Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American singer, actress and activist who has an estimated net worth of $5 million dollars.

Ralph started her career on the stage. In 1982, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Deena Jones in Dreamgirls. In 1984, Ralph released her only album, In the Evening.

In 1988, she starred in the Disney movie Oliver & Company, providing the voice of Rita. Her first leading role came in The Mighty Quinn. In 1992, she portrayed the role of Robert De Niro's mistress in Mistress.

Ralph was known for her role in television as Ginger St. James on It's a Living, Etienne Toussaint-Bouvier on Designing Women, Dee Mitchell on Moesha and Cheetah on Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.

She produced Divas Simply Singing, which has become an important AIDS fundraiser.

In 2004, she was inducted as an honorary member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at the 47th National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2008, Ralph was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Tougaloo College after giving the commencement address.

Sheryl Lee Ralph was born on December 30,1956 in Waterbury Connecticut. She graduated from Rutgers University. She won a scholarship in a competition at the American College Theater Festival, but quit medicine for the performing arts. She is married to Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes.