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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Filmography
all 154
Movies 101
TV Shows 53
Voice 9
self 7
Gigi Young
Young Love (2023)
TV
Hallie
Doc McStuffins: The Doc & Bella Are In! (2023)
TV
Jeanette
A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023)
Movie
Judith
Act Your Age (2023)
TV
10
Lorraine
All I Didn't Want for Christmas (2022)
Movie
Irene (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
Movie
Sharon
Mack & Rita (2022)
Movie
7.5
Hallie
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! (2022)
Movie
Crystal
Christmas Déjà Vu (2021)
Movie
Mama
Christmas in Harmony (2021)
Movie
Velma
The Starling (2021)
Movie
5
Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
TV
Angela
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021)
TV
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Movie
Sally Hanson
Queen Bees (2021)
Movie
Elda
Always and Forever (2020)
Movie
Eloise
Spell (2020)
Movie
Dayleen
Connecting... (2020)
TV
Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event (2020)
TV
Ernestine / Ernestine Sayles
P-Valley (2020)
TV
10
Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race (2020)
TV
Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
A Family Reunion Christmas (2019)
Movie
6.8
Mrs. Rose
A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019)
Movie
Hattie
Postmarked (2019)
Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
TV
9.5
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall (2019)
TV
Marrier
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
TV
Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan / M'Dear / Amelia 'M-Dear' McKellan
Family Reunion (2019)
TV
Mama Jay
The Trap (2019)
Movie
Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Movie
Hallie
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special (2018)
Movie
Emory Simons
Jingle Belle (2018)
Movie
Self
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend (2018)
Movie
Jo Ann Robinson
Behind the Movement (2018)
Movie
Ms. Thomson
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
Movie
7.11
Sea Cow (voice)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
TV
9
Marcy
Violets (2017)
Movie
Carol
Naked (2017)
Movie
7
Sorbet (voice)
Dear White People (2017)
TV
6
Miss Maddy
Chapter & Verse (2017)
Movie
Ms Carey
No Regrets (2016)
Movie
Herself
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (2016)
Movie
Margie
Grandma's House (2016)
Movie
Aggie
Caged No More (2016)
Movie
Tamecia (voice)
Norm of the North (2016)
Movie
6
Dilsey
The Sound and the Fury (2015)
Movie
Cynthia Carmichael
The Carmichael Show (2015)
TV
5.67
Naomi
For the Love of Ruth (2015)
Movie
Meghan Graham
Back to School Mom (2015)
Movie
Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie (2015)
Movie
Marilyn
You're Not You (2014)
Movie
7.44
Lynette
black-ish (2014)
TV
6.5
Hallie
Doc Mcstuffins: School of Medicine (2014)
Movie
Barb Vaughn
Welcome to Me (2014)
Movie
Malinda
Comeback Dad (2014)
Movie
Hallie
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way (2014)
Movie
Hank's Mother
Sirens (2014)
TV
Mrs. Claus
A Very Larry Christmas (2013)
Movie
Doris
Saving Westbrook High (2013)
Movie
Hallie
The Doc Files (2013)
TV
Mama V (voice)
Khumba (2013)
Movie
8
Mrs. Inez
In the Hive (2012)
Movie
Georgia Cummings
The Client List (2012)
TV
Hallie / Hallie McStuffins / Hattie
Doc McStuffins (2012)
TV
4.33
Shirlee Gupta
Politics of Love (2011)
Movie
Aunt Honey
State of Georgia (2011)
TV
Mrs. Taylor
Jumping the Broom (2011)
Movie
10
Shirley
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
Movie
Delta (voice)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
Movie
6.08
Marsha Sanders
Shake It Up (2010)
TV
6.47
Juanita / Green
For Colored Girls (2010)
Movie
Grandma
Lottery Ticket (2010)
Movie
6
Cynthia
Death at a Funeral (2010)
