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.
Awards & recognition
- Women of the Year · 2023
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series/Musical-Comedy or Drama · 2023 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1982 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
Weather Hunters
Young Justice
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Justice League Unlimited
Instant Mom
Justice League
Static Shock
The Parkers
Good Times
Motherland: Fort Salem
The Proud Family
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
ER
Hollywood Squares
Barbershop
The Real Red Tails
Abbott Elementary
Ray Donovan
RuPaul's Drag Race
Amazing Stories
MacGyver
The Jeffersons
2 Broke Girls
Hannah Montana
Las Vegas
Moesha
L.A. Law
Hunter
V
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
The Wild Thornberrys
Wonder Woman
One Mississippi
Designing Women
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
The District
To Sleep with Anger
Blessed and Cursed
Oliver & Company
Fashionably Yours
Fam
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Step Sisters
Smash
The Jennie Project
7th Heaven
The Daily Show