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Breaking Baz: ‘Abbott Elementary’ Star Sheryl Lee Ralph On Why She’s Having The Time Of Her Life


An audience with Sheryl Lee Ralph, a fan favorite as no-nonsense teacher Barbara Howard on Abbott Elementary, makes for an exhilarating education.

Ralph plays Kitty, who in the opening commentary voiced by Sarandon is introduced as the Nature Goddess of the quartet, due to her scientific research into the “healing” properties of weed. Just last week she was Emmy-nominated, for a third time, in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her role as Barbara Howard, the wisest member of Abbot Elementary’ s teaching staff. Reminds that, when we were introduced at last January’s Critics Choice Awards, I was allowed to shoot a brief video of her chatting to Robert de Niro where they talked about working together on the Barry Primus-directed 1992 film Mistress.

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