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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
As: Hazel Scott (voice)
- 2025
Ricky
As: Joanne
- 2024
The Fabulous Four
As: Kitty
- 2023
Young Love
As: Additional Voices (voice)
- 2023
The Young Wife
As: Angelique
- 2022
How We Roll
As: Loretta
- 2021
Abbott Elementary
As: Barbara Howard
- 2021
Christmas in My Heart
As: Ruthie Sampson
- 2020
Christmas Comes Twice
As: Ms. Nelson
- 2020
Fashionably Yours
As: Janet
- 2020
Motherland: Fort Salem
As: President Kelly Wade
- 2019
Christmas Hotel
As: Marnie
- 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
As: Asia's Mother
- 2019
Fam
As: Rose
- 2018
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
As: Mrs. Wright
- 2018
Step Sisters
As: Yvonne Bishop
- 2017
Christmas at Holly Lodge
As: Nadine
- 2017
Just Getting Started
As: Roberta
- 2017
The Quad
As: Ula Pettiway
- 2016
MacGyver
As: Mama Colton
- 2016
One Mississippi
As: Felicia
- 2013
Instant Mom
As: Maggie Turner
- 2013
Ray Donovan
As: Claudette
- 2012
Christmas in Compton
As: Abuta
- 2012
Smash
As: Cynthia Moore
- 2011
2 Broke Girls
As: Genét
- 2010
Young Justice
As: Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2010
Blessed and Cursed
As: Lady Wright
- 2006
Hannah Montana
As: Clarice Johnson
- 2005
Barbershop
As: Claire
- 2004
Justice League Unlimited
As: Cheetah (voice)
- 2003
Whoopi
As: Florence
- 2001
Justice League
As: Cheetah (voice)
- 2001
The Proud Family
As: Diana Parker (voice)
- 2001
The Jennie Project
As: Dr. Pamela Prentiss
- 2000
The District
As: Lt. Dee Banks
- 2000
Static Shock
As: Trina Jessup (voice)
- 2000
Deterrence
As: Gayle Redford
- 2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
As: Nurse
- 1998
The Wild Thornberrys
As: Lioness #2 (voice)
- 1997
Jamaica Beat
As: Sylvia Jones
- 1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
As: Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
- 1996
Bogus
As: Ruth Clark
- 1996
7th Heaven
As: Nurse
- 1996
Moesha
As: Dee Mitchell
- 1995
White Man's Burden
As: Roberta
- 1994
Witch Hunt
As: Hypolita Kropotkin
- 1994
ER
As: Gloria Gallant
- 1994
The Flintstones
As: Mrs. Pyrite
- 1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
As: Florence Watson
- 1992
The Distinguished Gentleman
As: Miss Loretta
- 1992
Mistress
As: Beverly Dumont
- 1991
The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw
As: Miss Rosalee
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger
As: Linda
- 1990
New Attitude
As: Vicki St. James
- 1989
Skin Deep
As: Receptionist
- 1989
The Mighty Quinn
As: Lola Quinn
- 1988
Oliver & Company
As: Rita (voice)
- 1987
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
As: Corelle
- 1986
Designing Women
As: Etienne Toussant Bouvier
- 1986
L.A. Law
As: Renee Quintana
- 1985
Amazing Stories
As: show singer
- 1985
Code Name: Foxfire
As: Maggie Bryan
- 1985
Code Name: Foxfire
As: Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
- 1984
V
As: Glenna
- 1984
Hunter
As: Josie Clifford
- 1982
The Neighborhood
As: Doris Campbell
- 1981
Falcon Crest
As: Mooshy Tucker
- 1980
It's a Living
As: Ginger St. James
- 1977
A Piece of the Action
As: Barbara Hanley
- 1975
Wonder Woman
As: Bobbie