Loretta Devine
Acting
Born August 21, 1949 · 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
Acting
Forever, This Ring
2026
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Irene (voice)
Mack & Rita
2022 · Sharon
Christmas in Harmony
2021 · Mama
The Starling
2021 · Velma
Queen Bees
2021 · Sally
Always and Forever
2020 · Elda
Spell
2020 · Eloise
The Trap
2019 · Mama Jay
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Self
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019 · Loretta
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019 · Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Jingle Belle
2018 · Emory Simons
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Ms. Thomson
Naked
2017 · Carol
Norm of the North
2016 · Tamecia (voice)
Caged No More
2016 · Aggie
Welcome to Me
2015 · Barb Vaughn
The Sound and the Fury
2015 · Dilsey
You're Not You
2014 · Marilyn
Khumba
2013 · Mama V (voice)
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Shirley
Jumping the Broom
2011 · Mrs. Taylor
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011 · Delta (voice)
Death at a Funeral
2010 · Cynthia
Lottery Ticket
2010 · Grandma
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Miss Roberts
For Colored Girls
2010 · Juanita / Green
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Spring Breakdown
2009 · Dr. Marguerite
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · Delta (voice)
First Sunday
2008 · Sister Doris
This Christmas
2007 · Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Cougar Club
2007 · Dolly
Dirty Laundry
2006 · Evelyn
Dreamgirls
2006 · Jazz Singer
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006 · Addie Collins
Crash
2005 · Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom
2005 · Miss Gladys
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004 · Cassey Jordan
Kingdom Come
2001 · Marguerite Slocumb
I Am Sam
2001 · Margaret Calgrove
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000 · Reese
Freedom Song
2000 · Evelyn Walker
What Women Want
2000 · Flo
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Ruby Dandridge
The Breaks
1999 · Floria
Urban Legend
1998 · Reese Wilson
Down in the Delta
1998 · Zenia
Hoodlum
1997 · Pigfoot Mary
Don King: Only in America
1997 · Connie Harper
The Preacher's Wife
1996 · Beverly
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Miss Mary
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Gloria
Amos & Andrew
1993 · Ula
Class Act
1992 · Blade's Mom
Livin' Large!
1991 · Nadine Biggs
Stanley & Iris
1990 · Bertha
Parent Trap III
1989 · Thelma
Sticky Fingers
1988 · Diane
Little Nikita
1988 · Verna McLaughlin
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983 · Mrs. Benson