Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Known for
Acting
Born
August 21, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Houston, Texas, USA

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.

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Filmography

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Break the Cycle poster

Break the Cycle

Movie

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Broadway: The Next Generation poster

Broadway: The Next Generation

Movie · as Self

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That's Her

That's Her

Movie

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Baby of the Family

Baby of the Family

Movie · as Delores

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Legally Mad

Legally Mad

TV · as Jeanette Harris · 1 ep

2026
Three Colors: Pan-African poster

Three Colors: Pan-African

Movie · as Nana

2026
Forever, This Ring

Forever, This Ring

Movie

2026
M.I.A. poster

M.I.A.

TV · as Aunt Judith · 3 eps

2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland poster

Lost & Found in Cleveland

Movie · as Joy Morris

2025
Finding Faith poster

Finding Faith

Movie · as Helen

2025
Deck the Hallways poster

Deck the Hallways

Movie · as Agnes

2025
The Christmas Showdown poster

The Christmas Showdown

Movie · as Hen

2024
Bull Street poster

Bull Street

Movie · as Mrs. Big-Gal

2024
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love poster

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love

Movie · as Miss Mimi

2024
Everybody Still Hates Chris poster

Everybody Still Hates Chris

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Doctor Odyssey poster

Doctor Odyssey

TV · as Jill Manafort · 1 ep

2024
Holidazed poster

Holidazed

TV · as Linda Lewin · 8 eps

2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland poster

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Movie · as Jeanette

2023
Lucille

Lucille

Movie · as Lucille

2023
Young Love poster

Young Love

TV · as Gigi Young (voice) · 12 eps

2023
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! poster

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!

TV · as Hallie (voice) · 10 eps

2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Movie · as Irene (voice)

2022
A Doutora Faz 10 Anos poster

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos

Movie · as Hallie (voice)

2022
All I Didn't Want for Christmas poster

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

Movie · as Lorraine

2022
Mack & Rita poster

Mack & Rita

Movie · as Sharon

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Christmas in Harmony poster

Christmas in Harmony

Movie · as Mama

2021
Christmas Déjà Vu poster

Christmas Déjà Vu

Movie · as Crystal

2021
The Starling poster

The Starling

Movie · as Velma

2021
Queen Bees poster

Queen Bees

Movie · as Sally

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2021
Teenage Euthanasia poster

Teenage Euthanasia

TV · 1 ep

2021
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem poster

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

TV · as Angela · 5 eps

2020
Always and Forever poster

Always and Forever

Movie · as Elda

2020
Spell poster

Spell

Movie · as Eloise

2020
P-Valley poster

P-Valley

TV · as Ernestine · 9 eps

2020
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race

TV · as Fabulosity - Contestant · 2 eps

2020
Connecting... poster

Connecting...

TV · as Dayleen · 2 eps

2020
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event poster

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

TV · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan · 1 ep

2019
The Trap poster

The Trap

Movie · as Mama Jay

2019
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror poster

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Movie · as Self

2019
A Sweet Christmas Romance poster

A Sweet Christmas Romance

Movie · as Loretta

2019
A Family Reunion Christmas poster

A Family Reunion Christmas

Movie · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

2019
Postmarked poster

Postmarked

Movie · as Hattie

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Marrier · 1 ep

2019
Family Reunion poster

Family Reunion

TV · as M'Dear · 44 eps

2018
Behind the Movement poster

Behind the Movement

Movie · as Jo Ann Robinson

2018
Jingle Belle poster

Jingle Belle

Movie · as Emory Simons

2018
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special poster

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

Movie · as Hallie (voice)

2018
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend poster

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Movie · as Self

2018
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser poster

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Movie · as Ms. Thomson

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Sea Cow (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Chapter & Verse poster

Chapter & Verse

Movie · as Miss Maddy

2017
Naked poster

Naked

Movie · as Carol

2017
Violets poster

Violets

Movie · as Marcy

2017
Dear White People poster

Dear White People

TV · as Sorbet (voice) · 1 ep

2016
Norm of the North poster

Norm of the North

Movie · as Tamecia (voice)

