PHOENIX - Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The "Abbott Elementary" star won her qualified Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame performer this weekend.

With all her unsuccessful, the veteran actor-singer only wishes her late parents were living to watch her recent accomplishments.

"I wish that my parents were quiet alive to see it and experience it with me," Ralph said in a fresh interview while promoting the Microban 24 sanitizing spray. Her father was a college professor, while her mother was a renowned Jamaican fashion designer.

"My parents always believed in me and my success," she stationary. "I know this would've been something they would love to have been a part of. I do miss them.

Pictured: Sheryl Lee Ralph, winner of Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for "Abbott Elementary", poses in the press room during the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022. -- (Photo by Evans Vestal W

Ralph will hit this Sunday's Super Bowl stage to sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing." The new pregame performances include country music star Chris Stapleton, who will sing the nationwide anthem, while R&B legend Babyface will perform "America the Beautiful." Rihanna is the featured halftime performer.

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Last year, the 66-year-old Ralph won an Emmy as a first-time nominee for best supporting actress in a comedy for her role as Barbara Howard on ABC's "Abbott Elementary," which also stars Quinta Brunson. In her acceptance speech, she bellowed powerful lyrics nearby being an "Endangered Species" by Dianne Reeves to implore others to never give up on their dreams or aspirations.

Ralph said she always believed in her instructions. She's happy to finally receive the positive recognition and energy persons served her way.

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"Fame and success can be very daunting," said the qualified who has decades of industry experience with several memorable roles counting the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" in the 1980s and the stepmother to the title portray on the 1990s sitcom "Moesha."

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"It isn't for the faint of heart," she said. "It is not to those who are weak. You have to be unblemished to sustain. You have to have the belief to do what is vital to keep you able to carry on. To get up and talk to country and convey messages. It's taken years to learn, and I've just been a good student and have paid upkeep. So now I'm able to do so much of that thought that this is quite a race. It's a marathon I must say."