Movie
7
Miss Roberts
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Movie
Dr. Marguerite
Spring Breakdown (2009)
Movie
Sister Mary Constance
Glee (2009)
TV
6.57
Diane Ellison
Party Down (2009)
TV
6.75
Self - Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
TV
6.63
Delta (voice)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
Movie
5.25
Patti Dellacroix
Eli Stone (2008)
TV
5.29
Sister Doris
First Sunday (2008)
Movie
7
Shirley Ann 'Ma'Dere' Whitfield
This Christmas (2007)
Movie
10
Dolly
Cougar Club (2007)
Movie
Jazz Singer
Dreamgirls (2006)
Movie
6.29
Addie Collins
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
Movie
Evelyn
Dirty Laundry (2006)
Movie
Melba Birdson
Psych (2006)
TV
6.27
Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
TV
7.33
Shaniqua Johnson
Crash (2005)
Movie
3.9
Miss Gladys
King's Ransom (2005)
Movie
6
Adele Webber
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV
7.18
Judge Victoria Thomson
Boston Legal (2004)
TV
5.81
Cassey Jordan
Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Movie
Chandra Patterson (2009)
Cold Case (2003)
TV
6.2
M. Pearl McGuire
Wild Card (2003)
TV
Half & Half (2002)
TV
7
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs (2002)
Movie
Margaret Calgrove
I Am Sam (2001)
Movie
10
Marguerite Slocumb
Kingdom Come (2001)
Movie
6
Flo
What Women Want (2000)
Movie
7.44
Marla Hendricks
Boston Public (2000)
TV
3.5
Reese
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Movie
4.57
Girlfriends (2000)
TV
Strong Medicine (2000)
TV
5
Connie Travers
Best Actress (2000)
Movie
Evelyn Walker
Freedom Song (2000)
Movie
Health Counselor
Punks (2000)
Movie
Sylvia Finkelstein
Love Kills (1999)
Movie
Family Law (1999)
TV
Ruby Dandridge
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
Movie
Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Jackie's Back! (1999)
Movie
Floria
The Breaks (1999)
Movie
Dearie B.
Funny Valentines (1999)
Movie
Muriel Stubbs
The PJs (1999)
TV
6
Zenia
Down in the Delta (1998)
Movie
Reese Wilson
Urban Legend (1998)
Movie
5.53
Connie Harper
Don King: Only in America (1997)
Movie
Leticia / 'Coco'
Lover Girl (1997)
Movie
Everleen
Clover (1997)
Movie
Ally McBeal (1997)
TV
6
Pigfoot Mary
Hoodlum (1997)
Movie
Jackee
The Price of Kissing (1997)
Movie
Beverly
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Movie
6
Tonya Hawkins
Promised Land (1996)
TV
Moesha (1996)
TV
Gloria
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Movie
6
Mother (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV
Tonya Hawkins
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV
8
Ula
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Movie
The American Clock (1993)
Movie
Love & War (1992)
TV
Blade's Mom
Class Act (1992)
Movie
6
Nadine Biggs
Livin' Large! (1991)
Movie
Cynthia
Roc (1991)
TV
Judy
Caged Fear (1991)
Movie
Janine
The Colored Museum (1991)
Movie
Cop Rock (1990)
TV
Loretta Fontaine
Sugar and Spice (1990)
TV
Bertha
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Movie
Thelma
Parent Trap III (1989)
Movie
5.05
Nurse Hawking
Murphy Brown (1988)
TV
6
Diane
Sticky Fingers (1988)
Movie
Verna McLaughlin
Little Nikita (1988)
Movie
Stevie Rallen
A Different World (1987)
TV
6.11
Mrs. Benson
Anna to the Infinite Power (1983)
Movie
Actress
Will (1981)
Movie
Janine
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Actress
Break the Cycle
Movie
Mrs. Big-Gal
Bull Street
Movie
Joy Morris
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Movie
Linda
Holidazed
TV
Jeanette
Legally Mad
TV
Reese
Urban Legend
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.17
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1949-08-21 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceHouston, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award
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