When Sheryl Lee Ralph’s name was announced as the 2022 Emmy Awards winner, her daughter Ivy-Victoria Maurice and son Etienne Maurice cheered her on.
They were seen hugging nicely while their mother accepted the Emmy and gave her dream speech. Her fans have wished her well on social media.
Who are Sheryl Lee Ralph’s children?
Sheryl Lee Ralph has two children, a daughter and a son. She has an older son named Etienne and a younger daughter named Ivy.
Their children get along well and also work together. Etienne owns the Walk Good LA brand, where they both work.
In 2001, Sheryl separated from the father of her children
In 1990, Sheryl married French businessman Eric Maurice. In the eleven years of their marriage, they had two children, Etienne and Ivy.
Although they separated in 2001, the children still spent time with both parents and had a good relationship with both. Eric was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but grew up in France, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Martinique.
He is very excited to be a part of Soka Gakkai International. He has a famous sense of style, blending his European roots with his own unique style. He is also often seen with his children, who are also business owners and fashion icons.
You give her the most help
Sheryl won her first Emmy at the 2022 ceremony. She received the Emmy for her role as Mrs. Barbara Howard at Abbott Elementary School. People say her speech was one of the most moving at an Emmy ever.
She sang a few lines from the song “Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves after accepting the award. She then proudly held her trophy and told anyone who has ever had a dream but thought it wasn’t going to come true to keep believing in that dream and work hard to make it come true.
When her name was called as the Emmy winner, her children were seen hugging excitedly. Even as she was just nominated for the award, her children and husband cheered her on in a video she posted to social media.
Meet Sheryl Lee Ralph’s son Etienne Maurice
Etienne Maurice was born in Los Angeles to an African father and Jamaican mother. He is a social activist, an actor and a filmmaker who wants to use his creative skills to make the world a better place.
He is the son of actor Eric Maurice and actress Sheryl Lee. Vincent Hughes, Senator from Pennsylvania, is his stepfather.
He plays and makes films
At Drexel University he studied cinematography and film/video production until his graduation. He has also worked as a production assistant for a number of media and entertainment companies.
According to IMDB, HEIR, The Last Laugh and Hideous are some of his most famous films.
GoodWalk Productions was founded by Etienne
Etienne founded and is Chief Executive Officer of GoodWalk Productions, an independent company that produces both films and television shows. It was made to honor his Jamaican roots and his grandmother who told him to “walk good,” which is a Jamaican expression for good luck, road safety, and happiness.
Working for various companies, he has been a production assistant, content producer, associate producer intern, executive producer and creative director.
He has worked for NBC News, Scoremore, Nancy Glass Productions, Nickelodeon, The Uber Urban and the African American Film Critics Association LLC.
Information about Ivy-Victoria Maurice Lee, Sheryl Lee’s daughter
Emmy-winning Sheryl Lee Ralph has a daughter named Ivy-Victoria. Her Linkedin says she is a journalist interested in education, travel and retail.
She went to Syracuse University for three years and earned a degree in economics with a concentration in retail management. She was then 20 years old. She blogs about fashion, lifestyle, travel and culture and works as a creative consultant.
She used to work for companies like PsyQic, Ems Consulting, AMCONYC, Ebony Media, Lonny Magazine and Ustawi Skincare. In her career to date, she has also worked as a social media writer, contributing writer, fashion intern in administration, content creator and social media marketing consultant.
She styles her mother’s hair
Ivy is the stylist who put together Sheryl Lee Ralph’s look for the April 2022 Abbott Elementary press tour. Ivy also posted a few pics of her mom and said it took her three days to style her mom.
The actress also retweeted the tweet with the caption, “I gave birth to my own stylist.” Her fans were amazed at how fresh and vibrant she looked and they commented on how beautiful she looked. They also left lots of love and support for the mother and daughter in the comments.
Ivy started her own business after her grandmother gave her the idea.
Ivy is a businesswoman who owns the House of Ivy brand. It was based on her grandmother Ivy Ralph who was one of the first people to work in the fashion industry in Jamaica.
She also made the ‘kareba’ (bush jacket and trousers) for then Prime Minister Michael Manley. This outfit became popular among men in the late 1970s.
Her Instagram name is Ivy Coco
At home, Ivy-Victoria is called Maurice Coco. While she was still in her mother’s womb, her brother would point to her mother’s belly and say, “Baby Coco.” Although her name was Ivy, they all called her Coco after she was born.
So she put her real name and nickname together to create an Instagram username. She is a well known influencer who likes Instagrammers like Marianna Hewitt (@marianna hewitt), Carli Bybel (@carlibel), Joey Rosado (@islandboiphotography) and Asiyami Gold (@asiyami gold).
During an interview with Starngage, she said she loves letting people show their style, personality and life because it inspires them. She likes it when people tell her they get ideas from her.
early years
Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Her father, Stanley Ralph, was a college professor and her mother, Ivy Ralph OD, was a Jamaican fashion designer who made the Kariba suit. Michael Ralph, who acts and makes people laugh, is her younger brother. A DNA test revealed that she is partially related to the Tikar people of Cameroon. She grew up in both Jamaica (Mandeville) and Long Island (Long Island). Ralph attended high school in Uniondale, New York at Uniondale High School. She starred in a high school production of Oklahoma! play the role of Ado Annie. In 1972, Sheryl received her diploma. Earlier this year she was named Miss Black Teenage New York. Ralph was the youngest woman ever to graduate from Rutgers University. While there, she was one of the first people to win the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. That same year, Glamor magazine named her one of the top ten college women in America. She initially wanted to study medicine, but after working with cadavers in a pre-med course and winning a scholarship to the American College Theater Festival, decided to switch to the performing arts instead. She spoke at the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2003 at Rutgers, which took place after many years.
Career
Ralph started out on stage and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1982 for her role as Deena Jones in the musical Dreamgirls. Ralph’s only album, In the Evening, was released in 1984. The song “In the Evening” reached #6 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart that same year. In the 1988 Disney film Oliver & Company, she played the cheeky Afghan named Rita. In The Mighty Quinn, released in 1989, she played Denzel Washington’s wife. This was her first starring role in a film. In 1992 she played the title role in Mistress with Robert De Niro. That same year she starred opposite Eddie Murphy in The Distinguished Gentleman. In the 1990s she had roles in The Flintstones, Deterrence and Unconditional Love.
She was in the cast of the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow at the same time she was the star of the Broadway show Dreamgirls. She is known for her roles as Ginger St. James in It’s a Living, Etienne Toussaint-Bouvier in Designing Women and Dee Mitchell in Moesha. She was the voice of Cheetah in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. She also played Florence Watson, mother of Rita Louise Watson (Lauryn Hill) in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. Ralph did Divas Simply Singing which has become a very important way to raise money for AIDS research. She also played Claire on the Showtime show Barbershop. Sheryl gave a new look to the pain of war on the hit NBC show ER. Ralph’s 2002 film Baby of the Family is about a young girl who is born with a blanket on her head that lets her see ghosts and the future. Ralph has also appeared on MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 and BET’s Baldwin Hills with his son Etienne. Their two children, Etienne and Ivy-Victoria (aka Coco), both named after Ralph’s mother, also appeared in an episode of Clean House.
On June 16, 2009, it was announced that Ralph Elyse would be starring in the musical The First Wives Club, which was slated to go to Broadway. She took the place of Adriane Lenox, who had to leave the show due to health issues. Ralph guest-starred in the 2011 Young Justice episode “Terrors”. In this episode he played Amanda Waller. Ralph played Cynthia, the mother of Jennifer Hudson’s character, on the 2013 NBC show Smash. On February 9, 2013, he was at the 2013 Columbus Middle School youth rally in Columbus, Mississippi. In August 2014, she filled out the KTLA Los Angeles Morning News as an entertainment reporter. Ralph was the rich woman who claimed her dog from Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn to Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn in November 2014.
She has recently appeared on television in the drama comedy Claws on TNT and as Tia Mowry’s mother Hardrict in the Nickelodeon comedy Instant Mom.
Ralph played one of the main characters, Rose, on the TV show Fam from January 10 to April 11, 2019. The show ran for one season and ended in May 2019. In 2022, Ralph joined the cast of the hit new sitcom Abbott Elementary. He played an elementary school teacher with 30 years of experience. Ralph won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role. She was the second black actress to win in this category, after Jackée Harry, who won for 227 in 1987.
life at home
Ralph has been married to Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes since July 30, 2005. At the 47th National Convention of Delta Sigma Theta in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2004, Ralph was made an honorary member of the group. After delivering the commencement address at Tougaloo College in May 2008, Ralph was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters. She was married to French businessman Eric Maurice from 1990 to 2001 and they have two children together.