Loretta Devine

**Loretta Devine** (an haife ta a ranar 21 ga watan Agusta, shekararta alif 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.

## Rayuwar farko
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 .  A shekarar 1976, ta sami Jagora na Fine Arts a Theater daga Jami'ar Brandeis . 

An fara ta ne a cikin Epsilon Lambda Babi na Alpha Kappa Alpha .

## Ayyuka

### Aikin mataki
Devine tayi aiki sosai a kan Broadway. Shirinta na farko shine shirin Broadway ya kasance a cikin 1978 a cikin wani waƙa da ake kira *A Broadway Musical*, wanda aka rufe bayan gabatarwar 14 kuma ɗayan aiki ne kawai a ranar 21 ga watan Disamba na shekarar 1978. Ta dauki hankali a cikin shirinta na Broadway na biyu, wanda ake kira *Comin 'Uptown,* wanda ke dauke da Gregory Hines . 

Ta tashi ta zama tauraruwa a cikin *Dreamgirls*, wacce ta lalace a shekarar 1981 Broadway ta musika bisa lafazin tarihin The Supremes, inda ta samo asali daga rawar Lorrell Robinson (halayyar kirkirarre da Mary Wilson ). Labarin *Dreamgirls* an kirkireshi ne a yayin bita wanda aka gudanar a cikin bita na tsawon sati shida tsawon shekaru uku, wanda Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, da Jennifer Holliday suka haɓaka ta hanyar improv.  Ta kuma sami raves a cikin shekarar 1995 Apollo revival na *Wiz* kamar yadda Glinda The Good Witch of the South.

### Fim
Duk da yake karanta for *Dreamgirls* tare da wata yarinya a shekarar 1981, Devine aka jefa a Jessie Maple 's *Will*, da farko m alama-tsawon fim mai ba da umarni wani Afirka-American mace.  Domin rawar da ta taka a cikin fim ɗin mai ƙarancin kuɗi, Devine ta sami $ 500. 

Matsayi kaɗan don Devine ya biyo baya a fina-finai kamar *Little Nikita* da *Stanley &amp;amp; Iris* . Tana da rawar gani a cikin fim ɗin *Dreamgirls* .

A cikin 1995, ta sami babban matsayi a matsayin Gloria Matthews a *Waiting to Exhale*, gaban Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines, da Angela Bassett . Matsayin ya ba ta lambar yabo ta NAACP don Jarumar Tallafawa ta Musamman a cikin Hoton Motsi, kamar yadda fim dinta na gaba, *Matar Mai Wa’azi*, fim dinta na biyu da Houston da Hines. Daga baya ta kasance tare da Alfre Woodard a *Down a cikin Delta* (1998) da kuma *Funny Valentines* (1999).

### Talabijan da ci gaba da nasarorin fim
Devine ta taka rawar gani a matsayin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin wasan kwaikwayon *Gidan Tarihi mai Launi* tare da Vickilyn Reynolds . Devine da Reynolds duk sun ci gaba da wasa da 'yan'uwa mata a cikin gajeren shirin TV *Sugar da Spice* . A lokacin tsakanin wasan kwaikwayo da silsilar, Devine ta fito a farkon kakar wasannin TV *A Duniya daban-daban* kamar Stevie Rallen, darektan ɗakin kwana a almara na Kwalejin Hillman.

Daga shekara ta 2000 zuwa shekarar 2004, Devine ta zama tauraruwar malama a makarantar sakandare Marla Hendricks kan shirin Fox na *Boston Jama'a* . Devine ta sami lambar yabo ta Hotuna har sau uku saboda aikinta a cikin jerin. Har ila yau, ta ci gaba da aiki a cikin fim, tana taka rawa a cikin Babban *Tarihin Birni*, *Tarihin Birni: Yanke Finalarshe*, kuma *Ni Am Sam* . Har yanzu Devine ta sake samun lambar yabo ta Hotuna da kuma Neman Kyautar Ruhu mai zaman kanta don aikinta a cikin fim din a shekarar 2004 *Mace Kai Mai Ragewa* . Ta kuma fito a fim din a shekarar 2005 *Crash* . A cikin shekara ta 2007, ta fito a *Wannan Kirsimeti*, kuma a cikin shekara mai zuwa tana da rawa na yau da kullun akan wasan kwaikwayo na ABC *mai ban dariya Eli Stone* . Har ila yau, Devine na daga cikin wa) anda aka tsara fina-finai biyu, na Tyler Perry, wanda aka tsara *don 'Yan Mata Masu* *Laya da Babban Gidan Farin Cikin Madea* . A cikin shekarar 2008, an nuna ta sosai a shirin George Michael na " Jin Dadi ." Ta kuma bayyana a *ranar Lahadin Farko*, *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* da *Jumping the Broom* . 

