Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has a sign in her bedroom that reads, “Underestimate me, that will be interesting.”<br />It’s that kind of self-motivation that has helped her find success as a Black female actress and advocate for herself in a Hollywood world that she was told wasn’t looking for women like her, she told podcaster Mel Robbins in a conversation at the TIME 2026 Woman of the Year Leadership Forum in Los Angeles.
