Acting
Loretta Devine
EN cinema · 111 credits
Born
21 August 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Joy Morris
Finding Faith
as Helen
Deck the Hallways
as Agnes
Bull Street
as Mrs. Big-Gal
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Jeanette
Lucille
2023
Lucille
as Lucille
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Irene (voice)
A Doutora Faz 10 Anos
as Hallie (voice)
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
as Lorraine
Mack & Rita
as Sharon
Christmas Déjà Vu
as Crystal
The Starling
as Velma
Queen Bees
as Sally
Spell
as Eloise
The Trap
as Mama Jay
A Sweet Christmas Romance
as Loretta
A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Postmarked
as Hattie
Behind the Movement
as Jo Ann Robinson
Jingle Belle
as Emory Simons
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
as Hallie (voice)
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Ms. Thomson
Chapter & Verse
as Miss Maddy
Naked
as Carol
Violets
as Marcy
Norm of the North
as Tamecia (voice)
Caged No More
as Aggie
No Regrets
as Ms. Carey
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Back to School Mom
as Meghan Graham
Welcome to Me
as Barb Vaughn
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
For the Love of Ruth
as Naomi
You're Not You
as Marilyn
A Very Larry Christmas
as Mrs. Claus
Comeback Dad
as Malinda
Khumba
as Mama V (voice)
In the Hive
as Mrs. Inez
Madea's Big Happy Family
as Shirley
Politics of Love
as Shirlee Gupta
Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Taylor
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice)
Death at a Funeral
as Cynthia
Lottery Ticket
as Grandma
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Miss Roberts
For Colored Girls
as Juanita / Green
Spring Breakdown
as Dr. Marguerite
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice)
First Sunday
as Sister Doris
This Christmas
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Cougar Club
as Dolly
Dirty Laundry
as Evelyn
Dreamgirls
as Jazz Singer
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Addie Collins
Crash
as Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom
as Miss Gladys
Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Cassey Jordan
Kingdom Come
as Marguerite Slocumb
I Am Sam
as Margaret Calgrove
Punks
as Health Counselor
Best Actress
as Connie Travers
Freedom Song
as Evelyn Walker
Love Kills
as Sylvia Finkelstein
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby Dandridge
Funny Valentines
as Dearie B.
The Breaks
as Floria
Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Urban Legend
as Reese Wilson
Down in the Delta
as Zenia
Hoodlum
as Pigfoot Mary
Don King: Only in America
as Connie Harper
The Price of Kissing
as Jackee
Lover Girl
as Leticia / 'Coco'
Clover
as Everleen
The Preacher's Wife
as Beverly
Waiting to Exhale
as Gloria
Class Act
as Blade's Mom
Livin' Large!
as Nadine Biggs
The Colored Museum
as Janine
Caged Fear
as Judy
Stanley & Iris
as Bertha
Parent Trap III
as Thelma
Sticky Fingers
as Diane
Little Nikita
as Verna McLaughlin
Anna to the Infinite Power
as Mrs. Benson
Will
as Jean