Loretta Devine is known for her role as Marla Hendricks on the Fox TV show "Boston Public (2000-2004)".

She played M. Pearl McGuire (2004-2005) on the Lifetime TV show "Wild Card (2003-2005)", Adele Webber (2005-2013) on the ABC TV medical show "Grey's Anatomy (2005-)", Georgia Cummings on the Lifetime TV show "The Client List (2012-2013)" and Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC TV sitcom "The Carmichael Show (2015-2017)".

Some other TV shows shw appeared on are "The Murder of Mary Phagan", "A Different World", "Amen", "Murphy Brown", "Sugar and Spice", "Cop Rock", "Great Performances", "Reasonable doubts", "Roc", "Picket Fences", "Ned and Stacey", "Touched by an Angel", "Promised Land", "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child", "Moesha", "Clueless", "Family Law", "Ally McBeal", "The PJs", "Half & Half", "Supernatural", "Girlfriends", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Eli Stone", "Cold Case", "Party Down", "Glee", "State of Georgia", "Shake It Up!", "The Game", "The Soul Man", "The Doc Files", "Psych", "Turbo FAST", "Sirens" and "Being Mary Jane".

She played Gloria Matthews in the movie "Waiting to Exhale (1995)", Beverly in "The Preacher's Wife (1996)", Reese Wilson in "Urban Legend (1998)" and "Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)", Flo the Doorwoman in "What Women Want (2000)", Marguerite Slocumb in "Kingdom Come (2001)", Cynthia in "Death at a Funeral (2010)", Pamela Taylor in "Jumping the Broom (2011)" and Geneva Branch in "The Lost Souls Cafe (2017)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Anna to the Infinite Power (1983)", "Little Nikita (1988)", "Sticky Fingers (1988)", "Parent Trap III (1989)", "Stanley & Iris (1990)", "Caged Fear (1991)", "Livin' Large! (1991)", "Class Act (1992)", "Amos &Andrew (1993)", "The American Clock (1993)", "The Hard Truth (1994)", "Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)", "The Price of Kissing (1997)", "Hoodlum (1997)", "Clover (1997)", "Lover Girl (1997)", "Don King: Only in America (1997)", "Love Kills (1998)", "Down in the Delta (1998)", "Operation Splitsville (1999)", "Funny Valentines (1999)", "The Breaks (1999)", "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)", "Lillie (1999)", "Punks (2000)", "Freedom Song (2000)", "Best Actress (2000)", "I Am Sam (2001)", "Bay of the Family (2002)", "Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)", "Crash (2004)", "King's Ransom (2005)", "Dirty Laundry (2006)", "Dreamgirls (2006)", "Cougar Club (2007)", "This Christmas (2007)", "First Sunday (2008)", "Spring Breakdown (2009)", "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)", "Legally Mad (2010)", "Lottery Ticket (2010)", "For Colored girls (2010)", "Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)", "Politics of Love (2011)", "In the Hive (2012)", "Teachers (2013)", "A Very Larry Christmas (2013)", "Comeback Dad (2014)", "Welcome to Me (2014)", "The Sound and the Fury (2014)", "You're Not You (2014)", "Back to School Mom (2015)", "For the Love of Ruth (2015)", "Chapter & Verse (2015)", "Caged No More (2016)", "Grandma's House (2016)", "No Regrets (2016)" and "Naked (2017)".

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