Loretta Devine
August 21, 1949 (76 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2021 · The Starling as Velma
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Connecting... as Dayleen
- 2020 · GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2020 · P-Valley as Ernestine
- 2020 · Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Fabulosity - Contestant
- 2019 · Postmarked as Hattie
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Marrier
- 2019 · Family Reunion as M'Dear
- 2018 · Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Sea Cow (voice)
- 2017 · Naked as Carol
- 2017 · Dear White People as Sorbet (voice)
- 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
- 2014 · black-ish as Lynette
- 2014 · Sirens as Hank's Mother
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
- 2013 · Khumba as Mama V (voice)
- 2012 · The Soul Man as Della Ballentine
- 2012 · The Client List as Georgia Cummings
- 2012 · Doc McStuffins as Nurse Hallie (voice)
- 2012 · Doc McStuffins as Hattie (voice)
- 2011 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
- 2011 · Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Glee as Sister Mary Constance
- 2009 · Party Down as Diane Ellison
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Delta (voice)
- 2008 · Eli Stone as Patti Dellacroix
- 2008 · First Sunday as Sister Doris
- 2007 · This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
- 2007 · Cougar Club as Dolly
- 2006 · Dreamgirls as Jazz Singer
- 2006 · Psych as Melba Birdson
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as Maxine
- 2005 · Supernatural as Missouri Moseley
- 2005 · Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Judge Victoria Thomson
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Annabelle Carruthers
- 2003 · Cold Case as Chandra Patterson (2009)
- 2003 · Wild Card as M. Pearl McGuire
- 2002 · Half & Half as Erika Duke
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
- 2000 · What Women Want as Flo
- 2000 · Boston Public as Marla Hendricks
- 2000 · Girlfriends as Judge Vashti Jackson
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as
- 1999 · Family Law as Gloria Rivers
- 1999 · The PJs as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
- 1998 · Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
- 1996 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1996 · Promised Land as Tonya Hawkins
- 1996 · Moesha as Steph
- 1995 · Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
- 1995 · Ned & Stacey as Mrs. Duncan
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Mother (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Tonya Hawkins
- 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
- 1991 · Roc as
- 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
- 1990 · Cop Rock as
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
- 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
- 2017 · Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
- 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
- 2015 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2014 · You're Not You as Marilyn
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 2006 · Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins
- 2006 · Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
- 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 2004 · Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
- 2002 · Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs as
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
- 2000 · Urban Legends: Final Cut as Reese
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
- 1999 · Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1991 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1991 · Caged Fear as Judy
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2026 · Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
- 2025 · Deck the Hallways as Agnes
- 2025 · The Christmas Showdown as Hen
- 2025 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2024 · Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
- 2023 · Lucille as Lucille
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! as Hallie (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
- 2021 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie (voice)
- 2018 · Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
- 2018 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 2016 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself
- 2016 · Grandma's House as
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 2015 · For the Love of Ruth as Naomi
- 2015 · Back to School Mom as Meghan Graham
- 2015 · Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
- 2014 · A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
- 2014 · Comeback Dad as Malinda
- 2014 · Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
- 2011 · Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
- 2010 · Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
- 1981 · Will as Jean