Loretta Devine

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-08-21 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Loretta Devine

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Devine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1992

Class Act

as Blade's Mom

1997

Hoodlum

as Pigfoot Mary

1996

1995

1999

Love Kills

as Sylvia Finkelstein

1998

Urban Legend

as Reese Wilson

2010

2006

Dirty Laundry

as Evelyn

2008

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

as Delta (voice)

2008

First Sunday

as Sister Doris

2010

Lottery Ticket

as Grandma

2007

This Christmas

as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

1991

Livin' Large!

as Nadine Biggs

1997

2000

Punks

as Health Counselor

2004

Woman Thou Art Loosed

as Cassey Jordan

2010

For Colored Girls

as Juanita / Green

2011

Politics of Love

as Shirlee Gupta

1999

2011

Jumping the Broom

as Mrs. Taylor

2021

1998

1997

Lover Girl

as Leticia / 'Coco'

1991

1997

Clover

as Everleen

1988

2013

Khumba

as Mama V (voice)

2012

In the Hive

as Mrs. Inez

1999

Funny Valentines

as Dearie B.

2016

Norm of the North

as Tamecia (voice)

2005

Crash

as Shaniqua Johnson

2015

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

2001

Kingdom Come

as Marguerite Slocumb

1991

Caged Fear

as Judy

2000

Best Actress

as Connie Travers

2014

You're Not You

as Marilyn

2022

2024

Bull Street

as Mrs. Big-Gal

2024

2001

I Am Sam

as Margaret Calgrove

1990

2015

Back to School Mom

as Meghan Graham

2023

2014

Welcome to Me

as Barb Vaughn

2006

Dreamgirls

as Jazz Singer

2000

Freedom Song

as Evelyn Walker

2016

2013

2016

No Regrets

as Ms. Carey

2017

Chapter & Verse

as Miss Maddy

2017

Naked

as Carol

2000

1993

2011

2018

Behind the Movement

as Jo Ann Robinson

2018

Jingle Belle

as Emory Simons

2005

King's Ransom

as Miss Gladys

2019

The Trap

as Mama Jay

1999

The Breaks

as Floria

2021

The Starling

as Velma

2019

A Family Reunion Christmas

as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

1989

1983

2014

Comeback Dad

as Malinda

2018

2009

Spring Breakdown

as Dr. Marguerite

2019

Postmarked

as Hattie

2020

Spell

as Eloise

2021

Queen Bees

as Sally

1988

Little Nikita

as Verna McLaughlin

2007

Cougar Club

as Dolly

1981

Will

as Jean

2022

Mack & Rita

as Sharon

1999

Jackie's Back!

as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

2024

Tempted by Love

as Miss Mimi

-

1987

A Different World

as Stevie Rallen

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