women
1986 · 6.8
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018 · 6.8
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · 6.8
Oliver & Company
1988 · 6.7
One Mississippi
2016 · 6.7
Blessed and Cursed
2010 · 6.7
Fam
2019 · 6.6
Fashionably Yours
2020 · 6.5
7th Heaven
1996 · 6.5
Smash
2012 · 6.4
Step Sisters
2018 · 6.4
The Jennie Project
2001 · 6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 · 6.4
Christmas Comes Twice
2020 · 6.3
Imperfect Women
2026 · 6.3
Skin Deep
1989 · 6.2
Deterrence
2000 · 6.2
Christmas Hotel
2019 · 6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1
The Mighty Quinn
1989 · 6.0
It's a Living
1980 · 6.0
Weather Hunters
2025 · 6.0
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · 6.0
The Fabulous Four
2024 · 5.9
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017 · 5.9
Christmas in My Heart
2021 · 5.9
Bogus
1996 · 5.8
A Piece of the Action
1977 · 5.8
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · 5.7
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000 · 5.7
Young Love
2023 · 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981 · 5.6
The Flintstones
1994 · 5.4
Mistress
1992 · 5.4
The Young Wife
2023 · 5.4
How We Roll
2022 · 5.3
Lover's Knot
1996 · 5.3
The Quad
2017 · 5.2
Witch Hunt
1994 · 5.1
White Man's Burden
1995 · 5.1
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · 5.0
Just Getting Started
2017 · 4.9
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 · 4.8
Ricky
2025 · 4.0
Christmas in Compton
2012 · 3.2
The Easter Story Keepers
1998 · 2.0
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025 · 1.0
Cars: Lightning Racers
— · 0.0
Octet
— · 0.0
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013 · 0.0
Baby of the Family
— · 0.0
Ladies of the Church
2012 · 0.0
News to Me
2004 · 0.0