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.
Known for
What Women Want
2000 · Movie
Crash
2005 · Movie
I Am Sam
2001 · Movie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · Movie
Death at a Funeral
2010 · Movie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Movie
Dreamgirls
2006 · Movie
You're Not You
2014 · Movie
Spell
2020 · Movie
Naked
2017 · Movie
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Movie
First Sunday
2008 · Movie
Khumba
2013 · Movie
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Movie
The Preacher's Wife
1996 · Movie
Urban Legend
1998 · Movie
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002 · Movie
The Starling
2021 · Movie
This Christmas
2007 · Movie
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Movie
Finding Faith
2025 · Movie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011 · Movie
Class Act
1992 · Movie
Lottery Ticket
2010 · Movie
For Colored Girls
2010 · Movie
Stanley & Iris
1990 · Movie
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Movie
Jumping the Broom
2011 · Movie
Postmarked
2019 · Movie
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
Welcome to Me
2015 · Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Movie
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000 · Movie
Kingdom Come
2001 · Movie
Amos & Andrew
1993 · Movie
Funny Valentines
1999 · Movie
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010 · Movie
Will
1981 · Movie
Spring Breakdown
2009 · Movie
Little Nikita
1988 · Movie
Queen Bees
2021 · Movie
Don King: Only in America
1997 · Movie
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Movie
No Regrets
2016 · Movie
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023 · Movie
Chapter & Verse
2017 · Movie
Mack & Rita
2022 · Movie
Down in the Delta
1998 · Movie
The Breaks
1999 · Movie
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018 · Movie
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024 · Movie
Sticky Fingers
1988 · Movie
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022 · Movie
Saving Westbrook High
2013 · Movie
Norm of the North
2016 · Movie
Freedom Song
2000 · Movie
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019 · Movie
Comeback Dad
2014 · Movie