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Acting

Loretta Devine

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

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Historical
1.0, average 2.6
Tension
4.6, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Feel-Good 6
Heartwarming 6
Character Study 5
Family-Friendly 5
Family Drama 5
Contemporary 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Community 4
Redemption Story 4
Social Issues 3
Pop Culture References 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

155

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

TV show · as Jeanette Harris

Baby of the Family

as Delores

2020s

31 titles · average score 60

Three Colors: Pan-African

as Nana

Deck the Hallways

as Agnes

Finding Faith

76

as Helen

The Christmas Showdown

as Hen

Young Love

72

TV show · as Gigi Young (voice)

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

70

as Lorraine

Mack & Rita

39

as Sharon

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos

as Hallie (voice)

Christmas in Harmony

52

as Mama

Christmas Déjà Vu

as Crystal

Queen Bees

57

as Sally

Spell

50

as Eloise

2010s

47 titles · average score 58

The Trap

46

as Mama Jay

Family Reunion

65

TV show · as M'Dear

A Sweet Christmas Romance

60

as Loretta

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

51

as Ms. Thomson

The Carmichael Show

77

TV show · as Cynthia Carmichael

You're Not You

62

as Marilyn

Khumba

46

as Mama V (voice)

The Client List

62

TV show · as Georgia Cummings

Madea's Big Happy Family

50

as Shirley

State of Georgia

63

TV show · as Honey Dupree

Politics of Love

36

as Shirlee Gupta

For Colored Girls

53

as Juanita / Green

2000s

32 titles · average score 58

Glee

71

TV show · as Sister Mary Constance

Eli Stone

70

TV show · as Patti Dellacroix

First Sunday

40

as Sister Doris

This Christmas

66

as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

58

as Addie Collins

Dirty Laundry

47

as Evelyn

Supernatural

78

TV show · as Missouri Moseley

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Adele Webber

Woman Thou Art Loosed

52

as Cassey Jordan

I Am Sam

53

as Margaret Calgrove

Boston Public

49

TV show · as Marla Hendricks

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Judge Vashti Jackson

1990s

34 titles · average score 58

The PJs

46

TV show · as Muriel Stubbs (voice)

The Breaks

68

as Floria

Funny Valentines

76

as Dearie B.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

77

as Ruby Dandridge

Urban Legend

44

as Reese Wilson

Ally McBeal

69

TV show · as Nora Mills

The Preacher's Wife

59

as Beverly

Moesha

76

TV show · as Steph

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

80

as Miss Mary

Waiting to Exhale

61

as Gloria

Class Act

40

as Blade's Mom

Sugar and Spice

TV show

1980s

8 titles · average score 55

Parent Trap III

58

as Thelma

Little Nikita

45

as Verna McLaughlin

Murphy Brown

67

TV show · as Nurse Hawking

The Murder of Mary Phagan

68

TV show · as Annie Maude Carter

Sticky Fingers

44

as Diane

A Different World

47

TV show · as Stevie Rallen

Anna to the Infinite Power

56

as Mrs. Benson

Will

as Jean

1970s

1 title · average score 70

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Janine