Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actor

Born: December 30, 1956 (age 69)
From: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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…

Filmography (49)

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident (2026)
Self
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2025)
Self
The Disappearance of Miss Scott (2025)
Hazel Scott (voice)
Ricky (2025)
Joanne
The Fabulous Four (2024)
Kitty
The Real Red Tails (2024)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Disney 100: Remember That (2023)
Self - Host
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
Self
The Young Wife (2023)
Angelique
Commitment to Life (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 (2022)
Self
Christmas in My Heart (2021)
Ruthie Sampson
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Self
Christmas Comes Twice (2020)
Ms. Nelson
Fashionably Yours (2020)
Janet
Christmas Hotel (2019)
Marnie
No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
Mrs. Wright
Forbidden (2018)
Step Sisters (2018)
Yvonne Bishop
Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017)
Nadine
Just Getting Started (2017)
Roberta
Christmas in Compton (2012)
Abuta
Ladies of the Church (2012)
Blessed and Cursed (2010)
Lady Wright
The Jennie Project (2001)
Dr. Pamela Prentiss
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000)
Nurse
Deterrence (2000)
Gayle Redford
Hook'd Up
Hook'd Up (1999)
Chantal
Jamaica Beat (1997)
Sylvia Jones
Bogus (1996)
Ruth Clark