Sheryl Lee Ralph

thumb Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (Hon.) (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Quotes Oh dear, there was so much. I haven’t been pigeonholed the way so many people have. I’ve been able to spread my wings on the stage, on TV, in movies. In 1977, I was 20 and landed my first film, A Piece of the Action, with the great Sidney Poitier. My first television episodic was The Jeffersons, and Sherman Hemsley and I stayed in touch over the years, and he played my dad in Designing Women. I’m one for relationships, for keeping people in my life. Oh, and I also did Good Times and Wonder Woman — I played Lynda Carter’s secretary. She was a wonderful person to work with. Unlike the English way, you actually have to earn it in Jamaica. You have to have done something for the island. Jamaica is the land of my mother’s birth, and it’s always in my heart. I grew up there, in addition to Long Island and Connecticut. I’ve done a lot of work for the country­ and have also tried to bring a lot of awareness about the island, even just by mentioning it in the shows I’m in. They conferred this title on me two years ago. Oh. My. God. You are really missing out. Just whatever you do, don’t stay at one of those big resorts. Stay at someplace small and lovely. You have to meet the people. But you also have to remember that Jamaica is one big metropolis. Don’t go getting buck wild! Be aware! He was. I studied at Rutgers in New Brunswick, but I always went north. Never to Princeton or to Philadelphia. Always to New York. It’s the greatest thing ever. Sometimes people marry people and then wonder why they did. But for us, everything about this works. We love our careers, but not as much as we enjoy being together, and so we cherish the time when we are together, which is hardly ever. [laughs] I remember when Vincent and I first got married in 2005, I thought that maybe my career wasn’t happening anymore, maybe I’ll come to Philly and be a local somebody, do some local TV show. He looked at me and said, “Do you know who you are?!” … “Besides,” he said, “Everybody in this family works.” So I just kept working and never stopped. I was raised by educators. It’s one of those things, especially in the Black community. You’re going to strive to be the best thing possible. And that would be a doctor, a lawyer, or a teacher. If you must, you can be a pastor. In my family, everybody was an educator or a doctor. And I was also a student who had great teachers. There’s always a Mrs. Howard in a school. That woman has done all she can do, and she is not going to leave a child behind. There are so many Mrs. Howards of different colors and cultures. I met a few growing up, and I pay homage to them. There is nothing like a great teacher. Nothing like a great teacher. They can truly inspire. The Philly Mag Interview: Abbott Elementary’s Sheryl Lee Ralph;By Victor Fiorillo on 10/8/2024 External links Category:Actresses from Connecticut Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Living people Category:1956 births Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:African Americans