Loretta Devine
Known for acting · Born 21 August 1949 · 77 · Houston, Texas, USA
172 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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Doc McStuffins
2012
Boston Public
2000
Family Reunion
2019
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
I Am Sam
2001
Spell
2020
The PJs
1999
Urban Legend
1998
The Client List
2012
The Carmichael Show
2015
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Acting (172)
2026M.I.A.Aunt Judith · 3 episodesSeries
2026Three Colors: Pan-AfricanNanaFilm
2026Forever, This RingFilm
2025Finding FaithHelenFilm
2025Lost & Found in ClevelandJoy MorrisFilm
2025Deck the HallwaysAgnesFilm
2025The Christmas ShowdownHenFilm
2024Doctor OdysseyJill ManafortSeries
2024Everybody Still Hates Chris(voice)Series
2024HolidazedLinda Lewin · 8 episodesSeries
2024Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by LoveMiss MimiFilm
2024Bull StreetMrs. Big-GalFilm
2023Young LoveGigi Young (voice) · 12 episodesSeries
2023A Snowy Day in OaklandJeanetteFilm
2023LucilleLucilleFilm
2023Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!Hallie (voice) · 10 episodesSeries
2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesIrene (voice)Film
2022Mack & RitaSharonFilm
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2022All I Didn't Want for ChristmasLorraineFilm
2022A Doutora Faz 10 AnosHallie (voice)Film
2021The StarlingVelmaFilm
2021Queen BeesSallyFilm
2021Christmas in HarmonyMamaFilm
2021Teenage EuthanasiaSeries
2021Christmas Déjà VuCrystalFilm
2021Days of Our Lives: Beyond SalemAngela · 5 episodesSeries
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelfFilm
2020SpellEloiseFilm
2020P-ValleyErnestine · 9 episodesSeries
2020Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag RaceFabulosity - Contestant · 2 episodesSeries
2020Always and ForeverEldaFilm
2020GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover EventAmelia 'M'Dear' McKellanSeries
2020Connecting...Dayleen · 2 episodesSeries
2019Family ReunionM'Dear · 44 episodesSeries
2019The TrapMama JayFilm
2019Horror Noire: A History of Black HorrorSelfFilm
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowMarrierSeries
2019A Sweet Christmas RomanceLorettaFilm
2019A Family Reunion ChristmasAmelia 'M'Dear' McKellanFilm
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2019PostmarkedHattieFilm
2018Sierra Burgess Is a LoserMs. ThomsonFilm
2018Summer Camp IslandSea Cow (voice)Series
2018Jingle BelleEmory SimonsFilm
2018The Doc McStuffins Christmas SpecialHallie (voice)Film
2018Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban LegendSelfFilm
2018Behind the MovementJo Ann RobinsonFilm
2017NakedCarolFilm
2017Dear White PeopleSorbet (voice)Series
2017Chapter & VerseMiss MaddyFilm
2017VioletsMarcyFilm
2016Norm of the NorthTamecia (voice)Film
2016Caged No MoreAggieFilm
2016No RegretsMs. CareyFilm
2016Grandma's HouseFilm
2016Brett Gelman's Dinner in AmericaHerselfFilm
2015Welcome to MeBarb VaughnFilm
2015The Carmichael ShowCynthia Carmichael · 32 episodesSeries
2015The Sound and the FuryDilseyFilm
2015For the Love of RuthNaomiFilm
2015Back to School MomMeghan GrahamFilm
2015Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me LambieHallie (voice) (archive footage)Film
2014You're Not YouMarilynFilm
2014black-ishLynette · 3 episodesSeries
2014SirensHank's Mother · 3 episodesSeries
2014Comeback DadMalindaFilm
2014Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long WayHallieFilm
2014A Very Larry ChristmasMrs. ClausFilm
2013KhumbaMama V (voice)Film
2013Saving Westbrook HighDorisFilm
2013The Doc FilesHallie (voice) · 10 episodesSeries
2012The Client ListGeorgia Cummings · 25 episodesSeries
2012Doc McStuffinsNurse Hallie (voice) · 242 episodes, Hattie (voice)Series
2012The Soul ManDella Ballentine · 2 episodesSeries
2012In the HiveMrs. InezFilm