Devine tana da maimaita rawa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Shonda Rhimes *Grey's Anatomy* kamar matar Dr. Richard Webber, Adele.  A cikin shekarar 2011 ta sami lambar yabo ta Emmy Primetime don Fitacciyar Bako a cikin Wasannin Wasannin don aikin ta. An sake zaba ta a karo na biyu saboda rawar da ta taka a shekarar 2012.  Har ila yau, Devine ta ci lambar yabo ta Gracie Allen don fitacciyar 'yar wasa a cikin Matsayi na *Grey Anatomy* a 2012. 

A cikin shekarar 2011, ta kuma yi rawar gani a cikin ɗan gajeren rayuwar ABC Family comedy *na Georgia* . A cikin shekarar 2012, ta kasance wani ɓangare na *Maryan wasa Mary Jane* . Ta kuma yi wasa da Hallie, mai jinya, a gidan Playhouse Disney na *Doc McStuffins* . Daga baya a waccan shekarar ta fara yin rawa a cikin jerin Rayuwa *Lissafin Abokin Ciniki*, tana taka rawar Georgia Cummings, mamallakin gidan tausa inda mai hali Riley Parks ke aiki. An soke jerin bayan yanayi biyu.  Devine kuma ya buga Cynthia Carmichael akan NBC sitcom *The Carmichael Show* .  

## Filmography

### Fim

### Talabijan

## Matakan fili

* Ministan, *Godsong*, La MaMa ETC, Birnin New York, 1978
* (Broadway halarta a karon) Dionne, *Gashi* (farkawa), gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Biltmore, 1977
* Soloist, *Langston Hughes*, AMAS Repertory Theater, 1977
* Matsayin *taken*, Karma, Cibiyar Richard Allen, Birnin New York, 1977
* Gloria, *Verandah*, Sabbin Masu Rinjaye, 1977
* Kadaitaka, *Dalilai Na Lokaci*, Gidan Wasan Wasanni na Yankin Henry Street, New York City, 1977
* Yenta lady, *A Broadway Musical*, Lunt-Fontanne Theater, Birnin New York, 1978
* Loretta, *Miss Gaskiya*, gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Apollo, Birnin New York, 1978
* *Kasusuwa*, Da'ira a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Square, Birnin New York, 1978
* Glinda Kyakkyawan Mayya na Kudu, Wiz, *Gidan Wasannin Yankin* Yanki na Henry Street, 1978
* Nagarta, *Baƙi*, Cibiyar Richard Allen, Birnin New York, 1978
* Budurwa Maryamu, *Comin 'Uptown*, Gidan Wasannin Gidan Wuta na hunturu, Birnin New York, 1979
* Jauhari, *Zaki da Jauhari*, Cibiyar Lincoln, Birnin New York, 1980
* *Daraja*, Dementos, Cibiyar Birni, New York City, 1980
* Lorell Robinson, *Dreamgirls*, Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Imperial, Birnin New York, 1981
* *Gwanin Kevin Christian*, Gidan Hoto na Gidan Makiyaya, 1983
* Mermaid, *Za a tafi!*, Hall Hall Music Music, New York City, 1984
* Janeen Earl-Taylor, *Tsawon Lokaci Tun Jiya*, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, New York City, 1985
* Lilly, *Babban Kasuwanci*, Gidan Wasannin Wasannin Broadway, Birnin New York, 1986
* Lala, Wigs, da samfurin, *Gidan Tarihi Mai Launi*, Gidajen Jama'a / Susan Stein Shiva Theater, New York City, 1986
* Delia, *Spunk*, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1990
* Billie Holiday, *Ranar Lady a Emerson's Bar da Grill*, Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA, sai Little Theater, Phoenix, AZ, 1991
* Holly Day, *Rabbit Foot*, Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1991
* Charlesetta, Hanyoyin Hanyoyin Hotunan *Gabas ta Texas*, The Met, Los Angeles, 1991
* Soloist, *Rodgers, Hart, Hammerstein Tribute*, Ofishin Jakadancin, 1991
* Soloist, *Babban Lokacin a Broadway*, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, 1991
* Glinda The Good mayya na Kudu, *The Wiz*, Apollo Revival, 1995
* Har ila yau, ya bayyana kamar Cissy, *Mace daga Gari* da kuma *A Mafarkin Mafarkin Dare* da *Hoton Mikado* a 1990.

## Duba kuma

* Tarihin Ba-Amirken Afirka a Houston

## Bayani
 

## Hanyoyin haɗin waje

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* Loretta Devine at the Internet Broadway Database 
* Loretta Devine at the Internet Off-Broadway Database