Loretta Devine
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Christmas in Harmony
2021
Class Act
1992
Hoodlum
1997
The Preacher's Wife
1996
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Love Kills
1999
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
Urban Legend
1998
Death at a Funeral
2010
Dirty Laundry
2006
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
First Sunday
2008
Lottery Ticket
2010
This Christmas
2007
Livin' Large!
1991
Don King: Only in America
1997
Punks
2000
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
For Colored Girls
2010
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
Politics of Love
2011
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Jumping the Broom
2011
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021
The Price of Kissing
1997
Down in the Delta
1998
Lover Girl
1997
The Colored Museum
1991
Clover
1997
Sticky Fingers
1988
Khumba
2013
In the Hive
2012
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
Funny Valentines
1999
Norm of the North
2016
Crash
2005
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
Kingdom Come
2001
Caged Fear
1991
Best Actress
2000
You're Not You
2014
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022
Bull Street
2024
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
I Am Sam
2001
Stanley & Iris
1990
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
Back to School Mom
2015
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
Break the Cycle
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Welcome to Me
2015
Dreamgirls
2006
Freedom Song
2000
Broadway: The Next Generation
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Caged No More
2016
A Very Larry Christmas
2014
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
No Regrets
2016
Grandma's House
2016
The Sound and the Fury
2015
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
Saving Westbrook High
2013
Chapter & Verse
2017
Naked
2017
What Women Want
2000
The American Clock
1993
Amos & Andrew
1993
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Behind the Movement
2018
Always and Forever
2020
Jingle Belle
2018
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
King's Ransom
2005
The Trap
2019
The Breaks
1999
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
The Starling
2021
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
For the Love of Ruth
2015
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019
Parent Trap III
1989
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983
Comeback Dad
2014
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
Spring Breakdown
2009
Postmarked
2019
Spell
2020
Queen Bees
2021
Little Nikita
1988
Cougar Club
2007
Will
1981
Mack & Rita
2022
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Jackie's Back!
1999
Finding Faith
2025
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Lucille
2023
Deck the Hallways
2025
The Christmas Showdown
2025
Three Colors: Pan-African
2026
That's Her
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A Different World
1987
Boston Public
2000
Eli Stone
2008
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Half & Half
2002
Ally McBeal
1997
Touched by an Angel
1994
Cold Case
2003
Girlfriends
2000
Murphy Brown
1988
Tamron Hall
2019
Moesha
1996
Strong Medicine
2000
The PJs
1999
Boston Legal
2004
Wild Card
2003
Family Law
1999
Promised Land
1996
Cop Rock
1990
Legally Mad
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Party Down
2009
Sugar and Spice
1990
P-Valley
2020
The Client List
2012
Young Love
2023
State of Georgia
2011
Doc McStuffins
2012
Supernatural
2005
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Carmichael Show
2015
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
The Doc Files
2013
Doc McStuffins
2012
Roc
1991
Roc
1991
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
Summer Camp Island
2018
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Family Reunion
2019
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
Out All Night
1992
Glee
2009
Connecting...
2020
black-ish
2014
Dear White People
2017
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
Sirens
2014
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Love & War
1992
Shake It Up
2010
Psych
2006
Great Performances
1971
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
Ned & Stacey
1995
Doctor Odyssey
2024
Holidazed
2024
The Soul Man
2012
Boston Legal
2004