Loretta Devine (an haife ta a ranar 21 ga watan Agusta, shekarar 1949) ’yar fim ce Ba’amurkiya kuma mawaƙiya. Devine sananiya ce ga yawancin matsayi a duk faɗin matakai na wasannin talabijin da fim. Matsayinta mafi girma sun hada da Lorrell Robinson a cikin asalin Broadway wanda aka kirkira na Dreamgirls, mai tsananin wahala Gloria Matthews a cikin fim din Jiran Zuwa Exhale, da matsayinta na maimaituwa kamar Adele Webber kan wasan kwaikwayo na likitanci Grey's Anatomy, wanda ta sami nasara a Primetime Emmy Kyauta ga Fitacciyar Bako 'Yar wasa a cikin Wasannin Wasanni a cikin shekarar 2011. An haifi Loretta Devine a Houston, Texas . Mahaifiyarta mai suna Eunice O'Neal ( née Toliver), ta kasance mai kwalliya, kuma mahaifinta mai suna James Devine, ya yi aikin kwadago. Ta girma a cikin garin Acres Homes yankin Houston, inda mahaifiyarta ta kasance uwa daya tilo ga yara shida. Ta kasance mai aiki sosai a kan ƙungiyar pep, kuma ta yi rawar gani a makarantar sakandare ta George Washington Carver . A cikin shekarar 1971, Devine ta kammala karatun digiri daga Jami'ar Houston tare da Digiri na Fasaha a Jawabin da Wasan kwaikwayo .