[8][9] In 1992, Jerald landed the role of unflappable personal assistant, Beverly Barnes, on The Larry Sanders Show.

[10] For her work on Larry Sanders, Jerald received a CableACE Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1996.

[11] Two years later, she earned an NAACP Image Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

[18] Jerald believed it was the first role to test her acting ability, claiming the majority of her previous characters were "easy-going.

She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2003 alongside her 24 co-stars.

[20] In 2003, Jerald portrayed Condoleezza Rice in DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, a TV movie about the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Jerald gave voice to Amanda Waller in animated series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles in 2015.

[30] Jerald also teaches acting workshops and produces and directs for Outreach Christian Theater Company, which she and her musician husband founded in 1994.