Roles Tag

Last week, Sheryl Lee Ralph became a first-time Emmy nominee. The entertainer was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Barbara Howard within the breakout ABC hit Abbott Elementary, and for a star who’s been performing for audiences on stages and TV and film sets for greater than 40 years, it was an extended time coming. “I never thought I'd see this so I'm thrilled at the chance,” Ralph told ESSENCE amid the EMMY buzz ahead of her official nomination. “I'd like to be in that group of actors. I'd like to see our whole forged get the eye it deserves. I'd like to see Quinta make history. Just the thought, it makes you go, ‘Oh...