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