Sheryl Lee Ralph filmography

The following is a select filmography of American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	A Piece of the Action	Barbara Hanley	[1]
1988	Oliver & Company	Rita (voice)	[2]
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Lola Quinn	[1]
	Skin Deep		[3]
1990	To Sleep with Anger	Linda	[1]
1992	Mistress	Beverly
	The Distinguished Gentleman	Miss Loretta
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Florence Watson	[1]
1994	The Flintstones	Mrs. Reneè Pyrite
1995	White Man's Burden	Roberta Wellison
	Lover's Knot	Charlotte Lee	[4]
1996	Bogus	Ruth Clark
1997	Jamaica Beat	Sylvia Jones	[5]
1998	The Easter Story Keepers	Risa (voice)	Video [5]
	Secrets	-	Short [5]
1999	Personals	Chantal Jones	[5]
	Unconditional Love		[6]
	Deterrence	Gayle Redford	[5]
2000	Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Nurse Betty Redford	[1]
2007	Frankie D	Mama D	[5]
2010	The Cost of Heaven	Paulette Randolph	[7]
	Blessed and Cursed	Lady Elise Wright	Also executive producer[ citation needed ]
2012	Christmas in Compton	Abuta	[8]
2017	Just Getting Started	Roberta	[9]
2018	Step Sisters	Yvonne Bishop
2020	The Comeback Trail	Bess Jones
2021	Prepared	Dr. Richards	Short[ citation needed ]
2023	The Young Wife	Angelique	[10]
2024	The Fabulous Four	Kitty	Also executive producer [11]
2025	Ricky	Joanne	[12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Elizabeth	Episode: "A Little Bit of England"
	A.E.S. Hudson Street	Nurse	Episode: "Shut Down"
	Husbands, Wives & Lovers	Joelle	Episode: "Murray Gets Sacked and Paula Gets Hired"
	Good Times	Vanessa Blake	Episode: "J.J and the Plumber's Helper"
	The Krofft Comedy Hour	Various Characters	Television film [13]
1979	Wonder Woman	Bobbie	Episode: "The Starships Are Coming"
	The Jeffersons	Jeanie	Episode: "Louise's Convention"
1982	The Neighborhood	Doris Campbell	Television film [14]
1983	The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon	Herself	Episode: "1983"
	Search for Tomorrow	Laura McCarthy	Regular cast
1984	V: The Series	Glenna	Episode: "The Overload"
1985	Code Name: Foxfire	Maggie Bryan	Main cast [14]
1986	Hunter	Josie Clifford	Episode: "The Return of Typhoon Thompson"
	Pros and Cons	Roberta	Television film
1986–89	It's a Living	Ginger St. James	Main cast (season 4-6) [14]
1987	Wordplay	Herself/Celebrity Panelist	Recurring guest
	L.A. Law	Renee Quintana	Episode: "Beef Jerky" [5]
	Amazing Stories	Show Singer	Episode: "Gershwin's Trunk"
	Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies	Corelle	Television film [15]
1988	Family Feud	Herself/Celebrity Contestant	Episode: "All Star Special: Funny Women vs. Funny Men Game 1-3" [16]
1990	Falcon Crest	Mooshy Tucker	Recurring cast (season 9)
	New Attitude	Vicki St. James	Main cast [1]
1991	The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw	Miss Rosalee	Television film
1992	An Evening at the Improv	Herself/Host	Episode: "Episode #9.6"
1992–93	Designing Women	Etienne Toussaint Bouvier	Recurring cast (season 7)
1993	No Child of Mine	Marjorie Duncan	Television film [17]
1993–94	George	Maggie Foster	Main cast [14]
1994	Witch Hunt	Hypolita Laveau Kropotkin	Television film [14]
1994–96	Soul Train	Herself/Guest Host	2 episodes
1995	Street Gear	Sarah Davis	Main cast
1996–2001	Moesha	Deidra "Dee" Mitchell (née Moss)	Main cast (season 1-5), recurring cast (season 6)
1997	Wild On!	Herself	Episode: "Wild on Jamaica"
1997–2000	Recess	Mrs. LaSalle (voice)	Guest cast (season 1 & 4)
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Lioness #2 (voice)	Episode: "Flood Warning" [2]
1999	The Directors	Herself	Episode: "The Films of Norman Jewison"
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie	Episode: "What Price Harvey?"
	The Parkers	Dee Mitchell	Episode: "Daddy's Girl"
1999–2001	Hollywood Squares	Herself/Panelist	Recurring guest
2000–01	The District	Lt. Dee Banks	Recurring cast (season 1)
2001	The Test	Herself/Panelist	Episode: "The Stripper Test"
	The Jennie Project	Dr. Pamela Prentiss	Television film [14]
2002	Justice League	Cheetah/Barbara Ann Minerva (voice)	Episode: "Injustice for All" [2]
	The Proud Family	Diana Parker (voice)	Guest cast (season 1-2)
