Director · Actor

Sheryl Lee Ralph

82 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

Associated lifetime gross

$84M

Combined reported budget

$21M

Gross / budget

4.0x

Bankability Index

45 / 100

Associated performance by genre

Worldwide gross by tagged contribution — US$.

Drama

$74M · 5 films · 60% hit

Comedy

$9.3M · 2 films · 50% hit

Documentary

$286K · 1 film · 100% hit

Bankability assessment

45/100Developing verified track record

Films measured × gross-vs-budget efficiency, weighted by billing prominence — lead roles and directing count fully, minor roles fractionally. Association, not attribution — not a claim that this individual caused the revenue.