2011Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2Delta (voice)Film
2011Jumping the BroomMrs. TaylorFilm
2011Madea's Big Happy FamilyShirleyFilm
2011State of GeorgiaHoney Dupree · 12 episodesSeries
2011Politics of LoveShirlee GuptaFilm
2010Death at a FuneralCynthiaFilm
2010Shake It UpMarsha SandersSeries
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneMiss RobertsFilm
2010Lottery TicketGrandmaFilm
2010For Colored GirlsJuanita / GreenFilm
2010Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The PlayFilm
2009GleeSister Mary ConstanceSeries
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2009Party DownDiane EllisonSeries
2009Spring BreakdownDr. MargueriteFilm
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - GuestSeries
2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000sSelfFilm
2008Beverly Hills ChihuahuaDelta (voice)Film
2008First SundaySister DorisFilm
2008Eli StonePatti Dellacroix · 26 episodesSeries
2007This ChristmasShirley Ann "Ma'Dere" WhitfieldFilm
2007Cougar ClubDollyFilm
2006DreamgirlsJazz SingerFilm
2006PsychMelba BirdsonSeries
2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryAddie CollinsFilm
2006Dirty LaundryEvelynFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyAdele Webber · 22 episodesSeries
2005SupernaturalMissouri Moseley · 3 episodesSeries
2005CrashShaniqua JohnsonFilm
2005Everybody Hates ChrisMaxine · 3 episodesSeries
2005King's RansomMiss GladysFilm
2004Boston LegalJudge Victoria Thomson, Annabelle CarruthersSeries
2004Woman Thou Art LoosedCassey JordanFilm
2003Cold CaseChandra Patterson (2009)Series
2003Wild CardM. Pearl McGuire · 18 episodesSeries
2002Half & HalfErika Duke · 2 episodesSeries
2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are DogsFilm
2001I Am SamMargaret CalgroveFilm
2001Kingdom ComeMarguerite SlocumbFilm
2000What Women WantFloFilm
2000Urban Legends: Final CutReeseFilm
2000Boston PublicMarla Hendricks · 81 episodesSeries
2000GirlfriendsJudge Vashti Jackson · 2 episodesSeries
2000Strong MedicineSeries
2000Freedom SongEvelyn WalkerFilm
2000PunksHealth CounselorFilm
2000Best ActressConnie TraversFilm
1999Introducing Dorothy DandridgeRuby DandridgeFilm
1999The PJsMuriel Stubbs (voice) · 43 episodesSeries
1999The BreaksFloriaFilm
1999Family LawGloria RiversSeries
1999Funny ValentinesDearie B.Film
1999Jackie's Back!Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)Film
1999Love KillsSylvia FinkelsteinFilm
1998Urban LegendReese WilsonFilm
1998Down in the DeltaZeniaFilm
1997Ally McBealNora MillsSeries
1997HoodlumPigfoot MaryFilm
1997Don King: Only in AmericaConnie HarperFilm
1997Lover GirlLeticia / 'Coco'Film
1997CloverEverleenFilm
1997The Price of KissingJackeeFilm
1996The Preacher's WifeBeverlyFilm
1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' ManigaultMiss MaryFilm
1996MoeshaStephSeries
1996Promised LandTonya HawkinsSeries
1995Waiting to ExhaleGloriaFilm
1995Ned & StaceyMrs. DuncanSeries
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMother (voice)Series
1994Touched by an AngelTonya HawkinsSeries
1993Amos & AndrewUlaFilm
1993The American ClockFilm
1992Class ActBlade's MomFilm
1992Love & WarSeries
1992Out All NightCrystalSeries
1991Livin' Large!Nadine BiggsFilm
1991Roc, Cynthia · 4 episodesSeries
1991Caged FearJudyFilm
1991The Colored MuseumJanineFilm
1990Stanley & IrisBerthaFilm
1990Cop RockSeries
1990Sugar and Spice · 7 episodesSeries
1989Parent Trap IIIThelmaFilm
1988Little NikitaVerna McLaughlinFilm
1988Murphy BrownNurse HawkingSeries
1988Sticky FingersDianeFilm
1988The Murder of Mary PhaganAnnie Maude Carter · 2 episodesSeries
1987A Different WorldStevie Rallen · 9 episodesSeries
1983Anna to the Infinite PowerMrs. BensonFilm
1981WillJeanFilm
1971Great PerformancesJanineSeries
—Break the CycleFilm
—Broadway: The Next GenerationSelfFilm
—That's HerFilm
—Legally MadJeanette HarrisSeries