영화, TV 여배우. <Boston Public>, <Grey’s Anatomy>, <Eli Stone> 등에 출연하여 잘 알려진 배우이다. 애니메이션 TV 시리즈 <The PJs>에 목소리 출연을 하여 NAACP 이미지 어워드 상을 수상하였다.
텍사스주 휴스턴 출생. 조지 워싱턴 칼버 고등학교를 졸업하였다. 디바인은 졸업 후 휴스턴 대학을 나왔으며, 바켈러 예술학교, 브랜디스 대학교 등을 나왔다.
1978년 브로드웨이 뮤지컬 <Dreamgirls>에서 로렐 로빈슨 역을 맡아 1981년까지 1,500회 공연을 하였다. 토니어워즈 여우조연상을 수상하였고, 영화 <Little Nikita>, <Stanley & Iris> 등에 출연하였고, 뮤지컬 영화 <Dreamgirls>에는 카메오로 출연하였다.
연극 <The Colored Museum>에 출연하였고, TV 시리즈 <Sugar and Spice>, TV 시리즈 <A Different World>에 출연하였다.
1995년 <Waiting to Exhale>에 출연하였고, 2000년 Fox TV 드라마 <Boston Public>, <Urban Legends: Final Cut>, <I Am Sam> 등에 출연하였고, 2004년 <Woman Thou Art Loosed>에 출연하여 인디펜던트 스프릿 어워드에 노미네이트 되었고, <Crash>에 출연하여 2005년 아카데미 어워즈 베스트 작품상을 수상하였다. 2007년 <This Christmas>, <Grey’s Anatomy>에서 리차드 웨버의 와이프인 아델 웨버 역으로 출연하였다. 2009년 <Legally Mad> 에도 출연하였다.
Film <For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, 2011> Actress
<Politics of Love, 2010> Actress(Shirlee Gupta)
<Lottery Ticket, 2010/I> Actress
<Party Down, 2010> Actress(Mrs Elliot)
<Death at a Funeral, 2010> Actress(Cynthia)
<Grey's Anatomy, 2005-2009> Actress(Adele Webber)
<Cold Case, 2009> Actress(Chandra Patterson, 2009>)
<My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, 2009> Actress(Miss Roberts)
<Eli Stone, 2008-2009> Actress(Patti Dellacroix)
<Spring Breakdown, 2009> Actress(Dr. Marguerite)
<Legally Mad, 2009> Actress(Jeanette)
<Beverly Hills Chihuahua, 2008> Voice(Delta)
<First Sunday, 2008> Actress(Sister Doris)
<The PJs, 1999-2008> Actress(Muriel Stubbs)
<Boston Legal, 2006-2007> Actress(Annabelle Carruthers)
<This Christmas, 2007> Actress(Ma'Dere, Shirley Ann Whitfield)
<Cougar Club, 2007> Actress(Dolly)
<Everybody Hates Chris, 2006-2007> Actress(Maxine)
<Dreamgirls, 2006> Actress(Jazz Singer)
<Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, 2006> Actress(Addie Collins)
<Dirty Laundry, 2006/I> Actress(Evelyn)
<Girlfriends, 2005-2006> Actress(Judge Jackson)
<Supernatural, 2005> Actress(Missouri Moseley)
<Wild Card, 2004-2005> Actress(M. Pearl McGuire)
<King's Ransom, 2005> Actress(Miss Gladys)
<Crash, 2004/I> Actress(Shaniqua Johnson)
<Boston Public, 2000-2004> Actress(Marla Hendricks)
<Woman Thou Art Loosed, 2004> Actress(Cassey Jordan)
<Half & Half, 2003> Actress(Erika)
<Book of Love, 2002> Actress
<Baby of the Family, 2002> Actress(Delores)
<I Am Sam, 2001> Actress(Margaret Calgrove)
<Kingdom Come, 2001/I> Actress(Marguerite Slocumb)
<What Women Want, 2000> Actress(Flo the Doorwoman)
<Urban Legends: Final Cut, 2000> Actress(Reese Wilson)
<Ally McBeal, 2000> Actress(Nora Mills)
<Family Law, 2000> Actress(Gloria Rivers)
<Best Actress, 2000> Actress(Connie Travers)
<Freedom Song, 2000> Actress(Evelyn Walker)
<Punks, 2000> Actress(Health Counselor)
<Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, 1999> Actress(Ruby Dandridge)
<Jackie's Back!, 1999> Actress(Snookie Tate, Jackie's Childhood Friend)
<Clueless, 1999> Actress(Phyliss Holiday)
<Moesha, 1999> Actress(Steph)
<The Breaks, 1999> Actress(Floria)
<Funny Valentines, 1999> Actress(Dearie B.)
<Operation Splitsville, 1999> Actress(Principal)
<Lillie, 1999> Actress(Michelle)
<Urban Legend, 1998> Actress(Reese Wilson)
<Down in the Delta, 1998> Actress(Zenia)
<Love Kills, 1998> Actress(Sylvia Finkelstein)
<Alyson's Closet, 1998> Voice(Raul's Mother)
<Don King: Only in America, 1997> Actress(Connie Harper)
<Lover Girl, 1997> Actress(Leticia/'Coco')
<Clover, 1997> Actress(Everleen)
<Hoodlum, 1997> Actress(Pigfoot Mary)
<The Price of Kissing, 1997> Actress(Jackee)
<Touched by an Angel, 1997> Actress(Tonya Hawkins)
<Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, 1997> Actress(Mother)
<The Preacher's Wife, 1996> Actress(Beverly)
<Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault, 1996> Actress(Miss Mary)
<Waiting to Exhale, 1995> Actress(Gloria 'Glo' Matthews)
<Ned and Stacey, 1995> Actress(Mrs. Duncan)
<Picket Fences, 1995> Actress(Marla Melrose)
<The Hard Truth, 1994> Actress(Nichols' secretary)
<The American Clock, 1993> Actress(Irene)
<Roc Actress(Cynthia), 1992-1993>
<Amos & Andrew, 1993> Actress(Ula)
<Class Act, 1992> Actress(Blade's Mom)
<Caged Fear, 1992> Actress(Judy)
<Reasonable Doubts, 1991> Actress(Valerie Hall)
<Livin' Large!, 1991> Actress(Nadine Biggs)
<Great Performances, 1991> Actress(Janine)
<Cop Rock, 1990> Actress(Juror)
<Sugar and Spice, 1990> Actress(Loretta Fontaine)
<Murphy Brown, 1990> Actress(Nurse Hawking)
<Stanley & Iris, 1990> Actress(Bertha)
<Heart and Soul, 1989> Actress(Tonia Harris)
<Parent Trap III, 1989> Actress(Thelma)
<Amen, 1988> Actress(Lyndia Cummings)
<Sticky Fingers, 1988> Actress(Diane)
<A Different World, 1987-1988> Actress(Stevie Rallen)
<Little Nikita, 1988> Actress(Verna McLaughlin)
<The Murder of Mary Phagan, 1988> Actress(Annie Maude Carter)
<CBS Summer Playhouse, 1987> Actress(Cheryl)
<Anna to the Infinite Power, 1983> Actress(Ms. Benson, Schoolteacher)
<Will, 1981>