Loretta Devine is Patti on Eli Stone

		Monday, Oct 13, 2008 01:05:55 AM

	ELI STONE

	JONNY LEE MILLER as Eli Stone

	VICTOR GARBER as Jordan Wethersby

	NATASHA HENSTRIDE as Taylor Wethersby

	LORETTA DEVINE as Patti

	SAM JAEGER as Matt Dowd

	JAMES SAITO as Dr. Chen

	MATT LETSHER as Nathan Stone

	JULIE GONZALO as Maggie


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Loretta Devine
Patti on Eli Stone

Equally at home on stage or on screen, award-winning actress Loretta Devine has created some of the most memorable roles in theatre, film and television. She first captured national attention in the role of Lorrell, one of the three original "Dreamgirls" in Michael Bennett's classic award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. She followed that performance with a fiery portrayal of Lillian in Bob Fosse's critically acclaimed stage production, "Big Deal." Subsequent work in George C. Wolfe's "Colored Museum" and "Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill" cemented Devine's status as one of the most talented and versatile stage actresses.

Film roles soon followed, including a poignant turn as a single mother opposite Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett and Gregory Hines in "Waiting to Exhale," which earned her an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress. Devine also won an Image Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife," and an IFP "Spirit" Award for Best Actress for her work in "Women Thou Art Loosed." Most recently Devine was featured in the Academy Award-winning film "Crash" and the hit movie of "Dreamgirls." Additional film credits include appearances in the successful "Urban Legend" franchise, "I Am Sam," opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn, "Kingdom Come," "What Women Want," "Punks," "Hoodlums," "Down in the Delta" and "Stanley and Iris." She also appeared in "Sticky Fingers," "Amos and Andrew," "The Breaks," "The Price of Kissing," "Lover Girl," "Class Act," "Living Large," "Caged Fear" and "Little Nikita." Up next for Devine are two Sony Screen Gems films, "This Christmas" for holiday release and "First Sunday" for Spring '08, in addition to the independent film "Dirty Laundry."

On television Devine will next be seen as a series regular on ABC's midseason "Eli Stone," as well as recurring on the hit Grey's Anatomy." She received three NAACP Image Awards for her role on David E. Kelly's Fox series, "Boston Public." Additional credits include series roles in "A Different World" and Lifetime Television's "Wild Card." She also provided the voice of Muriel Stubbs on the beloved cartoon "The PJ's."

Devine graduated from the University of Houston and later received a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Houston, TX
BIRTHDATE August 21

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