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April 16 2025 Honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
2025 Completes her role as Joanne in the film 'Ricky'
2025 Sheryl Lee Ralph appears in an episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' as Barbara Howard
2024 She will portray Kitty in 'The Fabulous Four', also serving as the executive producer.
2024 Ralph sang for President Joe Biden at a large fundraiser to raise money for his reelection campaign.
2024 The song 'Blood Sweat & Tears' from the series Arcane League of Legends is set to be released.
2024 Sheryl Lee Ralph joined Vice President Kamala Harris for an abortion-related campaign event in Pennsylvania.
December 2024 Ralph was honored as the Person of the Year in the Jamaicans.com Best of Jamaica 2024 Awards, celebrating her contributions to representing Jamaican culture globally.
December 2024 Ralph was named The Advocate's 2024 Advocate of the Year, recognizing her impactful work in advocacy and representation of marginalized communities.
2023 Selected as the commencement speaker for Rutgers University and announced to receive an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree.
2023 Sheryl Lee Ralph and the cast of Abbott Elementary won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
2023 Ralph performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing', known as the Black national anthem, at the Super Bowl LVII pre-show.
2023 Ralph served as the commencement speaker at Rutgers University for the Class of 2023.
2023 In 'The Young Wife', Sheryl Lee Ralph played the role of Angelique.
2023 Ralph became the first celebrity and the first Black person to play Mrs. Claus in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade history.
2023 Ralph won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
2023 Sheryl Lee Ralph was a contestant on 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' and voiced characters in 'Praise Petey' and 'Bob's Burgers'.
2023 Sheryl Lee Ralph won the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series for Abbott Elementary.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph won the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph released her album 'Sleigh.' which includes holiday-themed tracks such as 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and 'Holiday Cheer (We Made It)'.
2022 She produced the Broadway play Ohio State Murders.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph won the Peabody Award for her work in Abbott Elementary.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph won the Creative Coalition TV Humanitarian Award.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph appeared as a contestant in 'Celebrity Family Feud' and in 'Soul of a Nation'.
2022 Sheryl Lee Ralph won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Abbott Elementary, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award.
October 2022 Ralph was presented with the Order of Jamaica by the governor-general for her contribution to the national film industry.
2021 Sheryl Lee Ralph was part of the original studio cast recording for Goosebumps The Musical, playing the role of Miss Walker.
2021 Sheryl Lee Ralph was a producer for the original Broadway production of Thoughts of a Colored Man.
2021 Sheryl Lee Ralph starred in the television film 'Christmas in My Heart' and continued her role in 'Abbott Elementary'.
2021 Sheryl Lee Ralph began starring as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary.
2021 She starred as Dr. Richards in the short film 'Prepared'.
2020 She appeared in the film The Comeback Trail.
2020 Sheryl Lee Ralph featured in multiple television films including 'Fashionably Yours' and 'Christmas Comes Twice'.
April 11 2019 Ralph's role in the television series Fam concluded as the show was canceled in May 2019.
January 10 2019 Ralph began appearing as one of the main characters, Rose, in the television series Fam.
2018 She played Yvonne Bishop in the film 'Step Sisters'.
2017 Ralph performed the role of Roberta in 'Just Getting Started'.
2016 Sheryl Lee Ralph narrated 'Struggle and Triumph: The Legacy of George Washington Carver', a short film.
2016 Sheryl Lee Ralph played the role of Madame Morrible in the Broadway production of Wicked.
2014 Sheryl Lee Ralph guest judged on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'.
2014 Ralph appeared on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn as a wealthy lady claiming her dog.
August 2014 Ralph appeared on KTLA Los Angeles Morning News as a fill-in entertainment reporter.
2013 Ralph appeared in the NBC television show Smash as Cynthia, the mother of Jennifer Hudson's character.
February 9 2013 Ralph appeared at the Columbus Middle School youth rally in Columbus, Mississippi.
2012 In 'Christmas in Compton', she appeared as Abuta.
2012 She starred as First Lady Jameson in the short film 'He Knows My Heart'.
2012 Sheryl Lee Ralph appeared as herself in 'Celebrity Wife Swap'.
2011 Sheryl Lee Ralph served as the narrator for the project 'Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie'.
2011 Ralph guest-starred in Young Justice as Amanda Waller.
2011 Sheryl Lee Ralph had a role as Felicia in 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne'.

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