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Sheryl Lee Ralph

1956 - Today

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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.She made her film screen debut in the 1977 comedy film A Piece of the Action. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheryl Lee Ralph has received more than 4,704,979 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sheryl Lee Ralph is the 8,764th most popular actor (down from 7,385th in 2019), the 12,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,281st in 2019) and the 4,276th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 8,764 out of 9,996. Before her are Stephanie Niznik, Patrick Flueger, Hideaki Takizawa, Angela Melillo, Bryan Greenberg, and Lucy Punch. After her are Mariann Aalda, Rebecka Liljeberg, John Boyega, Drake Bell, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, and Ranbir Kapoor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 564. Before her are Michele Bachmann, John Romita Jr., Peter Caruana, Bjarni Friðriksson, Luigi Negri, and David Sedaris. After her are Larry Hogan, Deval Patrick, Rod Blagojevich, Vinnie Johnson, Bryan Trottier, and Michael L. Gernhardt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 12,850 out of 18,182. Before her are Mike Ness (1962), Craig Mazin (1971), Don Kirshner (1934), David Sedaris (1956), Bryan Greenberg (1978), and Nate Mendel (1968). After her are Mariann Aalda (1948), Drake Bell (1986), Jeff Flake (1962), Vin Scully (1927), John Hensley (1977), and Jace Norman (2000).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sheryl Lee Ralph ranks 4,276. Before her are Lois Nettleton (1927), Lenny Von Dohlen (1958), Sofia Vassilieva (1992), Stephanie Niznik (1967), Patrick Flueger (1983), and Bryan Greenberg (1978). After her are Mariann Aalda (1948), Drake Bell (1986), John Hensley (1977), Jace Norman (2000), Michael Weston (1973), and William McNamara (1965).

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