Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actor, Entertainer

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an acclaimed veteran of film, television, and the Broadway stage.  Her award-winning body of work includes the landmark musical Dreamgirls, which earned her a Tony Award Nomination and a Drama Desk Award Nomination for Best Actress.

After Dreamgirls, Ms. Ralph turned her attention to music, television, and film.  She scored a top-ten selling dance hit in the mid-eighties with In the Evening.  On television, she has starred in It's a Living, her own series New Attitude, George, Designing Women, and Moesha.

Her extensive film credits include Sister Act II, The Flintstones, The Mighty Quinn, Mistress, and The Distinguished Gentleman.  Ms. Ralph’s performance in To Sleep With Anger won her the Independent Spirit Award for best supporting actress.

As a producer, Ms. Ralph created the critically acclaimed Divas Simply Singing!, an evening of song and entertainment that has become one of the most highly anticipated AIDS benefits in Hollywood.  She has added a one-woman show Sometimes I Cry, about the lives, loves, and losses of women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, to her list of credits.