Person
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Born 30 December 1956 69 years old Waterbury, Connecticut, USA Who else is 69? → TMDB ↗
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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17age in their first credit on record (1974)
52years on screen and counting
5credits in 1996, their busiest year
90dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Octet
as Paula
Age: 68 The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025as Hazel Scott (voice)
Age: 68 Ricky
2025as Joanne
Age: 67 The Fabulous Four
2024as Kitty
Age: 66 The Young Wife
2023as Angelique
Age: 64 Christmas in My Heart
2021as Ruthie Sampson
Age: 63 Christmas Comes Twice
2020as Ms. Nelson
Age: 63 Fashionably Yours
2020as Janet
Age: 62 Christmas Hotel
2019as Marnie
Age: 61 No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018as Mrs. Wright
Age: 61 Forbidden
2018
Age: 61 Step Sisters
2018as Yvonne Bishop
Age: 60 Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017as Nadine
Age: 60 Just Getting Started
2017as Roberta
Age: 55 Christmas in Compton
2012as Abuta
Age: 55 Ladies of the Church
2012
Age: 53 Blessed and Cursed
2010as Lady Wright
Age: 44 The Jennie Project
2001as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
Age: 43 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000as Nurse
Age: 43 Deterrence
2000as Gayle Redford
No poster
Age: 42 Hook'd Up
1999as Chantal
Age: 40 Jamaica Beat
1997as Sylvia Jones
Age: 39 Bogus
1996as Ruth Clark
Age: 39 Lover's Knot
1996as Charlotte
Age: 38 White Man's Burden
1995as Roberta
Age: 37 Witch Hunt
1994as Hypolita Kropotkin
Age: 37 The Flintstones
1994as Mrs. Pyrite
Age: 36 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993as Florence Watson
Age: 35 The Distinguished Gentleman
1992as Miss Loretta
Age: 35 Mistress
1992as Beverly Dumont
Age: 34 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991as Miss Rosalee
Age: 33 To Sleep with Anger
1990as Linda
Age: 32 Skin Deep
1989as Receptionist
Age: 32 The Mighty Quinn
1989as Lola Quinn
Age: 31 Oliver & Company
1988as Rita (voice)
Age: 30 Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987as Corelle
Age: 28 Code Name: Foxfire
1985as Maggie Bryan
Age: 25 The Neighborhood
1982as Doris Campbell
Age: 20 A Piece of the Action
1977as Barbara Hanley
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TV credits
Cars: Lightning Racers
as Ms. Blinker (voice)
Age: 69 Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026as Joan Kranden (voice)
Age: 69 Imperfect Women
2026as Constance
Age: 68 Weather Hunters
2025as Ms. Joyce (voice)
Age: 66 Young Love
2023as Additional Voices (voice)
Age: 65 How We Roll
2022as Loretta
Age: 64 Abbott Elementary
2021as Barbara Howard
Age: 63 Motherland: Fort Salem
2020as President Kelly Wade
Age: 62 A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019as Asia's Mother
Age: 62 Fam
2019as Rose
Age: 61 Uncensored
2018
Age: 60 The Quad
2017as Ula Pettiway
Age: 59 MacGyver
2016as Mama Colton
Age: 59 One Mississippi
2016as Felicia
Age: 58 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Age: 57 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014as Ms. Dumont
Age: 56 Instant Mom
2013as Maggie Turner
Age: 56 Ray Donovan
2013as Claudette
Age: 56 JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013as Carolyn
Age: 55 Smash
2012as Cynthia Moore
Age: 54 2 Broke Girls
2011as Genét
Age: 53 Young Justice
2010as Amanda Waller (voice)
Age: 51 The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Age: 49 Hannah Montana
2006as Clarice Johnson
Age: 48 Barbershop
2005as Claire
Age: 48 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005as Barbara Howard
Age: 47 Justice League Unlimited
2004as Cheetah (voice)
Age: 46 Las Vegas
2003as Janet Ellis
Age: 46 Whoopi
2003as Florence
Age: 44 Justice League
2001as Cheetah (voice)
Age: 44 The Proud Family
2001as Diana Parker (voice)
Age: 43 The District
2000as Dee Banks
Age: 43 Static Shock
2000as Trina Jessup (voice)
Age: 42 The Parkers
1999
Age: 41 The Wild Thornberrys
1998as Lioness #2 (voice)
Age: 39 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
Age: 39 7th Heaven
1996as Nurse
Age: 39 Moesha
1996as Dee Mitchell
Age: 37 ER
1994as Gloria Gallant
No poster
Age: 36 George
1993
Age: 33 New Attitude
1990as Vicki St. James
No poster
Age: 33 Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
Age: 29 Designing Women
1986as Etienne Toussant Bouvier
Age: 29 L.A. Law
1986as Renee Quintana
Age: 28 Amazing Stories
1985as show singer
Age: 28 Code Name: Foxfire
1985as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
Age: 27 V
1984as Glenna
Age: 27 Hunter
1984as Josie Clifford
Age: 24 Falcon Crest
1981as Mooshy Tucker
Age: 23 It's a Living
1980as Ginger St. James
Age: 18 Wonder Woman
1975as Bobbie
Age: 18 The Jeffersons
1975
Age: 17