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.
48 movies · 74 shows
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026·4.0
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025·9.0
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025·1.0
Ricky
2025·1.0
The Fabulous Four
2024·6.0
The Real Red Tails
2024·7.5
Disney 100: Remember That
2023·10.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023·8.3
The Young Wife
2023·5.4
Commitment to Life
2023·0.0
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022·6.8
Christmas in My Heart
2021·5.9
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021·0.0
Christmas Comes Twice
2020·6.3
Fashionably Yours
2020·6.5
Christmas Hotel
2019·6.2
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018·6.8
Forbidden
2018·8.2
Step Sisters
2018·6.4
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017·5.9
Just Getting Started
2017·4.9
Christmas in Compton
2012·3.2
Ladies of the Church
2012·0.0
Blessed and Cursed
2010·6.7
The Jennie Project
2001·6.4
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000·5.7
Deterrence
2000·6.2
Hook'd Up
1999·7.0
Jamaica Beat
1997·7.5
Bogus
1996·5.8
Lover's Knot
1996·5.3
White Man's Burden
1995·5.1
Witch Hunt
1994·5.2
The Flintstones
1994·5.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993·6.4
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992·6.0
Mistress
1992·5.5
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991·4.8
Voices That Care
1991·7.0
To Sleep with Anger
1990·6.8
Skin Deep
1989·6.2
The Mighty Quinn
1989·6.0
Oliver & Company
1988·6.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987·9.0
Code Name: Foxfire
1985·7.0
The Neighborhood
1982·7.0
A Piece of the Action
1977·5.8