Loretta Devine
Acting • Born 1949-08-21
Biography
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.
Filmography
170 credits
Christmas in Harmony
Movie • 2021
Mama
Class Act
Movie • 1992
Blade's Mom
Hoodlum
Movie • 1997
Pigfoot Mary
The Preacher's Wife
Movie • 1996
Beverly
Waiting to Exhale
Movie • 1995
Gloria
Love Kills
Movie • 1999
Sylvia Finkelstein
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Movie • 2000
Reese
Urban Legend
Movie • 1998
Reese Wilson
Death at a Funeral
Movie • 2010
Cynthia
Dirty Laundry
Movie • 2006
Evelyn
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Movie • 2008
Delta (voice)
First Sunday
Movie • 2008
Sister Doris
Lottery Ticket
Movie • 2010
Grandma
This Christmas
Movie • 2007
Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Livin' Large!
Movie • 1991
Nadine Biggs
Don King: Only in America
Movie • 1997
Connie Harper
Punks
Movie • 2000
Health Counselor
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Movie • 2004
Cassey Jordan
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Movie • 2010
Miss Roberts
For Colored Girls
Movie • 2010
Juanita / Green
Madea's Big Happy Family
Movie • 2011
Shirley
Politics of Love
Movie • 2011
Shirlee Gupta
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Movie • 1999
Ruby Dandridge
Jumping the Broom
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Taylor
Christmas Déjà Vu
Movie • 2021
Crystal
The Price of Kissing
Movie • 1997
Jackee
Down in the Delta
Movie • 1998
Zenia
Lover Girl
Movie • 1997
Leticia / 'Coco'
The Colored Museum
Movie • 1991
Janine
Clover
Movie • 1997
Everleen
Sticky Fingers
Movie • 1988
Diane
Khumba
Movie • 2013
Mama V (voice)
In the Hive
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Inez
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Movie • 2022
Irene (voice)
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
Movie • 2014
Hallie
Funny Valentines
Movie • 1999
Dearie B.
Norm of the North
Movie • 2016
Tamecia (voice)
Crash
Movie • 2005
Shaniqua Johnson
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
Movie • 2015
Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Kingdom Come
Movie • 2001
Marguerite Slocumb
Caged Fear
Movie • 1991
Judy
Best Actress
Movie • 2000
Connie Travers
You're Not You
Movie • 2014
Marilyn
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
Movie • 2022
Hallie (voice)
Bull Street
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Big-Gal
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Movie • 2025
Joy Morris
I Am Sam
Movie • 2001
Margaret Calgrove
Stanley & Iris
Movie • 1990
Bertha
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
Movie • 2022
Lorraine
Back to School Mom
Movie • 2015
Meghan Graham
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Movie • 2023
Jeanette
Break the Cycle
Movie
Welcome to Me
Movie • 2015
Barb Vaughn
Dreamgirls
Movie • 2006
Jazz Singer
Freedom Song
Movie • 2000
Evelyn Walker
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Movie • 1996
Miss Mary
Caged No More
Movie • 2016
Aggie
A Very Larry Christmas
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Claus
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie • 2006
Addie Collins
No Regrets
Movie • 2016
Ms. Carey
Grandma's House
Movie • 2016
The Sound and the Fury
Movie • 2015
Dilsey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
Movie • 2016
Herself
Saving Westbrook High
Movie • 2013
Doris
Chapter & Verse
Movie • 2017
Miss Maddy
Naked
Movie • 2017
Carol
What Women Want
Movie • 2000
Flo
The American Clock
Movie • 1993
Amos & Andrew
Movie • 1993
Ula
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Movie • 2011
Delta (voice)
Behind the Movement
Movie • 2018
Jo Ann Robinson
Always and Forever
Movie • 2020
Elda
Jingle Belle
Movie • 2018
Emory Simons
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
Movie • 2018
Hallie (voice)
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Movie • 2018
Self
King's Ransom
Movie • 2005
Miss Gladys
The Trap
Movie • 2019
Mama Jay
The Breaks
Movie • 1999
Floria
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Movie • 2002
The Starling
Movie • 2021
Velma
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Movie • 2019
Self
A Sweet Christmas Romance
Movie • 2019
Loretta
For the Love of Ruth
Movie • 2015
Naomi
A Family Reunion Christmas
Movie • 2019
Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Parent Trap III
Movie • 1989
Thelma
Anna to the Infinite Power
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Benson
Comeback Dad
Movie • 2014
Malinda
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Movie • 2018
Ms. Thomson
Spring Breakdown
Movie • 2009
Dr. Marguerite
Postmarked
Movie • 2019
Hattie
Spell
Movie • 2020
Eloise
Queen Bees
Movie • 2021
Sally
Little Nikita
Movie • 1988
Verna McLaughlin
Cougar Club
Movie • 2007
Dolly
Will
Movie • 1981
Jean
Mack & Rita
Movie • 2022
Sharon
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Jackie's Back!
