Sheryl Lee Ralph opens up about how she rediscovered her ability later in life, playing Barbara Howard in Abbott Elementary, and how she thinks about her success later in her life.
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesSheryl Lee Ralph performs"Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl LVII.She was the first to play the role of Deena Jones in the original production ofon Broadway; the second Black woman to win an Emmy for supporting actress in a comedy; and most recently, the third toSo, it's kind of hard to imagine that about 15 years ago, actor and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph had considered walking away from show business. Opportunities had seemed to dry up.
"You know, the reason I tell people, you've got to believe in yourself, is for that time, I stopped believing in me. I stopped believing in my ability," she told NPR's Juana Summers.Abbott ElementaryThis interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Oh, my God. First of all, it's like being in the Colosseum.
You know what, it was so strange. I had gone through a divorce, and I was definitely going through that, and my children, you know — you want to keep your children stable. And for some reason, after [the TV show]things just kind of slowed down. And I thought, well, you know, maybe this is where I quit. And, you know, I'll be that person, the one that used to be. And I had that fateful run-in with the casting director who said,"You've obviously forgotten who you are.
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