Acting credits
122
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 50Series: 72Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 33613
IMDb ID: nm0005336
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q457180
Also known as
쉐릴 리 랠프
Other jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Theme Song Performance (1)
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 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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
as Self
2026 Movie
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
2025 Movie
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
as Hazel Scott (voice)
2025 Movie
Ricky
as Joanne
2025 Movie
The Fabulous Four
as Kitty
2024 Movie
The Real Red Tails
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024 Movie
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self - Host
2023 Movie
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023 Movie
The Young Wife
as Angelique
2023 Movie
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2022 Movie
Christmas in My Heart
as Ruthie Sampson
2021 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
Christmas Comes Twice
as Ms. Nelson
2020 Movie
Fashionably Yours
as Janet
2020 Movie
Christmas Hotel
as Marnie
2019 Movie
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
as Mrs. Wright
2018 Movie
Forbidden
2018 Movie
Step Sisters
as Yvonne Bishop
2018 Movie
Christmas at Holly Lodge
as Nadine
2017 Movie
Just Getting Started
as Roberta
2017 Movie
Christmas in Compton
as Abuta
2012 Movie
Ladies of the Church
2012 Movie
Blessed and Cursed
as Lady Wright
2010 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
as Joan Kranden (voice) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Imperfect Women
as Constance • 1 eps
2026 Series
Weather Hunters
as Ms. Joyce (voice) • 4 eps
2025 Series
Young Love
as Additional Voices (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
How We Roll
as Loretta • 1 eps
2022 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Barbara Howard • 95 eps
2021 Series
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
Motherland: Fort Salem
as President Kelly Wade • 30 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Asia's Mother • 1 eps
2019 Series
Fam
as Rose • 13 eps
2019 Series
Uncensored
1 eps
2018 Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Quad
as Ula Pettiway • 3 eps
2017 Series
MacGyver
as Mama Colton • 3 eps
2016 Series
One Mississippi
as Felicia • 6 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
as Ms. Dumont • 1 eps
2014 Series