Loretta Devine

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Summary

Loretta Devine is an actor whose career spans stage, film, and television, including Dreamgirls, Waiting to Exhale, and Grey’s Anatomy. Her work ranges from comedy to drama, often in family and community stories. She has welcomed the increased visibility of black women in television leads and said the change was bringing work to Black performers who had gone without it. She has also expressed hope that a film about mental health would encourage people of color to seek therapy. No public partisan campaigning, political affiliations, or broader activist roles are on record.