Loretta Devine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 21 August 1949 · Houston, Texas, USA
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and voice actor. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, the long-suffering Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale, and her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Devine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 114
- 2026Forever, This Ring
- 2026That's Her
- 2026Break the Cycle
- 2026Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2026Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
- 2025The Christmas Showdown as Hen
- 2025Deck the Hallways as Agnes
- 2025Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2025Lottery Ticket 2 as Grandma
- 2025Finding Faith as Helen
- 2024Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
- 2024Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- 2023Lucille as Lucille
- 2023A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2022All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2022Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 2022A Doutora Faz 10 Anos as Hallie (voice)
- 2021Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
- 2021Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2021The Starling as Velma
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020Always and Forever as Elda
- 2020Spell as Eloise
- 2019A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 2019Postmarked as Hattie
- 2019The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 1 episode
- 2018The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie (voice)
- 2018Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
- 2018Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
- 2018Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 2018Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
- 2017Violets as Marcy
- 2017Naked as Carol
- 2017Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
- 2016No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 2016Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself
- 2016Grandma's House
- 2016Caged No More as Aggie
- 2016Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 2015The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 2015For the Love of Ruth as Naomi
- 2015Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2015Back to School Mom as Meghan Graham
- 2015Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
- 2014A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
- 2014You're Not You as Marilyn
- 2014Comeback Dad as Malinda
- 2014Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
- 2013Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2013Khumba as Mama V (voice)
- 2012In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 2011Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
- 2011Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2011Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
- 2011Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 2010Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
- 2010For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2010Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 2010Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2009Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 2008Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Delta (voice)
- 2008First Sunday as Sister Doris
- 2007This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
- 2007Cougar Club as Dolly
- 2006Dreamgirls as Jazz Singer
- 2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins
- 2006Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
- 2005Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
- 2005King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber · 22 episodes
- 2004Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
- 2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
- 2001I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
- 2001Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
- 2000What Women Want as Flo
- 2000Urban Legends: Final Cut as Reese
- 2000Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 2000Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 2000Punks as Health Counselor
- 1999Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
- 1999Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1999The Breaks as Floria
- 1999Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
- 1998Down in the Delta as Zenia
- 1998Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
- 1997Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1997Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1997Clover as Everleen
- 1997Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
- 1997The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 1996The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1995Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
- 1993Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1993The American Clock
- 1992Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1991Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1991Caged Fear as Judy
- 1991The Colored Museum as Janine
- 1990Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- 1989Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1988Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- 1987A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1983Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- 1981Will as Jean