2016
Caged No More poster

Caged No More

Movie · as Aggie

2016
No Regrets poster

No Regrets

Movie · as Ms. Carey

2016
Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House

Movie

2016
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Movie · as Self

2015
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie poster

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

Movie · as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

2015
Back to School Mom poster

Back to School Mom

Movie · as Meghan Graham

2015
Welcome to Me poster

Welcome to Me

Movie · as Barb Vaughn

2015
The Sound and the Fury poster

The Sound and the Fury

Movie · as Dilsey

2015
For the Love of Ruth poster

For the Love of Ruth

Movie · as Naomi

2015
The Carmichael Show poster

The Carmichael Show

TV · as Cynthia Carmichael · 32 eps

2014
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way poster

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

Movie · as Hallie

2014
You're Not You poster

You're Not You

Movie · as Marilyn

2014
A Very Larry Christmas poster

A Very Larry Christmas

Movie · as Mrs. Claus

2014
Comeback Dad poster

Comeback Dad

Movie · as Malinda

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Lynette · 3 eps

2014
Sirens poster

Sirens

TV · as Hank's Mother · 3 eps

2013
Khumba poster

Khumba

Movie · as Mama V (voice)

2013
Saving Westbrook High poster

Saving Westbrook High

Movie · as Doris

2013
The Doc Files poster

The Doc Files

TV · as Hallie (voice) · 10 eps

2012
In the Hive poster

In the Hive

Movie · as Mrs. Inez

2012
The Client List poster

The Client List

TV · as Georgia Cummings · 25 eps

2012
Doc McStuffins poster

Doc McStuffins

TV · as Nurse Hallie (voice), Hattie (voice) · 242 eps

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Della Ballentine · 2 eps

2011
Madea's Big Happy Family poster

Madea's Big Happy Family

Movie · as Shirley

2011
Politics of Love poster

Politics of Love

Movie · as Shirlee Gupta

2011
Jumping the Broom poster

Jumping the Broom

Movie · as Mrs. Taylor

2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Movie · as Delta (voice)

2011
State of Georgia poster

State of Georgia

TV · as Honey Dupree · 12 eps

2010
Death at a Funeral poster

Death at a Funeral

Movie · as Cynthia

2010
Lottery Ticket poster

Lottery Ticket

Movie · as Grandma

2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done poster

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Movie · as Miss Roberts

2010
For Colored Girls poster

For Colored Girls

Movie · as Juanita / Green

2010
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play poster

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play

Movie

2010
Shake It Up poster

Shake It Up

TV · as Marsha Sanders · 1 ep

2009
Spring Breakdown poster

Spring Breakdown

Movie · as Dr. Marguerite

2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s poster

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Movie · as Self

2009
Party Down poster

Party Down

TV · as Diane Ellison · 1 ep

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Sister Mary Constance · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Movie · as Delta (voice)

2008
First Sunday poster

First Sunday

Movie · as Sister Doris

2008
Eli Stone poster

Eli Stone

TV · as Patti Dellacroix · 26 eps

2007
This Christmas poster

This Christmas

Movie · as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

2007
Cougar Club poster

Cougar Club

Movie · as Dolly

2006
Dirty Laundry poster

Dirty Laundry

Movie · as Evelyn

2006
Dreamgirls poster

Dreamgirls

Movie · as Jazz Singer

2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story poster

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Movie · as Addie Collins

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Melba Birdson · 1 ep

2005
Crash poster

Crash

Movie · as Shaniqua Johnson

2005
King's Ransom poster

King's Ransom

Movie · as Miss Gladys

2005
Everybody Hates Chris poster

Everybody Hates Chris

TV · as Maxine · 3 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Adele Webber · 22 eps

2005
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Missouri Moseley · 3 eps

2004
Woman Thou Art Loosed poster

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Movie · as Cassey Jordan

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Judge Victoria Thomson, Annabelle Carruthers · 1 ep

