Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Houston, 21 ga Augusta, 1949 (75 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Harshen uwa	Turanci
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Houston (en) ; Brandeis University (en) ; Carver High School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	jarumi, stage actor (en) , dan wasan kwaikwayon talabijin, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da dan wasan kwaykwayo mai magana amma ba a ganin shi a fim
Kyaututtuka	gani Primetime Emmy Award ; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2011) : Grey's Anatomy (en) ;
Mamba	Alpha Kappa Alpha (en)
IMDb	nm0222643

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 & 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Will
1983	Anna to the Infinite Power	Ms. Everett Benson
1988	Little Nikita	Verna McLaughlin
1988	Sticky Fingers	Diane Cooley
1989	Heart and Soul	Tonia Harris	Short film
1990	Stanley & Iris	Bertha Simmons
1990	Sugar and Spice	Loretta Fontaine
1990	Cop Rock	Juror Devine
1991	Livin' Large	Nadine Biggs
1992	Caged Fear	Judy Jane
1992	Class Act	Myrna
1993	Amos & Andrew	Ula
1994	The Hard Truth	Rose Maxwell
1995	Waiting to Exhale	Gloria Matthews	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1996	The Preacher's Wife	Beverly	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1997	The Price of Kissing	Jackee Blaine
1997	Hoodlum	Pigfoot Mary
1997	Lover Girl	Leticia
1998	Urban Legend	Reese Wilson
1998	Down in the Delta	Zenia
1999	Lillie	Michelle Collins
1999	Operation Splitsville	Principal Edna Fields
1999	Funny Valentines	Dearie B.
1999	The Breaks	Floria
2000	Punks	Aretha Stone
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Reese Wilson
2000	What Women Want	Florence "Flo" Glover
2001	Kingdom Come	Marguerite Slocumb	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
2001	I Am Sam	Margaret Calgrove
2002	Baby of the Family	Delores Evans
2002	Book of Love	Mary Baker
2003	Zoe Busiek: Wild Card	Marie Bookerson
2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Cassey Jordan	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
2004	Crash	Shaniqua Johnson	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	King's Ransom	Miss Gladys
2006	Dirty Laundry	Evelyn
2006	Dreamgirls	Gladys Brooks
2007	Cougar Club	Dolly
2007	This Christmas	Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
2008	First Sunday	Sister Doris
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Delta (voice)
2008	Spring Breakdown	Dr. Marguerite Tyson
2009	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?	Miss Willheima Roberts
2010	Death at a Funeral	Cynthia
2010	Lottery Ticket	Grandma Dorothy Carson
2010	For Colored Girls	Juanita Sims / Green
2010	Politics of Love	Shirlee Gupta
2011	Jumping the Broom	Pamela Taylor
2011	Madea's Big Happy Family	Shirley
2013	Khumba	Mama Veronica aka Mama V (voice)
2014	Comeback Dad	Malinda
2014	You're Not You	Marilyn Jo
2015	Welcome to Me	Mary the Lawyer
2016	Norm of the North	Tamecia (voice)
2016	Caged No More	Aggie James
2016	Grandma’s House	Grandma Margie
2016	No Regrets	Mrs. Carey
2017	My Other Home	Mabel Marbury
2017	Naked	Carol
2018	Sierra Burgess Is a Loser	Ms. April Thomson
2018	Jingle Belle	Emory Simons
2019	The Trap	Mama Jay
2019	A Family Reunion Christmas	M'Dear	Netflix film
2020	Spell	Eloise
2021	HeadShop	Jeanette Bergason	Post-production
2021	Queen Bees	Sally Heart	Post-production
TBA	The Starling		Post-production
TBA	Mack & Rita	Sharon	Post-production