2002–03	Static Shock	Trina Jessup (voice)	Recurring cast (season 2) [2]
2003	Whoopi	Florence	Episode: "She Ain't Heavy, She's My Partner"
	Las Vegas	Janet Ellis	Episode: "Luck Be a Lady"
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Cheetah/Barbara Ann Minerva (voice)	Episode: "Kids' Stuff" [2]
2005	Barbershop	Claire	Recurring cast
2006	Real Life Divas	Herself	Episode: "Sheryl Lee Ralph"
	7th Heaven	Nurse Yvonne Rockwell	Episode: "And Baby Makes Three"
	ER	Gloria Gallant	Recurring cast (season 12)
2007	Exes and Ohs	Reverend Ruby	Episode: "There Must Be Rules..."
2008	Baisden After Dark	Herself	Episode: "Has Black Comedy Become a Hot Ghetto Mess?"
	My Super Sweet 16	Herself	Episode: "Etienne"
	Hannah Montana	Clarice Johnson	Episode: "We're All on This Date Together"
2009	Beverly Hills Groomer	Herself	Episode: "Grooming Up"
2010	E! True Hollywood Story	Herself	Episode: "Usher"
	Inside	Herself/Narrator	Episode: "Polygamy: Life in Bountiful"
	Running Russell Simmons	Herself	Episode: "You Only Live Once"
	Zevo-3	Grams (voice)	Episode: "Control"
2011, 2019	Young Justice	Amanda Waller (voice)	2 episodes [2]
2011	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	Felicia	Episode: "The Rich and Payneless"
2012	Celebrity Wife Swap	Herself	Episode: "Niecy Nash/Tina Yothers"
2013	Life After	Herself	Episode: "Sheryl Lee Ralph: Life After Dreamgirls"
	Smash	Cynthia Moore	Episode: "The Song"
	JD Lawrence's Community Service	Carolyn	Main cast
2013–15	Instant Mom	Maggie Turner	Main cast
2013–20	Ray Donovan	Claudette Boone	Recurring cast (season 1-2 & 7)
2014	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself/Guest Judge	Episode: "Shade: The Rusical"
	Oprah: Where Are They Now?	Herself	Episode: "Darva Conger, Brigitte Nielsen & Original Dreamgirl Sheryl Lee Ralph"
	2 Broke Girls	Genét Bromberg	Episode: "And the Not Broke Parents"
	One Love	Carolyn Winters	Main cast [18]
	See Dad Run	Vanessa Ralph	Guest cast (season 2-3)
	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	Ms. Edin Dumont	Episode: "The Sad Tail of Gary-Chip-Tiny-Elvis-Squishy-Paws"
2015	Unsung	Herself	Episode: "Jennifer Holliday"
2016	Being	Herself	Episode: "Sheryl Lee Ralph"
	Unsung Hollywood	Herself	Episode: "Sheryl Lee Ralph"
	Criminal Minds	Hayden Montgomery	Recurring cast (season 11)
2017	Brunch with Tiffany	Herself	Episode: "Episode Two: Sheryl Lee Ralph"
	One Mississippi	Felicia Hollingsworth	Recurring cast (season 2)
	Christmas at Holly Lodge	Nadine	Television film
2017–19	MacGyver	Mama Emma Colton	Guest cast (season 1-3)
2018	We Are Washington	Herself	Episode: "The Wedding Experience & Groom and Grub"
	The Quad	Ula Pettiway	Recurring cast (season 2)
	Claws	Matilde Ruval	Recurring cast (season 2)
	No Sleep 'Til Christmas	Mrs. Wright	Television film
2019	Diva Defined	Herself/Host	Main host
	Fam	Rose	Main cast
	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Asia's Mother	Episode: "3rd & Bonaparte Is Always in the Shade" [19]
	Christmas Hotel	Marnie	Television film
2020	Fashionably Yours	Janet	Television film
	Christmas Comes Twice	Miss Nelson	Television film
2020–22	Motherland: Fort Salem	President Kelly Wade	Recurring cast
2021	History of the Sitcom	Herself	Recurring guest
	Christmas in My Heart	Ruthie Sampson	Television film [20]
2021–present	Abbott Elementary	Barbara Howard	Main cast
2022	Soul of a Nation	Herself	Episode: "X / o n e r a t e d – The Murder of Malcolm X and 55 Years to Justice"
	Celebrity Family Feud	Herself/Contestant	Episode: "Abbott Elementary vs. Hacks and Kal Penn vs. Erika Christensen"
	How We Roll	Loretta	Episode: "The Big Secret"
2023	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Herself/Contestant	Episode: "Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Chris Perfetti"
	Praise Petey	Boss (voice)	Episode: "Taxi to the South!"
	Young Love	Additional voices	2 episodes
	Bob's Burgers	Esmeralda (voice)	Episode: "The Amazing Rudy"
2025	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Barbara Howard	Episode: "The Gang F****s Up Abbott Elementary" [21]
2025	Big City Greens	Suzette Blair	Episode: "Short Wait" (season 4)

