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.
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
The Fabulous Four
2024
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
The Flintstones
1994
Christmas in Compton
2012
Christmas Hotel
2019
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Oliver & Company
1988
Blessed and Cursed
2010
Bogus
1996
The Jennie Project
2001
Witch Hunt
1994
Just Getting Started
2017
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Skin Deep
1989
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Forbidden
2018
Deterrence
2000
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
White Man's Burden
1995
Mistress
1992
Step Sisters
2018
A Piece of the Action
1977
Fashionably Yours
2020
Lover's Knot
1996
Voices That Care
1991
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
Christmas in My Heart
2021
The Young Wife
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Jamaica Beat
1997
Ricky
2025
The Neighborhood
1982
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025