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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- 2025 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 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 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
- 2018 · Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
- 2016 · Grandma's House as
- 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
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 2010 · Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2007 · This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
- 2007 · Cougar Club as Dolly
- 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
- 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1996 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 2026 · Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
- 2025 · The Christmas Showdown as Hen
- 2025 · Deck the Hallways as Agnes
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
- 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 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2021 · The Starling as Velma
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 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 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 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 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself
- 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
- 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 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
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 1999 · Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
- 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 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 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
- 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
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- 1981 · Will as Jean
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine