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 Gues...
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Christmas in Harmony
As Mama
Class Act
As Blade's Mom
Hoodlum
As Pigfoot Mary
The Preacher's Wife
As Beverly
Waiting to Exhale
As Gloria
Love Kills
As Sylvia Finkelstein
Urban Legends: Final Cut
As Reese
Urban Legend
As Reese Wilson
Death at a Funeral
As Cynthia
Dirty Laundry
As Evelyn
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
As Delta (voice)
First Sunday
As Sister Doris
Lottery Ticket
As Grandma
This Christmas
As Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Livin' Large!
As Nadine Biggs
Don King: Only in America
As Connie Harper
Punks
As Health Counselor
Woman Thou Art Loosed
As Cassey Jordan
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
As Miss Roberts
For Colored Girls
As Juanita / Green
Madea's Big Happy Family
As Shirley
Politics of Love
As Shirlee Gupta
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
As Ruby Dandridge
Jumping the Broom
As Mrs. Taylor
Christmas Déjà Vu
As Crystal
The Price of Kissing
As Jackee
Down in the Delta
As Zenia
Lover Girl
As Leticia / 'Coco'
The Colored Museum
As Janine
Clover
As Everleen
Sticky Fingers
As Diane
Khumba
As Mama V (voice)
In the Hive
As Mrs. Inez
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
As Irene (voice)
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
As Hallie
Funny Valentines
As Dearie B.
Norm of the North
As Tamecia (voice)
Crash
As Shaniqua Johnson
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
As Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Kingdom Come
As Marguerite Slocumb
Caged Fear
As Judy
Best Actress
As Connie Travers
You're Not You
As Marilyn
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
As Hallie (voice)
Bull Street
As Mrs. Big-Gal
Lost & Found in Cleveland
As Joy Morris
I Am Sam
As Margaret Calgrove
Stanley & Iris
As Bertha
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
As Lorraine
Back to School Mom
As Meghan Graham
A Snowy Day in Oakland
As Jeanette
Break the Cycle
Welcome to Me
As Barb Vaughn
Dreamgirls
As Jazz Singer
Freedom Song
As Evelyn Walker
Broadway: The Next Generation
As Self
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
As Miss Mary
Caged No More
As Aggie
A Very Larry Christmas
As Mrs. Claus
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
As Addie Collins
No Regrets
As Ms. Carey
Grandma's House
The Sound and the Fury
As Dilsey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
As Herself
Saving Westbrook High
As Doris
Chapter & Verse
As Miss Maddy
Naked
As Carol
What Women Want
As Flo
The American Clock
Amos & Andrew
As Ula
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
As Delta (voice)
Behind the Movement
As Jo Ann Robinson
Always and Forever
As Elda
Jingle Belle
As Emory Simons
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
As Hallie (voice)
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
As Self
King's Ransom
As Miss Gladys
The Trap
As Mama Jay
The Breaks
As Floria
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
The Starling
As Velma
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
As Self
A Sweet Christmas Romance
As Loretta
For the Love of Ruth
As Naomi
A Family Reunion Christmas
As Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Parent Trap III
As Thelma
Anna to the Infinite Power
As Mrs. Benson
Comeback Dad
As Malinda
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
As Ms. Thomson
Spring Breakdown
As Dr. Marguerite
Postmarked
As Hattie
Spell
As Eloise
Queen Bees
As Sally
Little Nikita
As Verna McLaughlin
Cougar Club
As Dolly
Will
Mack & Rita
As Sharon
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
As Self
Jackie's Back!
As Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Finding Faith
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
As Self
Tempted by Love
As Miss Mimi
A Different World
As Stevie Rallen
Boston Public
As Marla Hendricks
Eli Stone
As Patti Dellacroix
Everybody Hates Chris
As Maxine
Grey's Anatomy
As Adele Webber
Half & Half
As Erika Duke
Ally McBeal
Touched by an Angel
As Tonya Hawkins
Cold Case
As Chandra Patterson (2009)
Girlfriends
Murphy Brown
As Nurse Hawking
Tamron Hall
As Self - Guest
Moesha
Strong Medicine
The PJs
As Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Boston Legal
As Judge Victoria Thomson
Wild Card
As M. Pearl McGuire
Promised Land
As Tonya Hawkins
Cop Rock
Legally Mad
As Jeanette Harris
Party Down
As Diane Ellison
Sugar and Spice
P-Valley
As Ernestine
The Client List
As Georgia Cummings
Young Love
As Gigi Young (voice)
State of Georgia
As Honey Dupree
Doc McStuffins
As Nurse Hallie (voice)
Supernatural
As Missouri Moseley
RuPaul's Drag Race
As Self - Guest Judge
The Carmichael Show
As Cynthia Carmichael
Teenage Euthanasia
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
As Hallie (voice)
The Doc Files
As Hallie (voice)
Roc
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As Mother (voice)
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
As Angela
Summer Camp Island
As Sea Cow (voice)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
As Marrier
Family Reunion
As M'Dear
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
As Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
Out All Night
As Crystal
Glee
As Sister Mary Constance
Connecting...
As Dayleen
black-ish
As Lynette
Dear White People
As Sorbet (voice)
The Murder of Mary Phagan
As Annie Maude Carter
Sirens
As Hank's Mother
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
As Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
As Self - Guest
Love & War
Shake It Up
As Marsha Sanders
Psych
As Melba Birdson
Great Performances
As Janine
Everybody Still Hates Chris
As (voice)
Ned and Stacey
As Mrs. Duncan
Doctor Odyssey
As Jill Manafort