Movie • 1999
Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Finding Faith
Movie • 2025
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie • 2009
Self
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
Movie • 2024
Miss Mimi
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
Movie • 2010
Lucille
Movie • 2023
Lucille
Deck the Hallways
Movie • 2025
Agnes
The Christmas Showdown
Movie • 2025
Hen
Three Colors: Pan-African
Movie • 2026
Nana
A Different World
TV • 1987
Stevie Rallen
Boston Public
TV • 2000
Marla Hendricks
Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Patti Dellacroix
Everybody Hates Chris
TV • 2005
Maxine
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Adele Webber
Half & Half
TV • 2002
Erika Duke
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Nora Mills
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Tonya Hawkins
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Chandra Patterson (2009)
Girlfriends
TV • 2000
Judge Vashti Jackson
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Nurse Hawking
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Moesha
TV • 1996
Steph
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
The PJs
TV • 1999
Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Victoria Thomson
Wild Card
TV • 2003
M. Pearl McGuire
Family Law
TV • 1999
Gloria Rivers
Promised Land
TV • 1996
Tonya Hawkins
Cop Rock
TV • 1990
Legally Mad
TV
Jeanette Harris
Party Down
TV • 2009
Diane Ellison
Sugar and Spice
TV • 1990
P-Valley
TV • 2020
Ernestine
The Client List
TV • 2012
Georgia Cummings
Young Love
TV • 2023
Gigi Young (voice)
State of Georgia
TV • 2011
Honey Dupree
Doc McStuffins
TV • 2012
Nurse Hallie (voice)
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Missouri Moseley
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
The Carmichael Show
TV • 2015
Cynthia Carmichael
Teenage Euthanasia
TV • 2021
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
TV • 2023
Hallie (voice)
The Doc Files
TV • 2013
Hallie (voice)
Doc McStuffins
TV • 2012
Hattie (voice)
Roc
TV • 1991
Cynthia
Roc
TV • 1991
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Mother (voice)
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
TV • 2021
Angela
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Sea Cow (voice)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Marrier
Family Reunion
TV • 2019
M'Dear
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2020
Fabulosity - Contestant
Out All Night
TV • 1992
Crystal
Glee
TV • 2009
Sister Mary Constance
Connecting...
TV • 2020
Dayleen
black-ish
TV • 2014
Lynette
Dear White People
TV • 2017
Sorbet (voice)
The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV • 1988
Annie Maude Carter
Sirens
TV • 2014
Hank's Mother
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
TV • 2020
Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Love & War
TV • 1992
Shake It Up
TV • 2010
Marsha Sanders
Psych
TV • 2006
Melba Birdson
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Janine
Everybody Still Hates Chris
TV • 2024
(voice)
Ned & Stacey
TV • 1995
Mrs. Duncan
Doctor Odyssey
TV • 2024
Jill Manafort
Holidazed
TV • 2024
Linda Lewin
The Soul Man
TV • 2012
Della Ballentine
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Annabelle Carruthers