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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- 2026 · Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
- 2025 · The Christmas Showdown as Hen
- 2025 · Deck the Hallways as Agnes
- 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 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
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2010 · Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as
- 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 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 2006 · Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
- 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 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)
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1991 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 2026 · Forever, This Ring as
- 2025 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2025 · Finding Faith as Helen
- 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)
- 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 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Comeback Dad as Malinda
- 2014 · Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
- 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 · Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
- 2011 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
- 2011 · Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
- 1998 · Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
- 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 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 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1991 · Roc as
- 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
- 1991 · Caged Fear as Judy
- Future · That's Her as
- 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
- 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
- 1981 · Will as Jean
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine