Loretta Devine
Known for Acting · 170 credits
- Born
- 1949-08-21 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- لورتا دیواین
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (61)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Adele Webber
Supernatural
2005
as Missouri Moseley
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Psych
2006
as Melba Birdson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Cold Case
2003
as Chandra Patterson (2009)
Glee
2009
as Sister Mary Constance
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Victoria Thomson / Annabelle Carruthers
Great Performances
1971
as Janine
Strong Medicine
2000
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Tonya Hawkins
black-ish
2014
as Lynette
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Sea Cow (voice)
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Maxine
Boston Public
2000
as Marla Hendricks
Girlfriends
2000
as Judge Vashti Jackson
A Different World
1987
as Stevie Rallen
Moesha
1996
as Steph
Murphy Brown
1988
as Nurse Hawking
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Family Law
1999
as Gloria Rivers
Ally McBeal
1997
as Nora Mills
Eli Stone
2008
as Patti Dellacroix
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Nurse Hallie (voice) / Hattie (voice)
Half & Half
2002
as Erika Duke
Shake It Up
2010
as Marsha Sanders
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Mother (voice)
The Client List
2012
as Georgia Cummings
P-Valley
2020
as Ernestine
Love & War
1992
Doctor Odyssey
2024
as Jill Manafort
Party Down
2009
as Diane Ellison
The PJs
1999
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Sirens
2014
as Hank's Mother
Family Reunion
2019
as M'Dear
Promised Land
1996
as Tonya Hawkins
Dear White People
2017
as Sorbet (voice)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Marrier
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Duncan
The Soul Man
2012
as Della Ballentine
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
as (voice)
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
as Fabulosity - Contestant
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Cynthia Carmichael
Wild Card
2003
as M. Pearl McGuire
Cop Rock
1990
Out All Night
1992
as Crystal
Roc
1991
as Cynthia
Young Love
2023
as Gigi Young (voice)
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Annie Maude Carter
Holidazed
2024
as Linda Lewin
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
as Angela
The Doc Files
2013
as Hallie (voice)
Connecting...
2020
as Dayleen
State of Georgia
2011
as Honey Dupree
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
as Hallie (voice)
Legally Mad
as Jeanette Harris
Movies (109)
Crash
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
What Women Want
2000
as Flo
The Starling
2021
as Velma
I Am Sam
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
Dreamgirls
2006
as Jazz Singer
Naked
2017
as Carol
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Cynthia
Urban Legend
1998
as Reese Wilson
You're Not You
2014
as Marilyn
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Delta (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Irene (voice)
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Gloria
Hoodlum
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
This Christmas
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Khumba
2013
as Mama V (voice)
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
as Reese
Spell
2020
as Eloise
First Sunday
2008
as Sister Doris
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Shirley
Class Act
1992
as Blade's Mom
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Delta (voice)
For Colored Girls
2010
as Juanita / Green
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Beverly
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
as Ms. Thomson
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Taylor
Amos & Andrew
1993
as Ula
Norm of the North
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Grandma
Cougar Club
2007
as Dolly
Spring Breakdown
2009
as Dr. Marguerite
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Ruby Dandridge
Kingdom Come
2001
as Marguerite Slocumb
Little Nikita
1988
as Verna McLaughlin
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Miss Roberts
King's Ransom
2005
as Miss Gladys
Stanley & Iris
1990
as Bertha
Queen Bees
2021
as Sally
Welcome to Me
2015
as Barb Vaughn
Mack & Rita
2022
as Sharon
The Trap
2019
as Mama Jay
Three Colors: Pan-African
2026
as Nana
Saving Westbrook High
2013
as Doris
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Mary
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Jeanette
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
The Christmas Showdown
2025
as Hen
Clover
1997
as Everleen
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
Finding Faith
2025
as Helen
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
The Breaks
1999
as Floria
Best Actress
2000
as Connie Travers
Punks
2000
as Health Counselor
Caged No More
2016
as Aggie
Parent Trap III
1989
as Thelma
Deck the Hallways
2025
as Agnes
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Dilsey
Down in the Delta
1998
as Zenia
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
The American Clock
1993
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Joy Morris
The Price of Kissing
1997
as Jackee
Jingle Belle
2018
as Emory Simons
Always and Forever
2020
as Elda
Caged Fear
1991
as Judy
Christmas in Harmony
2021
as Mama
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
as Loretta
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
as Self
Freedom Song
2000
as Evelyn Walker
Sticky Fingers
1988
as Diane
Love Kills
1999
as Sylvia Finkelstein
Grandma's House
2016
Politics of Love
2011
as Shirlee Gupta
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
as Lorraine
No Regrets
2016
as Ms. Carey
Dirty Laundry
2006
as Evelyn
Don King: Only in America
1997
as Connie Harper
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
as Addie Collins
Bull Street
2024
as Mrs. Big-Gal
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
Behind the Movement
2018
as Jo Ann Robinson
Break the Cycle
In the Hive
2012
as Mrs. Inez
Forever, This Ring
2026
Back to School Mom
2015
as Meghan Graham
Chapter & Verse
2017
as Miss Maddy
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
as Hallie (voice)
For the Love of Ruth
2015
as Naomi
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021
as Crystal
Lover Girl
1997
as Leticia / 'Coco'
Livin' Large!
1991
as Nadine Biggs
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
as Hallie
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024
as Miss Mimi
Will
1981
as Jean
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983
as Mrs. Benson
Comeback Dad
2014
as Malinda
A Very Larry Christmas
2014
as Mrs. Claus
Funny Valentines
1999
as Dearie B.
Postmarked
2019
as Hattie
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
as Cassey Jordan
The Colored Museum
1991
as Janine
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022
as Hallie (voice)
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Herself
Lucille
2023
as Lucille
That's Her
About Loretta Devine
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, l… With 170 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Loretta Devine has appeared in 109 films and 61 TV shows.
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- Crash (2005) — as Shaniqua Johnson
- What Women Want (2000) — as Flo
- The Starling (2021) — as Velma
- I Am Sam (2001) — as Margaret Calgrove
- Dreamgirls (2006) — as Jazz Singer
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