Loretta Devine

Acting

Loretta Devine

Born August 21, 1949Houston, Texas, USA168 credits

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

Filmography

Holidazed
2024Holidazed
as Linda LewinTV
Doctor Odyssey
2024Doctor Odyssey
as Jill ManafortTV
Bull Street
2024Bull Street
as Mrs. Big-GalMovie
L
2023Lucille
as LucilleMovie
Young Love
2023Young Love
as Gigi Young (voice)TV
Mack & Rita
2022Mack & Rita
as SharonMovie
The Starling
2021The Starling
as VelmaMovie
Queen Bees
2021Queen Bees
as SallyMovie
Spell
2020Spell
as EloiseMovie
Connecting...
2020Connecting...
as DayleenTV
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellanTV
P-Valley
2020P-Valley
as ErnestineTV
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
as Fabulosity - ContestantTV
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellanMovie
Postmarked
2019Postmarked
as HattieMovie
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestTV
The Trap
2019The Trap
as Mama JayMovie
Jingle Belle
2018Jingle Belle
as Emory SimonsMovie
Behind the Movement
2018Behind the Movement
as Jo Ann RobinsonMovie
Summer Camp Island
2018Summer Camp Island
as Sea Cow (voice)TV
Naked
2017Naked
as CarolMovie
Dear White People
2017Dear White People
as Sorbet (voice)TV
Chapter & Verse
2017Chapter & Verse
as Miss MaddyMovie
No Regrets
2016No Regrets
as Ms. CareyMovie
Caged No More
2016Caged No More
as AggieMovie
Norm of the North
2016Norm of the North
as Tamecia (voice)Movie
The Carmichael Show
2015The Carmichael Show
as Cynthia CarmichaelTV
Welcome to Me
2015Welcome to Me
as Barb VaughnMovie
Back to School Mom
2015Back to School Mom
as Meghan GrahamMovie
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)Movie
A Very Larry Christmas
2014A Very Larry Christmas
as Mrs. ClausMovie
You're Not You
2014You're Not You
as MarilynMovie
black-ish
2014black-ish
as LynetteTV
Comeback Dad
2014Comeback Dad
as MalindaMovie
Sirens
2014Sirens
as Hank's MotherTV
The Doc Files
2013The Doc Files
as Hallie (voice)TV
Khumba
2013Khumba
as Mama V (voice)Movie
In the Hive
2012In the Hive
as Mrs. InezMovie
The Soul Man
2012The Soul Man
as Della BallentineTV
The Client List
2012The Client List
as Georgia CummingsTV
Doc McStuffins
2012Doc McStuffins
as Nurse Hallie (voice)TV
Politics of Love
2011Politics of Love
as Shirlee GuptaMovie
State of Georgia
2011State of Georgia
as Honey DupreeTV
Jumping the Broom
2011Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. TaylorMovie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice)Movie
Shake It Up
2010Shake It Up
as Marsha SandersTV
For Colored Girls
2010For Colored Girls
as Juanita / GreenMovie
Lottery Ticket
2010Lottery Ticket
as GrandmaMovie
Death at a Funeral
2010Death at a Funeral
as CynthiaMovie
Spring Breakdown
2009Spring Breakdown
as Dr. MargueriteMovie
Glee
2009Glee
as Sister Mary ConstanceTV
Party Down
2009Party Down
as Diane EllisonTV
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest JudgeTV
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice)Movie
Eli Stone
2008Eli Stone
as Patti DellacroixTV
First Sunday
2008First Sunday
as Sister DorisMovie
This Christmas
2007This Christmas
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" WhitfieldMovie
Cougar Club
2007Cougar Club
as DollyMovie
Dreamgirls
2006Dreamgirls
as Jazz SingerMovie
Dirty Laundry
2006Dirty Laundry
as EvelynMovie
Psych
2006Psych
as Melba BirdsonTV
Supernatural
2005Supernatural
as Missouri MoseleyTV
Crash
2005Crash
as Shaniqua JohnsonMovie
King's Ransom
2005King's Ransom
as Miss GladysMovie
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
as Adele WebberTV
Boston Legal
2004Boston Legal
as Judge Victoria ThomsonTV
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Cassey JordanMovie
Cold Case
2003Cold Case
as Chandra Patterson (2009)TV
Wild Card
2003Wild Card
as M. Pearl McGuireTV
Half & Half
2002Half & Half
as Erika DukeTV
I Am Sam
2001I Am Sam
as Margaret CalgroveMovie
Kingdom Come
2001Kingdom Come
as Marguerite SlocumbMovie
Boston Public
2000Boston Public
as Marla HendricksTV
Girlfriends
2000Girlfriends
as Judge Vashti JacksonTV
Best Actress
2000Best Actress
as Connie TraversMovie
Freedom Song
2000Freedom Song
as Evelyn WalkerMovie
Punks
2000Punks
as Health CounselorMovie
Love Kills
1999Love Kills
as Sylvia FinkelsteinMovie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby DandridgeMovie
Jackie's Back!
1999Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)Movie
The Breaks
1999The Breaks
as FloriaMovie
Funny Valentines
1999Funny Valentines
as Dearie B.Movie
The PJs
1999The PJs
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)TV
Urban Legend
1998Urban Legend
as Reese WilsonMovie
Don King: Only in America
1997Don King: Only in America
as Connie HarperMovie
Lover Girl
1997Lover Girl
as Leticia / 'Coco'Movie
Clover
1997Clover
as EverleenMovie
Ally McBeal
1997Ally McBeal
as Nora MillsTV
Hoodlum
1997Hoodlum
as Pigfoot MaryMovie
Promised Land
1996Promised Land
as Tonya HawkinsTV
Moesha
1996Moesha
as StephTV
Waiting to Exhale
1995Waiting to Exhale
as GloriaMovie
Ned & Stacey
1995Ned & Stacey
as Mrs. DuncanTV
Touched by an Angel
1994Touched by an Angel
as Tonya HawkinsTV
O
1992Out All Night
as CrystalTV
Class Act
1992Class Act
as Blade's MomMovie
Livin' Large!
1991Livin' Large!
as Nadine BiggsMovie
Caged Fear
1991Caged Fear
as JudyMovie
Stanley & Iris
1990Stanley & Iris
as BerthaMovie
Parent Trap III
1989Parent Trap III
as ThelmaMovie
Murphy Brown
1988Murphy Brown
as Nurse HawkingTV
Sticky Fingers
1988Sticky Fingers
as DianeMovie
Little Nikita
1988Little Nikita
as Verna McLaughlinMovie
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Annie Maude CarterTV
A Different World
1987A Different World
as Stevie RallenTV
Will
1981Will
as JeanMovie
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Legally Mad
as Jeanette HarrisTV