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Chandra Patterson (2009) · 1 ep

2003
Wild Card poster

Wild Card

TV · as M. Pearl McGuire · 18 eps

2002
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs poster

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

Movie

2002
Half & Half poster

Half & Half

TV · as Erika Duke · 2 eps

2001
Kingdom Come poster

Kingdom Come

Movie · as Marguerite Slocumb

2001
I Am Sam poster

I Am Sam

Movie · as Margaret Calgrove

2000
Urban Legends: Final Cut poster

Urban Legends: Final Cut

Movie · as Reese

2000
Punks poster

Punks

Movie · as Health Counselor

2000
Best Actress poster

Best Actress

Movie · as Connie Travers

2000
Freedom Song poster

Freedom Song

Movie · as Evelyn Walker

2000
What Women Want poster

What Women Want

Movie · as Flo

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Marla Hendricks · 81 eps

2000
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as Judge Vashti Jackson · 2 eps

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · 1 ep

1999
Love Kills poster

Love Kills

Movie · as Sylvia Finkelstein

1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge poster

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Movie · as Ruby Dandridge

1999
Funny Valentines poster

Funny Valentines

Movie · as Dearie B.

1999
The Breaks poster

The Breaks

Movie · as Floria

1999
Jackie's Back! poster

Jackie's Back!

Movie · as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

1999
The PJs poster

The PJs

TV · as Muriel Stubbs (voice) · 43 eps

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Gloria Rivers · 1 ep

1998
Urban Legend poster

Urban Legend

Movie · as Reese Wilson

1998
Down in the Delta poster

Down in the Delta

Movie · as Zenia

1997
Hoodlum poster

Hoodlum

Movie · as Pigfoot Mary

1997
Don King: Only in America poster

Don King: Only in America

Movie · as Connie Harper

1997
The Price of Kissing poster

The Price of Kissing

Movie · as Jackee

1997
Lover Girl poster

Lover Girl

Movie · as Leticia / 'Coco'

1997
Clover poster

Clover

Movie · as Everleen

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Nora Mills · 1 ep

1996
The Preacher's Wife poster

The Preacher's Wife

Movie · as Beverly

1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault poster

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Movie · as Miss Mary

1996
Moesha poster

Moesha

TV · as Steph · 1 ep

1996
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

TV · as Tonya Hawkins · 1 ep

1995
Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale

Movie · as Gloria

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Mother (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Ned & Stacey poster

Ned & Stacey

TV · as Mrs. Duncan · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Tonya Hawkins · 1 ep

1993
The American Clock poster

The American Clock

Movie

1993
Amos & Andrew poster

Amos & Andrew

Movie · as Ula

1992
Class Act poster

Class Act

Movie · as Blade's Mom

1992
Out All Night

Out All Night

TV · as Crystal · 1 ep

1992
Love & War poster

Love & War

TV · 1 ep

1991
Livin' Large! poster

Livin' Large!

Movie · as Nadine Biggs

1991
The Colored Museum poster

The Colored Museum

Movie · as Janine

1991
Caged Fear poster

Caged Fear

Movie · as Judy

1991
Roc poster

Roc

TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep

1990
Stanley & Iris poster

Stanley & Iris

Movie · as Bertha

1990
Cop Rock poster

Cop Rock

TV · as Juror

1990
Sugar and Spice poster

Sugar and Spice

TV · 7 eps

1989
Parent Trap III poster

Parent Trap III

Movie · as Thelma

1988
Sticky Fingers poster

Sticky Fingers

Movie · as Diane

1988
Little Nikita poster

Little Nikita

Movie · as Verna McLaughlin

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Nurse Hawking · 1 ep

1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan poster

The Murder of Mary Phagan

TV · as Annie Maude Carter · 2 eps

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Stevie Rallen · 9 eps

1983
Anna to the Infinite Power poster

Anna to the Infinite Power

Movie · as Mrs. Benson

1981
Will poster

Will

Movie · as Jean

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Janine · 1 ep