Documentary

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie	Narrator	[22]
2016	Struggle and Triumph: The Legacy of George Washington Carver	Narrator	Short [23]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Swing	Helen	[24]
	Reggae	Faith	Original Broadway production [25]
1981	Dreamgirls	Deena Jones	Original Broadway production
2002	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Muzzy Van Hossmere	Original Broadway production [25]
2016–17	Wicked	Madame Morrible	Replacement [25]
2021	Goosebumps The Musical	Miss Walker	Original studio cast recording
	Thoughts of a Colored Man		Producer; Original Broadway production [26]
2022	Ohio State Murders		Producer; Original Broadway production [27]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	BioShock 2	Grace Holloway	Voice role [2]

References

1. Yohannes, Alamin (28 February 2024). "Sheryl Lee Ralph shares tales from her storied career: a Barbie from Denzel, a haunted hotel, Bill Clinton, and more". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
2. "Sheryl Lee Ralph (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 12, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. Massabrook, Nicole (13 February 2023). "Sheryl Lee Ralph Through the Years: From 'Dreamgirls' to 'Abbott Elementary'". US Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
4. "Lover's Knot Puts Aside the Romance". Los Angeles Times. 12 July 1996. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
5. McCann, Bob (21 December 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN   9780786458042 . Retrieved 2 September 2025.
6. Leydon, Joe (15 February 1999). "Unconditional Love". Variety. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
7. Hinds, Julie (28 January 2010). "Role in 'Dreamgirls' led to AIDS activism". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
8. Anderson, John (8 November 2012). "Christmas in Compton". Variety. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
9. Callahan, Dan (8 December 2017). "'Just Getting Started' Film Review: Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones Amble Through Laugh-Free Comedy". TheWrap. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
10. Wiseman, Andreas (March 2, 2022). "'The Flash's Kiersey Clemons Leads Cast In The Young Wife For FilmNation & Archer Gray". Deadline. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
11. Grobar, Matt (October 25, 2023). "Sheryl Lee Ralph Rounds Out The Fabulous Four As Additional Cast Joins Bleecker Street Comedy". Deadline. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
12. Gyarkye, Lovia (27 January 2025). "'Ricky' Review: A Sensitive Stephan James Steadies Frenetic Debut About Recidivism". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
13. Terrace, Vincent (1981). Television, 1970-1980. A.S. Barnes. ISBN   9780498025396 . Retrieved 2 September 2025.
14. Fearn-Banks, Kathleen (4 August 2009). The A to Z of African-American Television. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810863484 . Retrieved 2 September 2025.
15. Bamidele, Afouda (18 August 2023). "Sheryl Lee Ralph Shares Desire For Son's Wedding Weeks After Engagement Announcement". The Blast. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
16. Pennacchio, George (8 July 2022). "'Celebrity Family Feud' challenges casts of 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Hacks' in the name of charity". ABC 7. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
17. O'Connell, Patricia (29 October 1993). "No Child of Mine". Variety. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
18. Milward, Tom (19 October 2017). "Sheryl Lee Ralph to replace Judy Kaye in Wicked". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
19. Holland, Stephanie (22 September 2022). "The Evolution of Sheryl Lee Ralph". The Root. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
20. Wang, K.L. Connie (23 October 2021). "Find Christmas in My Heart! Music and Friendship Can Make a Big Difference in Life". Parade. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
21. Victorian, Brande (8 January 2025). "'Always Sunny' Visits 'Abbott Elementary' in Crossover Episode — Now Charlie Day Wants a Sheryl Lee Ralph Buddy Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
22. "CNN Transcripts". CNN. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
23. "Struggle and Triumph: The Legacy of George Washington Carver". National Park Service. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
24. "Big Bland". The Washington Post. 6 March 1980. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
25. Sharpe, Josh (9 October 2024). "Video: Sheryl Lee Ralph Offers Advice to Performing Arts Students". Broadway World. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
26. Evans, Greg (24 May 2025). "'Thoughts Of A Colored Man' Sets Broadway Opening With Cast To Include Keith David, Dyllón Burnside, Luke James". Deadline. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
27. Richardson, Randi (1 November 2022). "Sheryl Lee Ralph says her iconic Emmys acceptance speech was all improvised". Today. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

External links

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