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
I Am Sam
2001 · Movie
You're Not You
2014 · Movie
Crash
2005 · Movie
The Starling
2021 · Movie
Dreamgirls
2006 · Movie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Movie
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Movie
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Movie
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010 · Movie
What Women Want
2000 · Movie
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Movie
This Christmas
2007 · Movie
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
For Colored Girls
2010 · Movie
Stanley & Iris
1990 · Movie
Spell
2020 · Movie
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Movie
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019 · Movie
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Movie
Class Act
1992 · Movie
Kingdom Come
2001 · Movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Movie
Funny Valentines
1999 · Movie
Finding Faith
2025 · Movie
The Breaks
1999 · Movie
Don King: Only in America
1997 · Movie
No Regrets
2016 · Movie
Little Nikita
1988 · Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Movie
Down in the Delta
1998 · Movie
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
Chapter & Verse
2017 · Movie
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023 · Movie
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002 · Movie
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024 · Movie
Comeback Dad
2014 · Movie
Postmarked
2019 · Movie
Khumba
2013 · Movie
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022 · Movie
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006 · Movie
Queen Bees
2021 · Movie
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022 · Movie
Will
1981 · Movie
For the Love of Ruth
2015 · Movie
Jumping the Broom
2011 · Movie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011 · Movie
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018 · Movie
Parent Trap III
1989 · Movie
Jingle Belle
2018 · Movie
Death at a Funeral
2010 · Movie
Saving Westbrook High
2013 · Movie
Welcome to Me
2015 · Movie
Lover Girl
1997 · Movie
Three Colors: Pan-African
2026 · Movie
Broadway: The Next Generation
— · Movie
Violets
2017 · Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Break the Cycle
— · Movie
Behind the Movement
2018 · Movie
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009 · Movie