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.
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TV credits
Rated 9.6 out of 10
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Imperfect Women
2026
Rated 8.5 out of 10
Weather Hunters
2025
Rated 5.6 out of 10
Young Love
2023
Rated 2.6 out of 10
Sherri
2022
Rated 5.6 out of 10
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Rated 5.3 out of 10
How We Roll
2022
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Abbott Elementary
2021
Rated 3.2 out of 10
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Rated 7.9 out of 10
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Rated 4.5 out of 10
Tamron Hall
2019
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Rated 7.1 out of 10
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Fam
2019
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Uncensored
2018
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Rated 5.3 out of 10
The Quad
2017
Rated 7.3 out of 10
MacGyver
2016
Rated 6.9 out of 10
One Mississippi
2016
Rated 6.1 out of 10
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Rated 4.2 out of 10
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014