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.
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Credits
- 2026 · Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
- 2025 · The Christmas Showdown as Hen
- 2025 · Deck the Hallways as Agnes
- 2025 · Finding Faith as Helen
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 2020 · Connecting... as Dayleen
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2016 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 2016 · Grandma's House as
- 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
- 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 2015 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2014 · Comeback Dad as Malinda
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
- 2011 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
- 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
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
- 1999 · Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1981 · Will as Jean
- Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2026 · Forever, This Ring as
- 2026 · M.I.A. as Aunt Judith
- 2025 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
- 2024 · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- 2023 · Lucille as Lucille
- 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! as Hallie (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
- 2021 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2021 · The Starling as Velma
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 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 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 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 · The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie (voice)
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
- 2018 · Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
- 2018 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 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)
- 2017 · Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself
- 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
- 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 · You're Not You as Marilyn
- 2014 · black-ish as Lynette
- 2014 · Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
- 2014 · Sirens as Hank's Mother
- 2013 · Khumba as Mama V (voice)
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 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 · Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
- 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2011 · Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 2010 · Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 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 · Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins
- 2006 · Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
- 2006 · Psych as Melba Birdson
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as Maxine
- 2005 · Supernatural as Missouri Moseley
- 2005 · Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
- 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Judge Victoria Thomson
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Annabelle Carruthers
- 2004 · Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
- 2003 · Cold Case as Chandra Patterson (2009)
- 2003 · Wild Card as M. Pearl McGuire
- 2002 · Half & Half as Erika Duke
- 2002 · Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs as
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
- 2000 · What Women Want as Flo
- 2000 · Boston Public as Marla Hendricks
- 2000 · Urban Legends: Final Cut as Reese
- 2000 · Girlfriends as Judge Vashti Jackson
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as
- 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
- 1999 · Family Law as Gloria Rivers
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
- 1999 · The PJs as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
- 1998 · Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 1996 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 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 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
- 1991 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
- 1991 · Roc as
- 1991 · Caged Fear as Judy
- 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
- 1990 · Cop Rock as
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine
- Future · That's Her as
- Future · Break the Cycle as