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 Supp...
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Skin Deep
As Receptionist
Bogus
As Ruth Clark
The Distinguished Gentleman
As Miss Loretta
Christmas in My Heart
As Ruthie Sampson
The Mighty Quinn
As Lola Quinn
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
As Florence Watson
Deterrence
As Gayle Redford
Oliver & Company
As Rita (voice)
Witch Hunt
As Hypolita Kropotkin
Voices That Care
As Self - Choir Member
The Neighborhood
As Doris Campbell
Mistress
As Beverly Dumont
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
As Mrs. Wright
Blessed and Cursed
As Lady Wright
Jamaica Beat
As Sylvia Jones
The Young Wife
As Angelique
A Piece of the Action
As Barbara Hanley
Hook'd Up
As Chantal
Christmas in Compton
As Abuta
To Sleep with Anger
As Linda
The Fabulous Four
As Kitty
Lover's Knot
As Charlotte
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
As Self
Code Name: Foxfire
As Maggie Bryan
The Real Red Tails
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
As Nurse
Christmas at Holly Lodge
As Nadine
Step Sisters
As Yvonne Bishop
Just Getting Started
As Roberta
Forbidden
White Man's Burden
As Roberta
The Jennie Project
As Dr. Pamela Prentiss
Ladies of the Church
Christmas Hotel
As Marnie
Fashionably Yours
As Janet
The Flintstones
As Mrs. Pyrite
Christmas Comes Twice
As Ms. Nelson
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
As Corelle
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
As Self
Falcon Crest
As Mooshy Tucker
Good Times
The District
As Lt. Dee Banks
Designing Women
As Etienne Toussant Bouvier
Static Shock
As Trina Jessup (voice)
L.A. Law
As Renee Quintana
Las Vegas
The Jeffersons
The Wild Thornberrys
As Lioness #2 (voice)
One Mississippi
As Felicia
Tamron Hall
As Self - Guest
V
As Glenna
Moesha
The Parkers
Call Me Madame: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Sheryl Lee Ralph
As Self - Host
Wonder Woman
As Bobbie
Hunter
As Josie Clifford
New Attitude
As Vicki St. James
ER
As Gloria Gallant
Barbershop
As Claire
It's a Living
As Ginger St. James
Abbott Elementary
As Barbara Howard
Code Name: Foxfire
As Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
As Self
The Wendy Williams Show
George
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Justice League
As Cheetah (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
As Cheetah (voice)
2 Broke Girls
As Genét
Amazing Stories
As show singer
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
As Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
Instant Mom
As Maggie Turner
RuPaul's Drag Race
As Self - Guest Judge
Young Justice
As Amanda Waller (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
As Self - Guest
Hollywood Squares
As Self - Panelist
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
As Self - Guest
Young Love
As Additional Voices (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
As Self
MacGyver
As Mama Colton
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sherri
As Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
As Self
Ray Donovan
As Claudette
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
As Self
Fam
As Rose
The Proud Family
As Diana Parker (voice)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
As Asia's Mother
Motherland: Fort Salem
As President Kelly Wade
Hannah Montana
As Clarice Johnson
The Daily Show
As Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
As Self
Smash
As Cynthia Moore
7th Heaven
As Nurse
The Quad
As Ula Pettiway
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
As Self - Contestant
Whoopi
As Florence
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
As Self
