Loretta Devine

American actress

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2024 Scheduled to appear in multiple projects including 'Bull Street' and 'Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love'
May 2024 Starred in 'The Preacher's Wife' musical at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, a stage adaptation based on previous film versions.
2023 Starred in 'A Snowy Day in Oakland' as Jeanette
2022 Loretta Devine was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Performance in Family Reunion
2022 Appeared in 'Mack & Rita' as Sharon and 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules' as Irene
2021 Starred in 'Queen Bees' as Sally Heart and 'The Starling' as Velma
2020 Starts recurring role in 'P-Valley' as Earnestine Sayles
2019 Begins main role in 'Family Reunion' as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
2018 Appeared in TV movie 'Behind the Movement' as Jo Ann Robinson, depicting historical civil rights figure
2015 Loretta Devine voiced the character Muriel Hobblepot in the video game King's Quest
2015 Joins the main cast of 'The Carmichael Show' as Cynthia Carmichael
2013 Loretta Devine won the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy
2013 Loretta Devine won the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special for Doc McStuffins
2013 Loretta Devine was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for 'In the Hive'
2012 Loretta Devine was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy
2012 Loretta Devine was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy
2012 Appears as herself on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' during the 'Snatch Game' episode
2012 Begins starring in 'The Client List' as Georgia Cummings-Clemens
2012 Voiced the character Hallie on the Disney Junior series Doc McStuffins and began starring in the Lifetime series The Client List.
2012 Received a second Emmy Award nomination for Grey's Anatomy and won a Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Feature Role.
2011 Devine starred in 'Madea's Big Happy Family', 'Jumping the Broom', and 'Politics of Love'
2011 Won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Grey's Anatomy.
2011 Starred in the short-lived ABC Family comedy State of Georgia.
2010 Loretta Devine appears in an episode of 'Party Down' as Diane Ellison
2010 Loretta Devine appeared in multiple films including 'Death at a Funeral', 'Lottery Ticket', 'For Colored Girls', and 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2'
2010 Played Juanita Sims in the film adaptation of For Colored Girls, further demonstrating her dramatic range.

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