Loretta Devine Biography

Loretta Devine, American actress and singer, is known for her role as Marla Hendricks on the American drama series Boston Public. She also won the Life Time Achievement Award from the Pan African Film Festival in 2012.

Early life and education of Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine was born on August 21, 1949, making her sixty-six years old. She was born in Houston, Texas, United States of America. She is also famous as Loretta Tyler. She was born the daughter of Eunice O’Neal Devine and James Devine.

His mother was a beautician and his father worked as a laborer. She was raised in the Acres Homes area of ​​Houston. His zodiac sign is Leo. Loretta’s nationality is American. Talking about her ethnicity, she belongs to Afro-American. She is a United States citizen. There is no information about Loretta’s siblings.

Loretta Devine joined the University of Houston. Later, in 1971, she graduated with a degree in Speech and Drama. In 1976, she joined Brandeis University, where she earned a master’s degree in drama.

Being very interested in acting, he acted in many acts and dramas in his high school and early school. During her student life, she was active on the cheer team. She also performed in talent shows at George Washington Carver High School.

Loretta Devine’s career

Loretta Devine made her acting appearance in a short role in the 1981 film Will. In 1988, she appeared in the cult American drama film Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin. She was cast along with Rio Fénix, Richard Bradford , and many others.

Furthermore, she has also appeared in a leading role in many movies like Stanley & Iris (1990), Livin’ Large (1991), The Hard Truth (1994), What Women Want (2000), Kingdom Come (2001), Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), Death at a Funeral (2010), For Colored Girls (2010), It’s Not You (2014), Welcome to Me (2015).

Similarly, he has also appeared in numerous short films and many TV movies. He has also made his presence in many television series Boston Public (2000-2004), Grey’s Anatomy (2005-2013), Supernatural (2005), Eli Stone (2008), State of Georgia (2011), The Client List (2012) , The Carmichael Show (2015).

In addition, he provided his voice in the 2016 American-Indian-Irish computer-animated comedy adventure film Norma del Norte , alongside Ken Jeong, Loretta Devine , Gabriel Iglesias, Bill Nighy, and others. She has also won many awards for the fantastic performance of her. She has won an Emmy Award and others as well.

Despite being a famous actress, she is very interested in music. She has also acted in many stage shows. She has hobbies of traveling and tasting various foods.

Loretta Devine Net Worth

As of 2019, Devine’s has an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Loretta Devine Personal Life

Loretta Devine married Lamar Tyler in 1973. They were in a relationship for seven years. They separated due to misunderstandings in their relationship and divorced in 2008 after a divorce case filed by Loretta. Speaking of his children, she has a child with him.

After being single for a long time, she meets Glenn Marshall. They later got married, currently they are together and enjoying their married life. They are happy and satisfied with their relationship and often visit various award functions and public events together.

This black beauty is also famous for her sweet and soft voice during her appearance in movies and TV series. According to her, she misses her parents a lot and even remembers the day of her funeral, she regularly visits her parents’ grave.