Loretta Devine

**Loretta Devine** (born August 21, 1949) is an American movie, stage and television actress and was born in Texas. She has starred on many television sitcoms, like _A Different World_. She acted in the movies _Waiting to Exhale_, _I Am Sam_, _For Colored Girls_ and many others. She has won several Emmy Awards.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1981|_Will_|||
|1983|_Anna to the Infinite Power_|Ms. Benson||
|1988|_Little Nikita_|Verna McLaughlin||
|1988|_Sticky Fingers_|Diane||
|1989|_Heart and Soul_|Tonia Harris|Short film|
|1990|_Stanley & Iris_|Bertha||
|1990|_Sugar and Spice_|Loretta Fontaine||
|1990|_Cop Rock_|Juror||
|1991|_Livin' Large_|Nadine Biggs||
|1992|_Caged Fear_|Judy||
|1992|_Class Act_|Blade's mom||
|1993|_Amos & Andrew_|Ula||
|1994|_The Hard Truth_|Nichols' secretary||
|1995|_Waiting to Exhale_|Gloria Matthews|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|
|1996|_The Preacher's Wife_|Beverly|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|
|1997|_The Price of Kissing_|Jackee||
|1997|_Hoodlum_|Pigfoot Mary||
|1997|_Lover Girl_|Leticia||
|1998|_Urban Legend_|Reese Wilson||
|1998|_Down in the Delta_|Zenia||
|1999|_Lillie_|Michelle||
|1999|_Operation Splitsville_|Principal||
|1999|_Funny Valentine_|Dearie B.||
|1999|_The Breaks_|Floria||
|2000|_Punks_|Health counselor||
|2000|_Urban Legends: Final Cut_|Reese Wilson||
|2000|_What Women Want_|Flo the Doorwoman||
|2001|_Kingdom Come_|Marguerite Slocumb|Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|
|2001|_I Am Sam_|Margaret Calgrove||
|2002|_Baby of the Family_|Delores||
|2002|_Book of Love_|||
|2003|_Zoe Busiek: Wild Card_|||
|2004|_Woman Thou Art Loosed_|Cassey Jordan|Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|
|2004|_Crash_|Shaniqua Johnson|Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress|
|2005|_King's Ransom_|Miss Gladys||
|2006|_Dirty Laundry_|Evelyn||
|2006|_Dreamgirls_|Jazz singer||
|2007|_Cougar Club_|Dolly||
|2007|_This Christmas_|Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield|Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|
|2008|_First Sunday_|Sister Doris||
|2008|_Beverly Hills Chihuahua_|Delta (voice)||
|2008|_Spring Breakdown_|Dr. Marguerite||
|2009|_My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?_|Miss Roberts||
|2010|_Death at a Funeral_|Cynthia||
|2010|_Lottery Ticket_|Grandma||
|2010|_For Colored Girls_|Juanita Sims / Green||
|2010|_Politics of Love_|Shirlee Gupta||
|2011|_Jumping the Broom_|Pamela Taylor||
|2011|_Madea's Big Happy Family_|Shirley||
|2013|_Khumba_|Mama V (voice)||
|2014|_You're Not You_|Marilyn||
|2015|_Welcome to Me_|The Lawyer||
|2016|_Norm of the North_|Tamecia (voice)||
|2016|_Caged No More_|Aggie||
|2016|_Grandma’s House_|Margie||
|2017|_My Other Home_|Mabel Marbury||
|2017|_Naked_|Carol||
|2018|_Sierra Burgess Is a Loser_|Ms. Thomson||
|2018|_Jingle Belle_|Emory Simons||
|2019|_The Trap_|Mama Jay||
|2020|_HeadShop _|Jeanette|post-production|
|TBA|_Welcome to Pine Grove!_|Sally|Post-production|
|TBA|_The Starling_||Post-production|