Sheryl Lee Ralph
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA — Dec 30 1956
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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 Wikiped…
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2 Broke Girls
Genét
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
Falcon Crest
Mooshy Tucker
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Barbara Howard
ER
Gloria Gallant
L.A. Law
Renee Quintana
Las Vegas
Janet Ellis
Young Justice
Amanda Waller (voice)
Hannah Montana
Clarice Johnson
MacGyver
Mama Colton
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Abbott Elementary
Barbara Howard
Ray Donovan
Claudette
The District
Dee Banks
The Wild Thornberrys
Lioness #2 (voice)
Moesha
Dee Mitchell
Designing Women
Etienne Toussant Bouvier
Amazing Stories
show singer
7th Heaven
Nurse
Hunter
Josie Clifford
Static Shock
Trina Jessup (voice)
The Jeffersons
Good Times
Justice League Unlimited
Cheetah (voice)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
Smash
Cynthia Moore
Wonder Woman
Bobbie
The Proud Family
Diana Parker (voice)
V
Glenna
Justice League
Cheetah (voice)
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
Ms. Dumont
Instant Mom
Maggie Turner
Whoopi
Florence
It's a Living
Ginger St. James
The Parkers
Motherland: Fort Salem
President Kelly Wade
The Quad
Ula Pettiway
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Asia's Mother
The Flintstones
Mrs. Pyrite
Young Love
Additional Voices (voice)
Fam
Rose
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Florence Watson
Oliver & Company
Rita (voice)
The Emmy Awards
Self
How We Roll
Loretta
Wordplay
Self - Celebrity Panelist
One Mississippi
Felicia
Barbershop
Claire
New Attitude
Vicki St. James
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
The Distinguished Gentleman
Miss Loretta
Uncensored
Code Name: Foxfire
Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Miss Rosalee
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Forbidden
Mistress
Beverly Dumont
Bogus
Ruth Clark
Skin Deep
Receptionist
Just Getting Started
Roberta
Witch Hunt
Hypolita Kropotkin
The Mighty Quinn
Lola Quinn
To Sleep with Anger
Linda
Deterrence
Gayle Redford
White Man's Burden
Roberta
Cars: Lightning Racers
Ms. Blinker (voice)
George
The Fabulous Four
Kitty
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
A Piece of the Action
Barbara Hanley
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
JD Lawrence's Community Service
Carolyn
Step Sisters
Yvonne Bishop
Hook'd Up
Chantal
Weather Hunters
Ms. Joyce (voice)
Disney 100: Remember That
Self - Host
Christmas Comes Twice
Ms. Nelson
Jamaica Beat
Sylvia Jones
Lover's Knot
Charlotte
The Young Wife
Angelique
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
Mrs. Wright
The Jennie Project
Dr. Pamela Prentiss
Christmas at Holly Lodge
Nadine
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Nurse
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
Self
Christmas in Compton
Abuta
The Neighborhood
Doris Campbell
Ricky
Joanne
Fashionably Yours
Janet
Christmas Hotel
Marnie
Christmas in My Heart
Ruthie Sampson
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
Corelle
Blessed and Cursed
Lady Wright
Code Name: Foxfire
Maggie Bryan
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Self
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
Hazel Scott (voice)
Ladies of the Church
The Real Red Tails
Self - Narrator (voice)