Acting
Loretta Devine
Acting · Born 1949-08-21 · 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.
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M.I.A.
2026 · Aunt Judith
FilmDeck the Hallways
2025 · Agnes
FilmThe Christmas Showdown
2025 · Hen
FilmLost & Found in Cleveland
2025 · Joy Morris
FilmFinding Faith
2025 · Helen
Holidazed
2024 · Linda Lewin
Doctor Odyssey
2024 · Jill Manafort
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024 · (voice)
FilmTerry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024 · Miss Mimi
FilmBull Street
2024 · Mrs. Big-Gal
Young Love
2023 · Gigi Young (voice)
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023 · Hallie (voice)
FilmA Snowy Day in Oakland
2023 · Jeanette
FilmAll I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022 · Lorraine
FilmDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Irene (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
FilmMack & Rita
2022 · Sharon
FilmA Doutora Faz 10 Anos
2022 · Hallie (voice)
FilmChristmas Déjà Vu
2021 · Crystal
FilmChristmas in Harmony
2021 · Mama
FilmThe Starling
2021 · Velma
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021 · Angela
FilmQueen Bees
2021 · Sally
FilmAlways and Forever
2020 · Elda
FilmSpell
2020 · Eloise
Connecting...
2020 · Dayleen
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020 · Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
P-Valley
2020 · Ernestine
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020 · Fabulosity - Contestant
FilmA Family Reunion Christmas
2019 · Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
FilmA Sweet Christmas Romance
2019 · Loretta
FilmPostmarked
2019 · Hattie
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Marrier
Family Reunion
2019 · M'Dear
FilmThe Trap
2019 · Mama Jay
FilmHorror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Self
FilmThe Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018 · Hallie (voice)
FilmJingle Belle
2018 · Emory Simons
FilmUrban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018 · Self
FilmSierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Ms. Thomson
Summer Camp Island
2018 · Sea Cow (voice)
FilmNaked
2017 · Carol
Dear White People
2017 · Sorbet (voice)
FilmChapter & Verse
2017 · Miss Maddy
FilmNo Regrets
2016 · Ms. Carey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
FilmBrett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016 · Herself
FilmGrandma's House
2016
FilmCaged No More
2016 · Aggie
FilmNorm of the North
2016 · Tamecia (voice)
FilmThe Sound and the Fury
2015 · Dilsey
The Carmichael Show
2015 · Cynthia Carmichael
FilmFor the Love of Ruth
2015 · Naomi
FilmWelcome to Me
2015 · Barb Vaughn
FilmBack to School Mom
2015 · Meghan Graham
FilmDoc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015 · Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
FilmA Very Larry Christmas
2014 · Mrs. Claus
FilmYou're Not You
2014 · Marilyn
black-ish
2014 · Lynette
FilmComeback Dad
2014 · Malinda
FilmDoc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014 · Hallie
Sirens
2014 · Hank's Mother
FilmSaving Westbrook High
2013 · Doris
The Doc Files
2013 · Hallie (voice)
FilmKhumba
2013 · Mama V (voice)
FilmIn the Hive
2012 · Mrs. Inez
The Soul Man
2012 · Della Ballentine
The Client List
2012 · Georgia Cummings
Doc McStuffins
2012 · Nurse Hallie (voice)
FilmPolitics of Love
2011 · Shirlee Gupta
State of Georgia
2011 · Honey Dupree
FilmJumping the Broom
2011 · Mrs. Taylor
FilmMadea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Shirley
FilmBeverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011 · Delta (voice)
FilmTyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Shake It Up
2010 · Marsha Sanders
FilmFor Colored Girls
2010 · Juanita / Green
FilmLottery Ticket
2010 · Grandma
FilmMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Miss Roberts
FilmDeath at a Funeral
2010 · Cynthia
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
FilmSpring Breakdown
2009 · Dr. Marguerite
Glee
2009 · Sister Mary Constance
Party Down
2009 · Diane Ellison
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
FilmBeverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · Delta (voice)
Eli Stone
2008 · Patti Dellacroix
FilmFirst Sunday
2008 · Sister Doris
FilmThis Christmas
2007 · Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
FilmCougar Club
2007 · Dolly
FilmDreamgirls
2006 · Jazz Singer
FilmLife Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006 · Addie Collins
FilmDirty Laundry
2006 · Evelyn
Psych
2006 · Melba Birdson
Everybody Hates Chris
2005 · Maxine
Supernatural
2005 · Missouri Moseley
FilmCrash
2005 · Shaniqua Johnson
FilmKing's Ransom
2005 · Miss Gladys
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Adele Webber
Boston Legal
2004 · Judge Victoria Thomson
FilmWoman Thou Art Loosed
2004 · Cassey Jordan
Cold Case
2003 · Chandra Patterson (2009)
Wild Card
2003 · M. Pearl McGuire
Half & Half
2002 · Erika Duke
FilmBook of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
FilmI Am Sam
2001 · Margaret Calgrove
FilmKingdom Come
2001 · Marguerite Slocumb
FilmWhat Women Want
2000 · Flo
Boston Public
2000 · Marla Hendricks
FilmUrban Legends: Final Cut
2000 · Reese
Girlfriends
2000 · Judge Vashti Jackson
Strong Medicine
2000
FilmBest Actress
2000 · Connie Travers
FilmFreedom Song
2000 · Evelyn Walker
FilmPunks
2000 · Health Counselor
FilmLove Kills
1999 · Sylvia Finkelstein
Family Law
1999 · Gloria Rivers
FilmIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Ruby Dandridge
FilmJackie's Back!
1999 · Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
FilmThe Breaks
1999 · Floria
FilmFunny Valentines
1999 · Dearie B.
The PJs
1999 · Muriel Stubbs (voice)
FilmDown in the Delta
1998 · Zenia
FilmUrban Legend
1998 · Reese Wilson
FilmDon King: Only in America
1997 · Connie Harper
FilmLover Girl
1997 · Leticia / 'Coco'
FilmClover
1997 · Everleen
Ally McBeal
1997 · Nora Mills
FilmHoodlum
1997 · Pigfoot Mary
FilmThe Price of Kissing
1997 · Jackee
FilmThe Preacher's Wife
1996 · Beverly
FilmRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Miss Mary
Promised Land
1996 · Tonya Hawkins
Moesha
1996 · Steph
FilmWaiting to Exhale
1995 · Gloria
Ned & Stacey
1995 · Mrs. Duncan
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Mother (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Tonya Hawkins
FilmAmos & Andrew
1993 · Ula
FilmThe American Clock
1993
Love & War
1992
Out All Night
Out All Night
1992 · Crystal
FilmClass Act
1992 · Blade's Mom
FilmLivin' Large!
1991 · Nadine Biggs
Roc
1991 · Cynthia
FilmCaged Fear
1991 · Judy
Cop Rock
1990
Sugar and Spice
1990
FilmStanley & Iris
1990 · Bertha
FilmParent Trap III
1989 · Thelma
Murphy Brown
1988 · Nurse Hawking
FilmSticky Fingers
1988 · Diane
FilmLittle Nikita
1988 · Verna McLaughlin
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · Annie Maude Carter
A Different World
1987 · Stevie Rallen
FilmAnna to the Infinite Power
1983 · Mrs. Benson
FilmWill
1981 · Jean
Great Performances
1971 · Janine
Legally Mad
Legally Mad
Jeanette Harris