Loretta Devine
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.
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Acted in
Holidazed
2024
as Linda Lewin
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2024
as Joy Morris
Doctor Odyssey
2024
as Jill Manafort
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
as (voice)
Tempted by Love
2024
as Miss Mimi
Bull Street
2024
as Mrs. Big-Gal
Young Love
2023
as Gigi Young (voice)
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
as Hallie (voice)
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Jeanette
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
as Lorraine
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Irene (voice)
Mack & Rita
2022
as Sharon
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022
as Hallie (voice)
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021
as Crystal
Christmas in Harmony
2021
as Mama
The Starling
2021
as Velma
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
as Angela
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Queen Bees
2021
as Sally
Always and Forever
2020
as Elda
Spell
2020
as Eloise
Connecting...
2020
as Dayleen
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
P-Valley
2020
as Ernestine
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
as Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
as Loretta
Postmarked
2019
as Hattie
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Marrier
Family Reunion
2019
as M'Dear
The Trap
2019
as Mama Jay
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
as Hallie (voice)
Jingle Belle
2018
as Emory Simons
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
as Self
Behind the Movement
2018
as Jo Ann Robinson
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
as Ms. Thomson
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Sea Cow (voice)
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
as Self
Naked
2017
as Carol
Dear White People
2017
as Sorbet (voice)
Chapter & Verse
2017
as Miss Maddy
No Regrets
2016
as Ms. Carey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Herself
Grandma's House
2016
Caged No More
2016
as Aggie
Norm of the North
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Dilsey
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Cynthia Carmichael
For the Love of Ruth
2015
as Naomi
Back to School Mom
2015
as Meghan Graham
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
You're Not You
2014
as Marilyn
black-ish
2014
as Lynette
Welcome to Me
2014
as Barb Vaughn
Comeback Dad
2014
as Malinda
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
as Hallie
Sirens
2014
as Hank's Mother
A Very Larry Christmas
2013
as Mrs. Claus
Saving Westbrook High
2013
as Doris
The Doc Files
2013
as Hallie (voice)
Khumba
2013
as Mama V (voice)
In the Hive
2012
as Mrs. Inez
The Client List
2012
as Georgia Cummings
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Nurse Hallie (voice)
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Hattie (voice)
Politics of Love
2011
as Shirlee Gupta
State of Georgia
2011
as Honey Dupree
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Taylor
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Shirley
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Delta (voice)
Shake It Up
2010
as Marsha Sanders
For Colored Girls
2010
as Juanita / Green
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Grandma
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Miss Roberts
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Cynthia
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
Spring Breakdown
2009
as Dr. Marguerite
Glee
2009
as Sister Mary Constance
Party Down
2009
as Diane Ellison
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Delta (voice)
Eli Stone
2008
as Patti Dellacroix
First Sunday
2008
as Sister Doris
This Christmas
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Cougar Club
2007
as Dolly
Dreamgirls
2006
as Jazz Singer
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
as Addie Collins
Dirty Laundry
2006
as Evelyn
Psych
2006
as Melba Birdson
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Maxine
Supernatural
2005
as Missouri Moseley
Crash
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom
2005
as Miss Gladys
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Adele Webber
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Victoria Thomson
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
as Cassey Jordan
Cold Case
2003
as Chandra Patterson (2009)
Wild Card
2003
as M. Pearl McGuire
Half & Half
2002
as Erika Duke
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
I Am Sam
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
Kingdom Come
2001
as Marguerite Slocumb
What Women Want
2000
as Flo
Boston Public
2000
as Marla Hendricks
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
as Reese
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Best Actress
2000
as Connie Travers
Freedom Song
2000
as Evelyn Walker
Punks
2000
as Health Counselor
Love Kills
1999
as Sylvia Finkelstein
Family Law
1999
as Gloria Rivers
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Ruby Dandridge
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
The Breaks
1999
as Floria
Funny Valentines
1999
as Dearie B.
The PJs
1999
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Down in the Delta
1998
as Zenia
Urban Legend
1998
as Reese Wilson
Don King: Only in America
1997
as Connie Harper
Lover Girl
1997
as Leticia / 'Coco'
Clover
1997
as Everleen
Ally McBeal
1997
Hoodlum
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
The Price of Kissing
1997
as Jackee
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Beverly
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Mary
Promised Land
1996
as Tonya Hawkins
Moesha
1996
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Gloria
Ned and Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Duncan
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Mother (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Tonya Hawkins
Amos & Andrew
1993
as Ula
The American Clock
1993
Love & War
1992
Out All Night
1992
as Crystal
Class Act
1992
as Blade's Mom
Livin' Large!
1991
as Nadine Biggs
Roc
1991
Roc
1991
as Cynthia
Caged Fear
1991
as Judy
The Colored Museum
1991
as Janine
Cop Rock
1990
Sugar and Spice
1990
Stanley & Iris
1990
as Bertha
Parent Trap III
1989
as Thelma
Murphy Brown
1988
as Nurse Hawking
Sticky Fingers
1988
as Diane
Little Nikita
1988
as Verna McLaughlin
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Annie Maude Carter
A Different World
1987
as Stevie Rallen
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983
as Mrs. Benson
Will
1981
Great Performances
1971
as Janine
Break the Cycle
Finding Faith
Legally Mad
as Jeanette Harris