Loretta Devine
August 21, 1949 (75 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 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2022 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! as Hallie (voice)
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 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
- 2014 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 2024 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
- 2024 · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 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 · 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 Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
- 2019 · Postmarked as Hattie
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 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 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 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 · 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 · A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
- 2013 · Khumba as Mama V (voice)
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 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 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as
- 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
- 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 · 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 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1996 · Promised Land as Tonya Hawkins
- 1996 · Moesha as
- 1995 · Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
- 1995 · Ned and 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
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 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
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- 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
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- 1981 · Will as Jean
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine
- Future · Lottery Ticket 2 as Grandma