When Sheryl Lee Ralph’s name was called as the winner of the 2022 Emmy Awards, her daughter Ivy-Victoria Maurice and son Etienne Maurice cheered for her.
They were seen giving each other a nice hug while their mother accepted the Emmy and gave her dream speech. On social media, her fans have wished her well.
Who Are the Children of Sheryl Lee Ralph?
Sheryl Lee Ralph has two kids, a daughter and a son. She has a son named Etienne who is older and a daughter named Ivy who is younger.
Her children get along well with each other and also work together. Etienne owns the brand Walk Good LA, where they both work.
In 2001, Sheryl split up with her kids’ father
In 1990, Sheryl got married to the French businessman Eric Maurice. During the eleven years they were married, they had two children, Etienne and Ivy.
Even though they split up in 2001, the kids still spent time with both parents and had a good relationship with each. Eric was born in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan, but he grew up in France, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, and Martinique.
He is very happy to be a part of Soka Gakkai International. He has a famous sense of style and combines his European roots with his own unique style. He is also often seen with his children, who are also business owners and fashion icons in their own right.
They give her the most help
Sheryl won her first Emmy at the 2022 ceremony. She got the Emmy for playing Mrs. Barbara Howard at Abbott elementary school. People say that her speech was one of the most moving ever given at an Emmy.
She sang a few lines from Dianne Reeves’s song “Endangered Species” after she accepted the award. Then, she proudly held her trophy and told anyone who had ever had a dream but thought it wouldn’t come true to keep believing in that dream and work hard to make it come true.
When her name was called as the winner of the Emmy, her children were seen giving each other excited hugs. Even when she was just nominated for the award, her kids and husband were cheering for her in a video she posted on social media.
Get to know Sheryl Lee Ralph Son Etienne Maurice
Etienne Maurice was born in Los Angeles to a father who was from Africa and a mother who was from Jamaica. 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, who is a state senator in Pennsylvania, is his stepfather.
He acts and makes movies
At Drexel University, he studied Cinematography and Film/Video Production until he was done. Besides that, he worked as a production assistant for a number of media and entertainment companies.
IMDB says that H.E.I.R., The Last Laugh, and Hideous are some of his best-known movies.
GoodWalk Productions was started by Etienne
Etienne started and is the Chief Executive Officer of GoodWalk productions, an independent company that makes both movies and TV shows. It was made to honor his Jamaican roots and his grandmother, who told him to “Walk Good,” which is a Jamaican phrase for good luck, safety on the road, and happiness.
When he worked for different companies, he was a production assistant, a content producer, an associate producer intern, an executive producer, and a 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
Sheryl Lee Ralph, who has won an Emmy, has a daughter named Ivy-Victoria. Her Linkedin says that she is a journalist who is interested in education, travel, and retail.
She went to Syracuse University for three years and got a degree in Economics with a focus on retail management. She was 20 years old at the time. She blogs about fashion, lifestyle, travel, and culture and works as a creative consultant.
She used to work for companies like PsyQic, Ems Consulting, A.M.C.O.N.Y.C., Ebony Media, Lonny Magazine, and Ustawi Skincare. In her career so far, she has also worked as a social media writer, a contributing writer, an administrative fashion intern, a content creator, and a social media marketing consultant.
She styles her mother’s hair
Ivy is the stylist who put together Sheryl Lee Ralph’s look for the Abbott Elementary press tour in April 2022. Ivy also posted a bunch of pictures of her mother and said that 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 by how fresh and vibrant she looked, and they said how beautiful she looked. They also left a lot of love and support for the mother and daughter in the comments.
Ivy went into business for herself 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 fashion in Jamaica.
She also made the “Kareba” (bush jacket and pants) for Michael Manley, who was Prime Minister at the time. This outfit became popular with men in the late 1970s.
Her Instagram name is Ivy Coco
At home, Ivy-Victoria Maurice is called Coco. When she was still in her mother’s womb, her brother pointed to her mother’s stomach and said, “Baby Coco.” Even though her name was Ivy, everyone called her Coco after she was born.
So, she put her real name and her nickname together to make 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 that she loves letting people see her 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 O.D., 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 showed that she is partly related to the Tikar people of Cameroon. She grew up in both Jamaica (Mandeville) and Long Island (Long Island). Ralph went to high school in Uniondale, New York, at Uniondale High School. She played the lead role in a high school production of Oklahoma! playing the role of Ado Annie. In 1972, Sheryl got her diploma. She was named Miss Black Teenage New York earlier that year. Ralph was the youngest woman to ever graduate from Rutgers University. While she was there, she was one of the first people to win the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. That same year, Glamour magazine named her one of the top ten college women in America. She wanted to study medicine at first, but after working with dead bodies in a pre-med class and winning a scholarship at the American College Theater Festival, she decided to switch to the performing arts instead. She spoke at the graduation for the Class of 2003 at Rutgers, which was 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, came out in 1984. The song “In the Evening” reached No. 6 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart that same year. In the 1988 Disney movie Oliver & Company, she played the sassy Afghan Hound named Rita. In The Mighty Quinn, which came out in 1989, she played Denzel Washington’s wife. This was her first lead role in a movie. In 1992, she played the title role in Mistress with Robert De Niro. In the same year, she was in The Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy. She had parts in The Flintstones, Deterrence, and Unconditional Love in the 1990s.
She was in the cast of the CBS daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow at the same time that she was the star of the Broadway show Dreamgirls. She is known for her roles as Ginger St. James on It’s a Living, Etienne Toussaint-Bouvier on Designing Women, and Dee Mitchell on Moesha. In Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, she was the voice of Cheetah. In the 1993 movie Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, she also played Florence Watson, the mother of Rita Louise Watson (Lauryn Hill). Ralph made 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. In the hit NBC show ER, Sheryl gave a new look to the pain of war. Ralph’s film Baby of the Family from 2002 is about a young girl who is born with a caul on her head that lets her see ghosts and the future. Ralph was also on MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 and BET’s Baldwin Hills with his son Etienne. Her two children, Etienne and Ivy-Victoria (aka Coco), who were both named after Ralph’s mother, were also in an episode of Clean House.
On June 16, 2009, it was announced that Ralph would play Elyse in the musical The First Wives Club, which was headed to Broadway. She took the place of Adriane Lenox, who had to leave the show because of health problems. Ralph was a guest star on the Young Justice episode “Terrors” in 2011. He played Amanda Waller in that episode. Ralph played Cynthia, Jennifer Hudson’s character’s mother, on the NBC show Smash in 2013. On February 9, 2013, he was at the 2013 Columbus Middle School youth rally in Columbus, Mississippi. In August 2014, she filled in as an Entertainment Reporter on the KTLA Los Angeles Morning News. Ralph was the rich woman who claimed her dog from Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn in November 2014.
She has recently been on TV in the drama-comedy Claws on TNT and as Tia Mowry-mother Hardrict’s on 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 new hit 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 in 1987 for 227.
Life at home
Since July 30, 2005, Ralph has been married to Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes. 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 giving the commencement speech at Tougaloo College in May 2008, Ralph was given an honorary doctorate of humane letters. She was married to the French businessman Eric Maurice from 1990 to 2001, and they have two children together.