Acting credits
110
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.6
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Movies: 44Series: 66Crew credits: 2
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 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q457180
Also known as
쉐릴 리 랠프
Other jobs
Director (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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sheryl Lee Ralph.
9.0
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
as Self
2025 Movie
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
as Hazel Scott (voice)
2025 Movie
1.0
Ricky
as Joanne
2025 Movie
5.9
The Fabulous Four
as Kitty
2024 Movie
7.5
The Real Red Tails
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024 Movie
10.0
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self - Host
2023 Movie
5.5
The Young Wife
as Angelique
2023 Movie
7.2
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2022 Movie
5.9
Christmas in My Heart
as Ruthie Sampson
2021 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
6.3
Christmas Comes Twice
as Ms. Nelson
2020 Movie
6.5
Fashionably Yours
as Janet
2020 Movie
6.2
Christmas Hotel
as Marnie
2019 Movie
6.8
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
as Mrs. Wright
2018 Movie
8.2
Forbidden
2018 Movie
6.4
Step Sisters
as Yvonne Bishop
2018 Movie
5.9
Christmas at Holly Lodge
as Nadine
2017 Movie
4.9
Just Getting Started
as Roberta
2017 Movie
3.2
Christmas in Compton
as Abuta
2012 Movie
Ladies of the Church
2012 Movie
6.7
Blessed and Cursed
as Lady Wright
2010 Movie
6.1
The Jennie Project
as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
2001 Movie
4.6
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
as Nurse
2000 Movie
6.1
Deterrence
as Gayle Redford
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sheryl Lee Ralph.
8.5
Weather Hunters
as Ms. Joyce (voice) • 4 eps
2025 Series
5.6
Young Love
as Additional Voices (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
5.3
How We Roll
as Loretta • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Abbott Elementary
as Barbara Howard • 87 eps
2021 Series
3.2
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Motherland: Fort Salem
as President Kelly Wade • 30 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Asia's Mother • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.5
Fam
as Rose • 13 eps
2019 Series
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
5.3
The Quad
as Ula Pettiway • 3 eps
2017 Series
7.3
MacGyver
as Mama Colton • 3 eps
2016 Series
6.9
One Mississippi
as Felicia • 6 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Instant Mom
as Maggie Turner • 65 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
as Claudette • 5 eps
2013 Series
JD Lawrence's Community Service
as Carolyn • 4 eps
2013 Series