Education

Loretta Devine  went to  the University of Houston, where she graduated with a Bachelor degree in  Arts, majoring in Speech and Drama in the year 1971.  In the year 1976, Loretta joined the Brandeis University, where she worked hard  to pursue her dreams, earning herself a MFA in Theater. This brilliant actor was even taken in to Alpha Kappa Alpha, the famous Epsilon Lambda chapter.

Career life

Loretta has starred in several movies all through her life, most of which are  famous in the entire world. She started acting in 1978’s A Broadway Musical, which unfortunately went down after only one performance. Her performance in the Broadway musical Dreamgirs was splendid and she capture a lot of attention. Loretta played minor  characters in several other films, such as Little Nikita and Stanley & Iris. She also played a role in The Colored Museum. Her first TV series to appear on was A Different World, which was a fictional film.  Later on, Loretta played in the short-lived Sugar and Spice, which was  a TV series.

Her considered to be first role was in the film Waiting to Exhale, which was released in the year 1995. She played as Gloria Matthews together with other big celebrities such as Whitney Houston, the legendary musician with one of the best voices ever. Loretta’s performance was outstanding, earning an NAACP Image Award for the Best Supporting Actress. The following year, Loretta’s amazing performance in The Preacher’s Wife also earned her the same award. Quite a rare thing in the film industry. Later on in 1998, Loretta co-starred in Down in the Delta with the prominent Alfre Woodward. Her career was heating up, and in 1999 she played a role in Funny Valentines

Between the year 2000 and 2004, Devine took a major role in Fox TV’s drama series, Boston Public. Rarely, Loretta won another three more Image Awards for her good work in the TV series where she acted as a high school teacher.

Loretta continued to play in films, such as Urban Legend, Final Cut, I am Sam  and many others.

In 2004, Loretta Devine won yet another Image Award nomination, this time with an Independent Spirit Award nomination as well. These were based on her roles in the film Woman Thou Art Loosed, which  got worldwide views. In  the year 2005, Devine acted in the Crash. In 2007, she also played a role in yet another famous film, This Christmas. In 2008, she joined the ABC comedy drama series called Eli Stone.

She also played in the touching film by Tyler Perry, For Colored Girls, which covered domestic violence issues, unsafe abortions, abandonment and effects of drug abuse among other crucial social issues of concern. The filmography list for Devine cannot all be in this biography, it is extensive. To mention but a few, Loretta acted in Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Aanatomy among others.

Awards

Some of the awards Loretta has earned include the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress, which was featured from a drama series. In 2012, she was nominated for a second time because of her grand performance. In the same year, she won Gracie Allen Award  for the Outstanding Female Actor in Grey's Anatomy.

Personal life

Loretta has been married and divorced for a number of times. She was first married to Lamar Tyler, a musician back in the year 1973. In 1982, they had a son named James, interestingly an actor today too. The couple separated in January 2008. In 2011, Loretta got married again, to  her husband Glen Marshall. However, the two do not have any children together.

Having been an actor and a singer  for many years, Loretta has an estimated net worth of about 8 million dollars.

Loretta is an experienced actor with a great mind. She is always giving her all to her performances, and people like her. She is known for her soft spoken voice, but deep inside she is a very  strong person who can be viewed as a role model to many youngsters.