After Sheryl Lee Ralph won the Emmy for playing veteran teacher Barbara Howard in “Abbott Elementary,” her phone didn’t stop ringing.
“People talk about your phone blowing up, but my phone absolutely blew up,” she says, just days after getting the award for Best Supporting Actress. “I’ve heard from all kinds of people – a mayor, a governor, a prime minister. People I went to grade school with, junior high and high school. The president of the university I went to reached out on social media because, ‘at least I know you will get the message there.
Ralph’s acceptance speech was unique, too. A Broadway veteran, she sang Dianne Reeves’ “Endangered Species” as part of her moment. The crowd gave her a standing ovation and cheered when she said, “To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn’t, wouldn’t come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving looks like. And don’t you ever, ever give up on you.
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