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 FemaleNominated—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

References

Category:Actors from Texas
Category:American movie actors
Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:American Emmy Award winning actors