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Abbott Elementary star: "Dream bigger"

The veteran actress on her commitment to teaching, her favorite classic movies and a message for today's youth

Salon

Abbott Elementary’s Sheryl Lee Ralph Discusses The Origins Of Barbara’s Celebrity Mix-Up Running Gag

Abbott Elementary's Sheryl Lee Ralph discussed the origins of Barbara Howard's celebrity mix-up running gag.

Cinemablend

Abbott Elementary season 3: season finale info, cast and everything we know about the hit comedy series

Abbott Elementary season 3 reunites award-winning actors Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Here’s everything we know about it.

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Abbott Elementary won three Golden Globes on top of three Emmy awards — it's time to get across Quinta Brunson's comedy series

It’s like The Office meets Parks and Rec, but wholesome and set in a (chronically underfunded and mismanaged) public school: Abbott Elementary has proved a hit with audiences, critics, awards voters — and teachers.

ABC News

Sheryl Lee Ralph on Abbott Elementary, being ‘black famous’ and scolding Kimmel

The 65-year-old mega-talent has been criminally underappreciated until now – ‘Isn’t it such a blessing that I could remain relevant after all of these years?’

The Guardian - US

How Sheryl Lee Ralph and Dianne Reeves pulled off the Emmys' 'best acceptance speech. Ever'

"I am an endangered species/ But I sing no victim's song/ I am a woman, I am an artist/ And I know where my voice belongs."

Los Angeles Times

Who is Emmy winner Quinta Brunson ... besides the woman who had to step over Kimmel?

Brunson had already made history when she was nominated for three Emmys for Abbott Elementary

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Sheryl Lee Ralph, Quinta Brunson take home Emmys for ‘Abbott Elementary’

"Abbott Elementary," the ABC sitcom about the teachers at a West Philadelphia elementary school, took home two Emmys for its first season.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sheryl Lee Ralph, 66, 1st-time nominee, wins Emmy award

Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, an ageless stalwart of the industry who won an Emmy as a first-time nominee at the age of 66, relished in her victory by singing powerful lyrics about being an “Endangered Species.”

The Independent UK

‘Greatest Emmy speech of all time’: Sheryl Lee Ralph stuns viewers by singing ‘Endangered Species’

Ralph won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Barbara Howard on ‘Abbott Elementary’

The Independent UK

Sheryl Lee Ralph put in the time and the work. Hollywood is finally taking notice

If you ask Sheryl Lee Ralph about the educators who played a pivotal role in her life, she'll begin listing them without hesitation: her dad, her mom, her auntie Carolyn and so on. Then she'll get to her kindergarten teacher, Miss Spencer. Her eyes light up as she disappears into…

Los Angeles Times

‘Do not underestimate Quinta Brunson’: ‘Abbott Elementary’ cast on historic Emmy haul

“Abbott Elementary” has earned top marks with Emmy voters.

Los Angeles Times

Abbott Elementary review – the gags come so thick and fast they take your breath away

This hilarious mockumentary set in a US school is full of astonishingly rapid-fire jokes, immaculate timing and note-perfect acting. It’s absolutely charming

The Guardian - UK

On ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Quinta Brunson depicts teachers with optimism and a ‘certain amount of realism’

Viewers and critics alike are drawn to the ABC sitcom with an earnest tone that works as a soothing antidote amid real-world conflict.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph on 'Abbott Elementary,' her marriage to Pa. lawmaker and the show's Philly cred

PHILADELPHIA — It was 20 years ago, Sheryl Lee Ralph recalled, when State Sen. Vincent Hughes gave the actor a gift in a not-quite robin's-egg blue box with a white bow that began their love story.

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