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Acting

Loretta Devine

Titles: 104movies62TV shows

Career: Active from 1981 to 2026, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 118 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Loretta Devine Catalog average

Contemporary Realism
7.7average 5.4
Situational Comedy
4.9average 2.7
Family Dynamics
6.9average 4.8
Wholesome
5.4average 3.3
Pop Culture
3.3average 2.2
Wit & Wordplay
4.6average 3.7
Coming of Age
4.0average 3.0
Romance
4.8average 3.8

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.5, average 4.2
Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.9
Historical
1.1, average 2.6
Tension
4.6, average 6.0

Main genres

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Drama 51
Comedy 32
TV Movie 18
Romance 14
Thriller 9
Family 8
Animation 7
Fantasy 6

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Feel-Good 6
Heartwarming 6
Character Study 5
Family Drama 5
Family-Friendly 5
Redemption Story 4
Community 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Contemporary 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Social Issues 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

155

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

2 titles

TV show · as Jeanette Harris

Baby of the Family

as Delores

2020s

31 titles · average score 60

The Christmas Showdown

as Hen

Finding Faith

as Helen

Deck the Hallways

as Agnes

Bull Street

as Mrs. Big-Gal

Young Love

TV show · as Gigi Young (voice)

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

as Lorraine

Mack & Rita

as Sharon

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos

as Hallie (voice)

Christmas in Harmony

as Mama

Queen Bees

as Sally

Christmas Déjà Vu

as Crystal

Spell

as Eloise

All 31 titles from the 2020s

2010s

47 titles · average score 57

The Trap

as Mama Jay

Family Reunion

TV show · as M'Dear

A Sweet Christmas Romance

as Loretta

The Carmichael Show

TV show · as Cynthia Carmichael

You're Not You

as Marilyn

Khumba

as Mama V (voice)

The Doc Files

TV show · as Hallie (voice)

The Client List

TV show · as Georgia Cummings

Madea's Big Happy Family

as Shirley

State of Georgia

TV show · as Honey Dupree

For Colored Girls

as Juanita / Green

Lottery Ticket

as Grandma

All 47 titles from the 2010s

2000s

32 titles · average score 58

Glee

TV show · as Sister Mary Constance

Eli Stone

TV show · as Patti Dellacroix

First Sunday

as Sister Doris

This Christmas

as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

as Addie Collins

Dirty Laundry

as Evelyn

Psych

TV show · as Melba Birdson

Supernatural

TV show · as Missouri Moseley

Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Adele Webber

Woman Thou Art Loosed

as Cassey Jordan

I Am Sam

as Margaret Calgrove

Boston Public

TV show · as Marla Hendricks

All 32 titles from the 2000s

1990s

34 titles · average score 57

The PJs

TV show · as Muriel Stubbs (voice)

The Breaks

as Floria

Funny Valentines

as Dearie B.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

as Ruby Dandridge

Urban Legend

as Reese Wilson

Down in the Delta

as Zenia

Don King: Only in America

as Connie Harper

The Preacher's Wife

as Beverly

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

as Miss Mary

Waiting to Exhale

as Gloria

Class Act

as Blade's Mom

Sugar and Spice

TV show

All 34 titles from the 1990s

1980s

8 titles · average score 55

Parent Trap III

as Thelma

Little Nikita

as Verna McLaughlin

Murphy Brown

TV show · as Nurse Hawking

The Murder of Mary Phagan

TV show · as Annie Maude Carter

Sticky Fingers

as Diane

A Different World

TV show · as Stevie Rallen

Anna to the Infinite Power

as Mrs. Benson

Will

as Jean

1970s

1 title · average score 70

Great Performances

TV show · as Janine