Loretta Devine was born on August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an American actress.

Her first appearance was in a Broadway musical Dreamgirls. In 1995, she landed a high-profile role as Gloria Peaches in Waiting to Exhale, joined in the cast by Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines, and Angela Bassett, among others.

She also starred in a future movies include Urban Legend, Urban Legends: Final Cut, and I Am Sam. She also appeared in the 2005 Academy Awards Best Picture winning film Crash (2004).

She is currently filming This Christmas in Los Angeles, a Screen Gems production co-starring Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, and Regina King.

Filmography

• Touched (2007)
• First Sunday (2008)
• Spring Breakdown (2008)
• This Christmas (2007)
• Cougar Club (2007)
• "Grey's Anatomy" (8 episodes, 2005-2007)
• "Everybody Hates Chris" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "Eli Stone" (1 episode)
• Dreamgirls (2006)
• "Boston Legal" (1 episode, 2006)
• Dirty Laundry (2006)
• Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
• "Girlfriends" (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
• "Supernatural" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Wild Card" (19 episodes, 2004-2005)
• King's Ransom (2005)
• "Boston Public" (81 episodes, 2000-2005)
• Crash (2004)
• Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
• "Half & Half" (2 episodes, 2003)
• Book of Love (2002)
• Baby of the Family (2002)
• I Am Sam (2001)
• Kingdom Come (2001)
• What Women Want (2000)
• Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
• "The PJs" (30 episodes, 1999-2000)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Family Law" (1 episode, 2000)
• Best Actress (2000)
• Freedom Song (2000)
• Punks (2000)
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
• Jackie's Back! (1999)
• "Clueless" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Moesha" (1 episode, 1999)
• The Breaks (1999)
• Funny Valentines (1999)
• Operation Splitsville (1999)
• Lillie (1999)
• Urban Legend (1998)
• Down in the Delta (1998)
• Love Kills (1998)
• Alyson's Closet (1998)
• Don King: Only in America (1997)
• Lover Girl (1997)
• Clover (1997)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• The Price of Kissing (1997)
• "Touched by an Angel" (2 episodes, 1997)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996)
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
• Waiting to Exhale (1995)
• "Ned and Stacey" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Picket Fences" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995)
• The Hard Truth (1994)
• The American Clock (1993)
• "Roc" (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
• Amos & Andrew (1993)
• Caged Fear (1992)
• Class Act (1992)
• "Reasonable Doubts" (2 episodes, 1991)
• Livin' Large! (1991)
• "Great Performances" (1 episode, 1991)
• "Cop Rock" (1 episode, 1990)
• "Murphy Brown" (1 episode, 1990)
• "Sugar and Spice" (1990)
• Stanley & Iris (1990)
• Heart and Soul (1989)
• Parent Trap III (1989)
• "Amen" (1 episode, 1988)
• Sticky Fingers (1988)
• "A Different World" (9 episodes, 1987-1988)
• Little Nikita (1988)
• The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
• "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1987)
• Anna to the Infinite Power (1983)
• Will (1981)

Awards

• NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series "Boston Public" 2001
• NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture "The Preacher's Wife" 1998
• NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture "Waiting to Exhale" 1997