She can too become seen within I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove. She played a watcher inside Urban Legend and Urban Legends: Final Cut.

Devine foremost captured attention inside Dreamgirls, a Broadway musical comedy loosely according to a history of the Supremes. It premiered in December 20,1981 & run concluded 1500 performances; it sooner or later won 2 Tonys. Bit part for Devine followed around films like "Little Nikita" & "Stanley and Iris."

Withwithin 1995, notwithstanding, she landed one of her substantive area ever when Gloria Matthews in Waiting to Exhale, joined by Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines, and Angela Bassett, among others. A role earned her an NAACP Image Award for better supporting actress, when did her next pic, ''The Preacher's Wife'', her second movie with Houston and Hines.

Inside 2000, Devine had a role of teacher Marla Hendricks in Mongrel's TV drama Boston Public. 2001, 2003, & a charted season saw her win terzetto additional Image Awards for her function in the series. Within 2004, a season a indicate was canceled, she nailed eventually an additional Image award nomination for Woman Thou Art Loosed. She besides appeared in the film "Crash" freed around 2005. Selected Filmography
''King's Ransom (2005) Zoe Busiek: Wild Card (2003) (TV series) (2004–2005) Crash (2005) I Am Sam (2001) What Women Want (2000) Boston Public (2000) (TV series) Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) The PJs (1999) (TV series) Urban Legend (1999) Hoodlum (1997) The Preacher's Wife (1996) Waiting to Exhale (1995) Class Act (1992) A Different World'' (1987) (TV series) (1987–1988)