Acting · Houston, Texas, USA · Born August 21, 1949
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.
Forever, This Ring
2026
MovieThree Colors: Pan-African
2026
as Nana
TVM.I.A.
2026
as Aunt Judith
MovieDeck the Hallways
2025
as Agnes
MovieThe Christmas Showdown
2025
as Hen
MovieLost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Joy Morris
MovieFinding Faith
2025
as Helen
TVHolidazed
2024
as Linda Lewin
TVDoctor Odyssey
2024
as Jill Manafort
TVEverybody Still Hates Chris
2024
as (voice)
MovieTerry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024
as Miss Mimi
MovieBull Street
2024
as Mrs. Big-Gal
Lucille
2023
as Lucille
TVYoung Love
2023
as Gigi Young (voice)
TVDoc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
as Hallie (voice)
MovieA Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Jeanette
MovieAll I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
as Lorraine
MovieDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Irene (voice)
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
MovieMack & Rita
2022
as Sharon
MovieDoc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022
as Hallie (voice)
MovieChristmas Déjà Vu
2021
as Crystal
MovieChristmas in Harmony
2021
as Mama
MovieThe Starling
2021
as Velma
TVTeenage Euthanasia
2021
TVDays of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
as Angela
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MovieQueen Bees
2021
as Sally
MovieAlways and Forever
2020
as Elda
MovieSpell
2020
as Eloise
TVConnecting...
2020
as Dayleen
TVGAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
TVP-Valley
2020
as Ernestine
TVSecret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
as Fabulosity - Contestant
MovieA Family Reunion Christmas
2019
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
MovieA Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
as Loretta
MoviePostmarked
2019
as Hattie
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVA Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Marrier
TVFamily Reunion
2019
as M'Dear
MovieThe Trap
2019
as Mama Jay
MovieHorror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
MovieThe Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
as Hallie (voice)
MovieJingle Belle
2018
as Emory Simons
MovieUrban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
as Self
MovieBehind the Movement
2018
as Jo Ann Robinson
MovieSierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
as Ms. Thomson
TVSummer Camp Island
2018
as Sea Cow (voice)
MovieViolets
2017
as Marcy
MovieNaked
2017
as Carol
TVDear White People
2017
as Sorbet (voice)
MovieChapter & Verse
2017
as Miss Maddy
MovieNo Regrets
2016
as Ms. Carey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Herself
MovieGrandma's House
2016
MovieCaged No More
2016
as Aggie
MovieNorm of the North
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
MovieThe Sound and the Fury
2015
as Dilsey
TVThe Carmichael Show
2015
as Cynthia Carmichael
MovieFor the Love of Ruth
2015
as Naomi
MovieWelcome to Me
2015
as Barb Vaughn
MovieBack to School Mom
2015
as Meghan Graham
MovieDoc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
MovieA Very Larry Christmas
2014
as Mrs. Claus
MovieYou're Not You
2014
as Marilyn
TVblack-ish
2014
as Lynette
MovieComeback Dad
2014
as Malinda
MovieDoc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
as Hallie
TVSirens
2014
as Hank's Mother
MovieSaving Westbrook High
2013
as Doris
TVThe Doc Files
2013
as Hallie (voice)
MovieKhumba
2013
as Mama V (voice)
MovieIn the Hive
2012
as Mrs. Inez
TVThe Soul Man
2012
as Della Ballentine
TVThe Client List
2012
as Georgia Cummings
TVDoc McStuffins
2012
as Nurse Hallie (voice)
MoviePolitics of Love
2011
as Shirlee Gupta
TVState of Georgia
2011
as Honey Dupree
MovieJumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Taylor
MovieMadea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Shirley
MovieBeverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Delta (voice)
MovieTyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
TVShake It Up
2010
as Marsha Sanders
MovieFor Colored Girls
2010
as Juanita / Green
MovieLottery Ticket
2010
as Grandma
MovieMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Miss Roberts
MovieDeath at a Funeral
2010
as Cynthia
MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieSpring Breakdown
2009
as Dr. Marguerite
TVGlee
2009
as Sister Mary Constance
TVParty Down
2009
as Diane Ellison
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieBeverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Delta (voice)
TVEli Stone
2008
as Patti Dellacroix
MovieFirst Sunday
2008
as Sister Doris
MovieThis Christmas
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
MovieCougar Club
2007
as Dolly
MovieDreamgirls
2006
as Jazz Singer
MovieLife Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
as Addie Collins
MovieDirty Laundry
2006
as Evelyn
TVPsych
2006
as Melba Birdson
TVEverybody Hates Chris
2005
as Maxine
TVSupernatural
2005
as Missouri Moseley
MovieCrash
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
MovieKing's Ransom
2005
as Miss Gladys
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Adele Webber
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Judge Victoria Thomson
MovieWoman Thou Art Loosed
2004
as Cassey Jordan
TVCold Case
2003
as Chandra Patterson (2009)
TVWild Card
2003
as M. Pearl McGuire
TVHalf & Half
2002
as Erika Duke
MovieBook of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
MovieI Am Sam
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
MovieKingdom Come
2001
as Marguerite Slocumb
MovieWhat Women Want
2000
as Flo
TVBoston Public
2000
as Marla Hendricks
MovieUrban Legends: Final Cut
2000
as Reese
TVGirlfriends
2000
as Judge Vashti Jackson
TVStrong Medicine
2000
MovieBest Actress
2000
as Connie Travers
MovieFreedom Song
2000
as Evelyn Walker
MoviePunks
2000
as Health Counselor
MovieLove Kills
1999
as Sylvia Finkelstein
TVFamily Law
1999
as Gloria Rivers
MovieIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Ruby Dandridge
MovieJackie's Back!
1999
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
MovieThe Breaks
1999
as Floria
MovieFunny Valentines
1999
as Dearie B.
TVThe PJs
1999
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
MovieDown in the Delta
1998
as Zenia
MovieUrban Legend
1998
as Reese Wilson
MovieDon King: Only in America
1997
as Connie Harper
MovieLover Girl
1997
as Leticia / 'Coco'
MovieClover
1997
as Everleen
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Nora Mills
MovieHoodlum
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
MovieThe Price of Kissing
1997
as Jackee
MovieThe Preacher's Wife
1996
as Beverly
MovieRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Mary
TVPromised Land
1996
as Tonya Hawkins
TVMoesha
1996
as Steph
MovieWaiting to Exhale
1995
as Gloria
TVNed & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Duncan
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Mother (voice)
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Tonya Hawkins
MovieAmos & Andrew
1993
as Ula
MovieThe American Clock
1993
TVLove & War
1992
Out All Night
1992
as Crystal
MovieClass Act
1992
as Blade's Mom
MovieLivin' Large!
1991
as Nadine Biggs
TVRoc
1991
MovieCaged Fear
1991
as Judy
MovieThe Colored Museum
1991
as Janine
TVCop Rock
1990
TVSugar and Spice
1990
MovieStanley & Iris
1990
as Bertha
MovieParent Trap III
1989
as Thelma
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Nurse Hawking
MovieSticky Fingers
1988
as Diane
MovieLittle Nikita
1988
as Verna McLaughlin
TVThe Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Annie Maude Carter
TVA Different World
1987
as Stevie Rallen
MovieAnna to the Infinite Power
1983
as Mrs. Benson
MovieWill
1981
as Jean
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Janine
MovieBreak the Cycle
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
That's Her
Legally Mad
as Jeanette Harris
