Roz Ryan (Aunt Sylvia)
Roz Ryan plays Rickey Smiley’s Aunt Sylvia who helps raise his three kids. Ryan has a 30-year career as a singer and television and broadway actress. She is most known for her role as the cantankerous Amelia Heterbrink on Amen. Her other television credits include roles on All About the Andersons, Half and Half and the Showtime series Barbershop. Ryan has starred in numerous musicals including Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Dreamgirls. She also been the voice of several animated characters including Mrs. Fitzpatrick on Disney’s Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.