Talabijan

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Cheryl	Episode: "Sirens"
1987–1988	A Different World	Stevie Rallen	10 episodes
1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Annie Maude Carter	Television film
1988	Amen	Lydia Cummings	Episode: "Court of Love"
1989	Parent Trap III	Thelma Pardrige	Television film
1990	Murphy Brown	Nurse Diana Hawking	Episode: "The Bitch's Back"
1991	Great Performances	Janine Wills	Episode: "The Colored Museum"
1991	Reasonable Doubts	Valerie Hall	Episode: "Hard Bargains"
1992–1993	Roc	Cynthia Raine	5 episodes
1993	The American Clock	Irene Mack Shaw	Television film
1995	Picket Fences	Marla Melrose	Episode: "Close Encounters"
1995	Ned and Stacey	Mrs. Sally Duncan	Episode: "Reality Check"
1996	Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault	Miss Mary Johnson	Television film
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	The Mother	Episode: "The Golden Goose"
1997	Touched by an Angel	Tonya Hawkins	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 1"
1997	Promised Land	Tonya Hawkins	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 2"
1997	Clover	Everleen Moore	Television film
1997	Don King: Only in America	Connie Harper	Television film
1999–2002	The PJs	Muriel Stubbs (voice)	43 episodes
1999	Moesha	Gwen "Stephanie" "Steph" Watkins	Episode: "It Takes Two"
1999	Clueless	Phyllis Holiday	Episode: "Graduation"
1999	Funny Valentines	Dearie B.	Television film
1999	Jackie's Back	Snookie Tate	Television film
1999	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Ruby Dandridge	Television film
2000–2004	Boston Public	Marla Hendricks	81 episodes NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2001, 2003–04) Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Series (2003–04)
2000	Family Law	Gloria Rivers	Episode: "Playing God"
2000	Ally McBeal	Nora Mills	Episode: "I Will Survive"
2000	Freedom Song	Evelyn Walker	Television film Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
2000	Best Actress	Connie Travers	Television film
2003	The System	Mrs. Marsha Waters	Unsold TV pilot
2003	Half & Half	Erika Duke	2 episodes
2004–2005	Wild Card	M. Pearl McGuire	19 episodes
2005–2013	Grey's Anatomy	Adele Webber	22 episodes Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2005, 2017	Supernatural	Missouri Moseley	2 episodes
2005–2006	Girlfriends	Judge Vashti Jackson	2 episodes
2006	Boston Legal	Annabelle Carruthers	Episode: "The Nutcrackers"
2006	Life Is Not a Fairy Tale	Addie Collins	Television film Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
2006–2007	Everybody Hates Chris	Maxine Rock	3 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Judge Victoria Thomson	Episode: "Oral Contracts"
2008–2009	Eli Stone	Patti Dellacroix	26 episodes Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
2009	Cold Case	Chandra Patterson '09	Episode: "Soul"
2009	Legally Mad	Jeanette Woods	Unaired pilot
2010	Party Down	Diane Ellison	Episode: "James Ellison Funeral"
2011	Glee	Sister Mary Constance	Episode: "Original Song"
2011	State of Georgia	Aunt Honey	12 episodes
2012–2020	Doc McStuffins	Hallie Hippo/Nurse Hattie (voice)	115 episodes
2012	The Game	Grandma Donna Mack	Episode: "There's No Place Like Home"
2012	The Cleveland Show	Shirley (voice)	Episode: "Mama Drama"
2012	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself	Episode: "Snatch Game"
2012	Shake It Up	Judge Marsha Elliott	Episode: "Judge It Up"
2012–2013	The Client List	Georgia Cummings	25 episodes
2014	Psych	Melba Birdson	Episode: "1967: A Psych Odyssey"
2014–2015	Sirens	Rosemary St. Claire	3 episodes
2015	Being Mary Jane	CeCe Robinson	6 episodes
2015–2017	The Carmichael Show	Cynthia Carmichael	32 episodes
2016	Dinner in America with Brett Gelman	Herself	TV special
2018	Dear White People	Sorbet	Episode: "Volume 2: Chapter VII"
2018	Living Biblically	Estelle Williams	Episode: "Never Let Loyalty Love You"
2018	Love Is	Rose Marie	2 episodes
2019–present	Family Reunion	M'Dear	Main cast
2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Pastor Rosetta Daniels	Episode: "Your Boss Knows You Don't Have Eyebrows"
2019	Black-ish	Lynette Mae	Episode: "Pops the Question"
2020	P-Valley	Grandma Ernestine	2 episodes
2021	The Loud House	Gayle McBride (voice)	Episode: "Resident Upheaval"

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

Loretta Devine on IMDb
Loretta Devine at the Internet Broadway Database
Loretta Devine at the Internet Off-Broadway Database