Actor profile

Sheryl Lee Ralph

30th December 1956 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA 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 Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

47 Movies 74 TV Shows 128 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident poster

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident 15th May 2026 as Self

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 poster

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 11th November 2025 as Self

The Disappearance of Miss Scott poster

The Disappearance of Miss Scott 21st February 2025 as Hazel Scott (voice)

Ricky poster

Ricky 24th January 2025 as Joanne

The Fabulous Four poster

The Fabulous Four 26th July 2024 as Kitty

The Real Red Tails poster

The Real Red Tails 3rd June 2024 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Disney 100: Remember That poster

Disney 100: Remember That 23rd October 2023 as Self - Host

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love 26th April 2023 as Self - Guest

The Young Wife poster

The Young Wife 12th March 2023 as Angelique

Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life 10th February 2023 as Self (archive footage)

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 poster

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 9th November 2022 as Self

Christmas in My Heart poster

Christmas in My Heart 23rd October 2021 as Ruthie Sampson

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 14th August 2021 as Self

Christmas Comes Twice poster

Christmas Comes Twice 13th December 2020 as Ms. Nelson

Fashionably Yours poster

Fashionably Yours 11th April 2020 as Janet

Christmas Hotel poster

Christmas Hotel 21st December 2019 as Marnie

No Sleep 'Til Christmas poster

No Sleep 'Til Christmas 10th December 2018 as Mrs. Wright

Forbidden poster

Forbidden 15th March 2018

Step Sisters poster

Step Sisters 19th January 2018 as Yvonne Bishop

Christmas at Holly Lodge poster

Christmas at Holly Lodge 3rd December 2017 as Nadine

Just Getting Started poster

Just Getting Started 1st December 2017 as Roberta

Christmas in Compton poster

Christmas in Compton 9th November 2012 as Abuta

Ladies of the Church poster

Ladies of the Church 1st January 2012

Blessed and Cursed poster

Blessed and Cursed 27th July 2010 as Lady Wright

The Jennie Project poster

The Jennie Project 13th July 2001 as Dr. Pamela Prentiss

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel poster

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel 9th June 2000 as Nurse

Deterrence poster

Deterrence 10th March 2000 as Gayle Redford

Jamaica Beat poster

Jamaica Beat 9th May 1997 as Sylvia Jones

Bogus poster

Bogus 6th September 1996 as Ruth Clark

Lover's Knot poster

Lover's Knot 12th July 1996 as Charlotte

White Man's Burden poster

White Man's Burden 1st December 1995 as Roberta

Witch Hunt poster

Witch Hunt 10th December 1994 as Hypolita Kropotkin

The Flintstones poster

The Flintstones 27th May 1994 as Mrs. Pyrite

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 9th December 1993 as Florence Watson

The Distinguished Gentleman poster

The Distinguished Gentleman 4th December 1992 as Miss Loretta

Mistress poster

Mistress 24th July 1992 as Beverly Dumont

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw poster

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw 3rd November 1991 as Miss Rosalee

Voices That Care poster

Voices That Care 28th February 1991 as Self - Choir Member

To Sleep with Anger poster

To Sleep with Anger 12th October 1990 as Linda

Skin Deep poster

Skin Deep 3rd March 1989 as Receptionist

The Mighty Quinn poster

The Mighty Quinn 17th February 1989 as Lola Quinn

Oliver & Company poster

Oliver & Company 18th November 1988 as Rita (voice)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 18th May 1987 as Self

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies poster

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies 17th January 1987 as Corelle

Code Name: Foxfire poster

Code Name: Foxfire 27th January 1985 as Maggie Bryan

The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood 25th April 1982 as Doris Campbell

A Piece of the Action poster

A Piece of the Action 7th October 1977 as Barbara Hanley

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes poster

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes 11th May 2026 as Joan Kranden (voice)

Imperfect Women poster

Imperfect Women 17th March 2026 as Constance

Weather Hunters poster

Weather Hunters 8th September 2025 as Ms. Joyce (voice)

Young Love poster

Young Love 21st September 2023 as Additional Voices (voice)

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

How We Roll poster

How We Roll 31st March 2022 as Loretta

Abbott Elementary poster

Abbott Elementary 7th December 2021 as Barbara Howard

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts poster

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts 28th July 2021 as Self

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 7th January 2021 as Self - Contestant

Motherland: Fort Salem poster

Motherland: Fort Salem 18th March 2020 as President Kelly Wade

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show 2nd August 2019 as Asia's Mother

Fam poster

Fam 10th January 2019 as Rose

Uncensored poster

Uncensored 18th February 2018

Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series 8th August 2017 as Self

The Quad poster

The Quad 30th January 2017 as Ula Pettiway

MacGyver poster

MacGyver 23rd September 2016 as Mama Colton

One Mississippi poster

One Mississippi 9th September 2016 as Felicia

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 21st December 2014 as Self

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn poster

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 13th September 2014 as Ms. Dumont

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Instant Mom poster

Instant Mom 29th September 2013 as Maggie Turner

Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan 30th June 2013 as Claudette

JD Lawrence's Community Service poster

JD Lawrence's Community Service 16th February 2013 as Carolyn

Smash poster

Smash 6th February 2012 as Cynthia Moore

2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls 19th September 2011 as Genét

Young Justice poster

Young Justice 26th November 2010 as Amanda Waller (voice)

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Guest Judge

The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show 14th July 2008

Hannah Montana poster

Hannah Montana 24th March 2006 as Clarice Johnson

Barbershop poster

Barbershop 14th August 2005 as Claire

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4th August 2005 as Barbara Howard

Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited 31st July 2004 as Cheetah (voice)

Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas 22nd September 2003 as Janet Ellis

Whoopi poster

Whoopi 9th September 2003 as Florence

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Justice League poster

Justice League 17th November 2001 as Cheetah (voice)

The Proud Family poster

The Proud Family 15th September 2001 as Diana Parker (voice)

The District poster

The District 7th October 2000 as Dee Banks

Static Shock poster

Static Shock 23rd September 2000 as Trina Jessup (voice)

The Parkers poster

The Parkers 30th August 1999

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 14th September 1998 as Self - Panelist

The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys 1st September 1998 as Lioness #2 (voice)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 27th September 1996 as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie

7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven 26th August 1996 as Nurse

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 10th June 1996 as Self

Moesha poster

Moesha 23rd January 1996 as Dee Mitchell

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Gloria Gallant

New Attitude poster

New Attitude 8th August 1990 as Vicki St. James

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Designing Women poster

Designing Women 29th September 1986 as Etienne Toussant Bouvier

L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Renee Quintana

Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories 29th September 1985 as show singer

Code Name: Foxfire poster

Code Name: Foxfire 27th January 1985 as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan

V poster

V 26th October 1984 as Glenna

Hunter poster

Hunter 18th September 1984 as Josie Clifford

Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy! 10th September 1984 as Self - Clue Presenter

Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest 4th December 1981 as Mooshy Tucker

It's a Living poster

It's a Living 30th October 1980 as Ginger St. James

Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman 7th November 1975 as Bobbie

The Jeffersons poster

The Jeffersons 18th January 1975

American Music Awards poster

American Music Awards 19th February 1974 as Self - Presenter

Good Times poster

Good Times 8th February 1974

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee