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Sheryl Lee Ralph

1956 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Sheryl Lee Ralph is the 8,166th most popular actor (up from 8,303rd in 2024), the 12,535th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,275th in 2019) and the 3,802nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 8,166 out of 13,578. Before her are Faith Evans, Carolina Dieckmann, Melissa Benoist, Ralph Brown, James Fleet, and Dustin Clare. After her are Mike Epps, Tom Conway, Joy, Dorothy Dalton, Bill Macy, and Alicia Machado.

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Among people born in 1956, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 600. Before her are Christof Koch, Blanche Baker, Peter Caruana, Dieter Kühn, Maneka Gandhi, and Manuel Vicente. After her are Włodzimierz Ciołek, Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Paige O'Hara, Mikola Statkevich, Reinhold Ewald, and Bjarni Friðriksson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 12,539 out of 20,380. Before her are Melissa Benoist (1988), Sylvia Browne (1936), Andrew Sarris (1928), Hap Sharp (1928), Porter Wagoner (1927), and Ivan Dresser (1896). After her are Mike Epps (1970), Leonidas Polk (1806), Peter Laird (1954), Billy Powell (1952), Slim Whitman (1923), and Michael Albert (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 3,804. Before her are Monica Barbaro (1990), Jessica Hecht (1965), Alfred Lunt (1892), Donna D'Errico (1968), Faith Evans (1973), and Melissa Benoist (1988). After her are Mike Epps (1970), Dorothy Dalton (1893), Bill Macy (1922), Grant Imahara (1970), Olivia Cole (1942), and Taylor Schilling (1984).

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