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Sheryl Lee Ralph

ActorBorn 1956On stage 1981 to 20033 productions on this page

Sheryl Lee Ralph (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 in 2022, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award. She made her film debut in the 1977 comedy A Piece of the Action. In 1991, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her p…

On stage

3 productions, 22 years

1981

DreamgirlsBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Bennett

1,521 performances

2002

Thoroughly Modern MillieBroadway Marquis Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Mayer

903 performances

2003

WickedBroadway Gershwin Theatre. Original. Directed by Joe Mantello

8,500 performances

Worked with more than once

3 names

Terry Burrell 2 productions
Megan Sikora 2 productions
Cleavant Derricks 2 productions

Also credited on

1 work

Sister Act

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