Sheryl Lee Ralph

Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1956, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Movies: 51

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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Upcoming Sheryl Lee Ralph Movies

Octet

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

5.4

The Flintstones

1994

6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

6.7

Oliver & Company

1988

6.4

Step Sisters

2018

6.0

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

4.9

Just Getting Started

2017

5.8

Bogus

1996

6.0

The Mighty Quinn

1989

6.8

No Sleep 'Til Christmas

2018

6.2

Skin Deep

1989

Filmography

2026	Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident	Self
2025	The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20	Self
2025	The Disappearance of Miss Scott	Hazel Scott (voice)
2025	Ricky	Joanne
2024	The Fabulous Four	Kitty
2024	The Real Red Tails	Self - Narrator (voice)
2023	Disney 100: Remember That	Self - Host
2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self - Guest
2023	The Young Wife	Angelique
2023	Commitment to Life	Self (archive footage)
2022	Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4	Self
2021	Christmas in My Heart	Ruthie Sampson
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2020	Christmas Comes Twice	Ms. Nelson
2020	Fashionably Yours	Janet
2019	Christmas Hotel	Marnie
2018	No Sleep 'Til Christmas	Mrs. Wright
2018	Forbidden
2018	Step Sisters	Yvonne Bishop
2017	Christmas at Holly Lodge	Nadine
2017	Just Getting Started	Roberta
2012	Christmas in Compton	Abuta
2012	Ladies of the Church
2010	Blessed and Cursed	Lady Wright
2004	News to Me
2001	The Jennie Project	Dr. Pamela Prentiss
2000	Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Nurse
2000	Deterrence	Gayle Redford
1999	Hook'd Up	Chantal
1998	The Easter Story Keepers	Risa (voice)
1997	Jamaica Beat	Sylvia Jones
1996	Bogus	Ruth Clark
1996	Lover's Knot	Charlotte
1995	White Man's Burden	Roberta
1994	Witch Hunt	Hypolita Kropotkin
1994	The Flintstones	Mrs. Pyrite
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Florence Watson
1992	The Distinguished Gentleman	Miss Loretta
1992	Mistress	Beverly Dumont
1991	The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw	Miss Rosalee
1991	Voices That Care	Self - Choir Member
1990	To Sleep with Anger	Linda
1989	Skin Deep	Receptionist
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Lola Quinn
1988	Oliver & Company	Rita (voice)
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self
1987	Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies	Corelle
1985	Code Name: Foxfire	Maggie Bryan
1982	The Neighborhood	Doris Campbell
1977	A Piece of the Action	Barbara Hanley

Directing, Writing & Producing

2026

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident

Producer

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