Loretta Devine
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Three Colors: Pan-African
2026
as Nana
Forever, This Ring
2026
M.I.A.
2026
as Aunt Judith
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Joy Morris
Finding Faith
2025
as Helen
Deck the Hallways
2025
as Agnes
The Christmas Showdown
2025
as Hen
Bull Street
2024
as Mrs. Big-Gal
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024
as Miss Mimi
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
as (voice)
Doctor Odyssey
2024
as Jill Manafort
Holidazed
2024
as Linda Lewin
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Jeanette
Lucille
2023
as Lucille
Young Love
2023
as Gigi Young (voice)
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
as Hallie (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Irene (voice)
A Doutora Faz 10 Anos
2022
as Hallie (voice)
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
as Lorraine
Mack & Rita
2022
as Sharon
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Christmas in Harmony
2021
as Mama
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021
as Crystal
The Starling
2021
as Velma
Queen Bees
2021
as Sally
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
as Angela
Always and Forever
2020
as Elda
Spell
2020
as Eloise
P-Valley
2020
as Ernestine
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
as Fabulosity - Contestant
Connecting...
2020
as Dayleen
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
The Trap
2019
as Mama Jay
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
as Loretta
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Postmarked
2019
as Hattie
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Marrier
Family Reunion
2019
as M'Dear
Behind the Movement
2018
as Jo Ann Robinson
Jingle Belle
2018
as Emory Simons
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
as Hallie (voice)
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
as Self
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
as Ms. Thomson
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Sea Cow (voice)
Chapter & Verse
2017
as Miss Maddy
Naked
2017
as Carol
Violets
2017
as Marcy
Dear White People
2017
as Sorbet (voice)
Norm of the North
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
Caged No More
2016
as Aggie
No Regrets
2016
as Ms. Carey
Grandma's House
2016
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Herself
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Back to School Mom
2015
as Meghan Graham
Welcome to Me
2015
as Barb Vaughn
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Dilsey
For the Love of Ruth
2015
as Naomi
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Cynthia Carmichael
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
as Hallie
You're Not You
2014
as Marilyn
A Very Larry Christmas
2014
as Mrs. Claus
Comeback Dad
2014
as Malinda
black-ish
2014
as Lynette
Sirens
2014
as Hank's Mother
Khumba
2013
as Mama V (voice)
Saving Westbrook High
2013
as Doris
The Doc Files
2013
as Hallie (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)
The Soul Man
2012
as Della Ballentine
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Shirley
Politics of Love
2011
as Shirlee Gupta
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Taylor
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Delta (voice)
State of Georgia
2011
as Honey Dupree
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Cynthia
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Grandma
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Miss Roberts
For Colored Girls
2010
as Juanita / Green
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Shake It Up
2010
as Marsha Sanders
Spring Breakdown
2009
as Dr. Marguerite
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
Party Down
2009
as Diane Ellison
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Glee
2009
as Sister Mary Constance
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Delta (voice)
First Sunday
2008
as Sister Doris
Eli Stone
2008
as Patti Dellacroix
This Christmas
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Cougar Club
2007
as Dolly
Dirty Laundry
2006
as Evelyn
Dreamgirls
2006
as Jazz Singer
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
as Addie Collins
Psych
2006
as Melba Birdson
Crash
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom
2005
as Miss Gladys
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Maxine
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Adele Webber
Supernatural
2005
as Missouri Moseley
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
as Cassey Jordan
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Victoria Thomson
Boston Legal
2004
as Annabelle Carruthers
Cold Case
2003
as Chandra Patterson (2009)
Wild Card
2003
as M. Pearl McGuire
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
Half & Half
2002
as Erika Duke
Kingdom Come
2001
as Marguerite Slocumb
I Am Sam
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
as Reese
Punks
2000
as Health Counselor
Best Actress
2000
as Connie Travers
Freedom Song
2000
as Evelyn Walker
What Women Want
2000
as Flo
Boston Public
2000
as Marla Hendricks
Girlfriends
2000
as Judge Vashti Jackson
Strong Medicine
2000
Love Kills
1999
as Sylvia Finkelstein
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Ruby Dandridge
Funny Valentines
1999
as Dearie B.
The Breaks
1999
as Floria
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
The PJs
1999
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Family Law
1999
as Gloria Rivers
Urban Legend
1998
as Reese Wilson
Down in the Delta
1998
as Zenia
Hoodlum
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
Don King: Only in America
1997
as Connie Harper
The Price of Kissing
1997
as Jackee
Lover Girl
1997
as Leticia / 'Coco'
Clover
1997
as Everleen
Ally McBeal
1997
as Nora Mills
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Beverly
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Mary
Moesha
1996
as Steph
Promised Land
1996
as Tonya Hawkins
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Gloria
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Mother (voice)
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Duncan
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Tonya Hawkins
The American Clock
1993
Amos & Andrew
1993
as Ula
Class Act
1992
as Blade's Mom
Out All Night
1992
as Crystal
Love & War
1992
Livin' Large!
1991
as Nadine Biggs
The Colored Museum
1991
as Janine
Caged Fear
1991
as Judy
Roc
1991
Roc
1991
as Cynthia
Stanley & Iris
1990
as Bertha
Cop Rock
1990
Sugar and Spice
1990
Parent Trap III
1989
as Thelma
Sticky Fingers
1988
as Diane
Little Nikita
1988
as Verna McLaughlin
Murphy Brown
1988
as Nurse Hawking
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
as Jean
Great Performances
1971
as Janine