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Sheryl Lee Ralph Instagram – | Posted on 25/Mar/2024 00:24:17

Sheryl Lee Ralph Instagram – Give a warm, gracious hello to @selfmagazine’s March cover star, the exceedingly vibrant ✨Sheryl Lee Ralph✨ (@thesherylleeralph).

Ralph’s presence—both as educator Barbara Howard on ABC’s hit show “Abbott Elementary,” and in real life—can only be described as equal parts elder stateswoman and preacher. The confidence that oozes from her pores is well-earned and unshakable. In conversation with journalist and author Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl), she laughs loudly, breaks out in song when the mood strikes, and tells sometimes-heavy stories about her life and career without a hint of sadness or regret.

In a society that often expects women to seek eternal youth, Ralph—a proud 67 years old—has seemingly mastered the art of aging authentically: “If you are not living, you are dead,” Ralph says. “And while I’m living, I’m going to enjoy myself. Take the plastic off the furniture. Pull out the good plates…I’m telling you: People need to start living a good life.”

And Ralph has done just that; despite enduring racism, sexism, and loss, she’s poured her soul into advocacy work, and is happily holding the door open for the next generation. Now she has *plenty* of life lessons to share in what feels like a sermon about self-love: “My whole thing is letting everybody know you are worth it—especially if you look like me, you are definitely worth it, because you have come through unimaginable pain and hurt. And look at you: still glowing, still raising up a flag of magic.” Tap the link in bio to read the full cover story.

Credits:
Photographer: Andy Jackson (@anndyjackson)
Wardrobe Stylist: Kat Typaldos (@kattypaldos)
Makeup: Juanice Reed (@juanice.mua)
Hair: Sharif Poston (@sharifposton)
Prop Stylist: James Lear (@jameslear)
Manicurist: Jill Thomas (@jillthomasnailz)

Editor in Chief: Rachel Wilkerson Miller (@the_rewm)
Creative Director: Amber Venerable (@avenerable)
Production: Melissa Kramer (@melissa.j.kramer)
Entertainment Directors: Caitlin Brody (@cbroday) and Sergio Kletnoy (@sergiokletnoy)
Author: Evette Dion (@freeblackgirl)

Sheryl Lee Ralph Instagram – In SELF’s new cover story, @thesherylleeralph candidly talks about using her star power to uplift stories that deserve to be heard. “I think I’m much more of a messenger than I am just an actor or an artist,” she says. (Ralph has long believed in the transformative power of the arts. In 1990 she founded the DIVA Foundation to raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which claimed the lives of many of her friends.)

She’s fiercely committed to her advocacy work, her craft as an actor, and continuing her legacy through her children, but she also tries to tend to her own needs, something that often eludes Black women who have been expected—historically and in our current moment—to put everything and everyone first When Ralph thinks about how she prioritizes her own needs, especially at this stage in her career, she offers an important lesson about the burdens Black women carry: “They were forced upon landing here to take care of everybody at great sacrifice, meaning their own family was not their own family,” she says. “Their family was born and bred to be sold. And this has been a generational curse of sorts, to have your family ripped away from you. I don’t think anybody ever takes that into full consideration when they talk about the plight of Black women.” Ralph is committed to breaking that cycle—and for her, that starts with deep rest. Tap the link in bio for our full interview with the “Abbott Elementary” star.

Credits:
Photographer: Andy Jackson (@anndyjackson)
Wardrobe Stylist: Kat Typaldos (@kattypaldos)
Makeup: Juanice Reed (@juanice.mua)
Hair: Sharif Poston (@sharifposton)
Prop Stylist: James Lear (@jameslear)
Manicurist: Jill Thomas (@jillthomasnailz)

Editor in Chief: Rachel Wilkerson Miller (@the_rewm)
Creative Director: Amber Venerable (@avenerable)
Production: Melissa Kramer (@melissa.j.kramer)
Entertainment Directors: Caitlin Brody (@cbroday) and Sergio Kletnoy (@sergiokletnoy)
Author: Evette Dion (@freeblackgirl)

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