Loretta Devine

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

Grey's Anatomy

Supernatural

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Psych

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Glee

RuPaul's Drag Race

All Movies (109)

• Forever, This Ring2026
• Three Colors: Pan-African2026 · as Nana
• Deck the Hallways2025 · as Agnes
• The Christmas Showdown2025 · as Hen
• Lost & Found in Cleveland2025 · as Joy Morris
• Finding Faith2025 · as Helen
• Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love2024 · as Miss Mimi
• Bull Street2024 · as Mrs. Big-Gal
• Lucille2023 · as Lucille
• A Snowy Day in Oakland2023 · as Jeanette
• All I Didn't Want for Christmas2022 · as Lorraine
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules2022 · as Irene (voice)
• Mack & Rita2022 · as Sharon
• Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!2022 · as Hallie (voice)
• Christmas Déjà Vu2021 · as Crystal
• Christmas in Harmony2021 · as Mama
• The Starling2021 · as Velma
• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Queen Bees2021 · as Sally
• Always and Forever2020 · as Elda
• Spell2020 · as Eloise
• A Family Reunion Christmas2019 · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
• A Sweet Christmas Romance2019 · as Loretta
• Postmarked2019 · as Hattie
• The Trap2019 · as Mama Jay
• Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror2019 · as Self
• The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special2018 · as Hallie (voice)
• Jingle Belle2018 · as Emory Simons
• Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend2018 · as Self
• Behind the Movement2018 · as Jo Ann Robinson
• Sierra Burgess Is a Loser2018 · as Ms. Thomson
• Naked2017 · as Carol
• Chapter & Verse2017 · as Miss Maddy
• No Regrets2016 · as Ms. Carey
• Brett Gelman's Dinner in America2016 · as Herself
• Grandma's House2016
• Caged No More2016 · as Aggie
• Norm of the North2016 · as Tamecia (voice)
• The Sound and the Fury2015 · as Dilsey
• For the Love of Ruth2015 · as Naomi
• Welcome to Me2015 · as Barb Vaughn
• Back to School Mom2015 · as Meghan Graham
• Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie2015 · as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
• A Very Larry Christmas2014 · as Mrs. Claus
• You're Not You2014 · as Marilyn
• Comeback Dad2014 · as Malinda
• Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way2014 · as Hallie
• Saving Westbrook High2013 · as Doris
• Khumba2013 · as Mama V (voice)
• In the Hive2012 · as Mrs. Inez
• Politics of Love2011 · as Shirlee Gupta
• Jumping the Broom2011 · as Mrs. Taylor
• Madea's Big Happy Family2011 · as Shirley
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua 22011 · as Delta (voice)
• Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play2010
• For Colored Girls2010 · as Juanita / Green
• Lottery Ticket2010 · as Grandma
• My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done2010 · as Miss Roberts
• Death at a Funeral2010 · as Cynthia
• Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s2009 · as Self
• Spring Breakdown2009 · as Dr. Marguerite
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua2008 · as Delta (voice)
• First Sunday2008 · as Sister Doris
• This Christmas2007 · as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
• Cougar Club2007 · as Dolly
• Dreamgirls2006 · as Jazz Singer
• Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story2006 · as Addie Collins
• Dirty Laundry2006 · as Evelyn
• Crash2005 · as Shaniqua Johnson
• King's Ransom2005 · as Miss Gladys
• Woman Thou Art Loosed2004 · as Cassey Jordan
• Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs2002
• I Am Sam2001 · as Margaret Calgrove
• Kingdom Come2001 · as Marguerite Slocumb
• What Women Want2000 · as Flo
• Urban Legends: Final Cut2000 · as Reese
• Best Actress2000 · as Connie Travers
• Freedom Song2000 · as Evelyn Walker
• Punks2000 · as Health Counselor
• Love Kills1999 · as Sylvia Finkelstein
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge1999 · as Ruby Dandridge
• Jackie's Back!1999 · as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
• The Breaks1999 · as Floria
• Funny Valentines1999 · as Dearie B.
• Down in the Delta1998 · as Zenia
• Urban Legend1998 · as Reese Wilson
• Don King: Only in America1997 · as Connie Harper
• Lover Girl1997 · as Leticia / 'Coco'
• Clover1997 · as Everleen
• Hoodlum1997 · as Pigfoot Mary
• The Price of Kissing1997 · as Jackee
• The Preacher's Wife1996 · as Beverly
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault1996 · as Miss Mary
• Waiting to Exhale1995 · as Gloria
• Amos & Andrew1993 · as Ula
• The American Clock1993
• Class Act1992 · as Blade's Mom
• Livin' Large!1991 · as Nadine Biggs
• Caged Fear1991 · as Judy
• The Colored Museum1991 · as Janine
• Stanley & Iris1990 · as Bertha
• Parent Trap III1989 · as Thelma
• Sticky Fingers1988 · as Diane
• Little Nikita1988 · as Verna McLaughlin
• Anna to the Infinite Power1983 · as Mrs. Benson
• Will1981 · as Jean
• Break the Cycle—
• Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
• That's Her—

All TV Shows (65)

• M.I.A.2026 · as Aunt Judith
• Holidazed2024 · as Linda Lewin
• Doctor Odyssey2024 · as Jill Manafort
• Everybody Still Hates Chris2024 · as (voice)
• Young Love2023 · as Gigi Young (voice)
• Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!2023 · as Hallie (voice)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• Teenage Euthanasia2021
• Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem2021 · as Angela
• Connecting...2020 · as Dayleen
• GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event2020 · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
• P-Valley2020 · as Ernestine
• Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race2020 · as Fabulosity - Contestant
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• A Black Lady Sketch Show2019 · as Marrier
• Family Reunion2019 · as M'Dear
• Summer Camp Island2018 · as Sea Cow (voice)
• Dear White People2017 · as Sorbet (voice)
• The Carmichael Show2015 · as Cynthia Carmichael
• black-ish2014 · as Lynette
• Sirens2014 · as Hank's Mother
• The Doc Files2013 · as Hallie (voice)
• The Soul Man2012 · as Della Ballentine
• The Client List2012 · as Georgia Cummings
• Doc McStuffins2012 · as Nurse Hallie (voice)
• Doc McStuffins2012 · as Hattie (voice)
• State of Georgia2011 · as Honey Dupree
• Shake It Up2010 · as Marsha Sanders
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Glee2009 · as Sister Mary Constance
• Party Down2009 · as Diane Ellison
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Eli Stone2008 · as Patti Dellacroix
• Psych2006 · as Melba Birdson
• Everybody Hates Chris2005 · as Maxine
• Supernatural2005 · as Missouri Moseley
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Adele Webber
• Boston Legal2004 · as Judge Victoria Thomson
• Boston Legal2004 · as Annabelle Carruthers
• Cold Case2003 · as Chandra Patterson (2009)
• Wild Card2003 · as M. Pearl McGuire
• Half & Half2002 · as Erika Duke
• Boston Public2000 · as Marla Hendricks
• Girlfriends2000 · as Judge Vashti Jackson
• Strong Medicine2000
• Family Law1999 · as Gloria Rivers
• The PJs1999 · as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Nora Mills
• Promised Land1996 · as Tonya Hawkins
• Moesha1996 · as Steph
• Ned & Stacey1995 · as Mrs. Duncan
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Mother (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Tonya Hawkins
• Love & War1992
• Out All Night1992 · as Crystal
• Roc1991 · as Cynthia
• Roc1991
• Cop Rock1990
• Sugar and Spice1990
• Murphy Brown1988 · as Nurse Hawking
• The Murder of Mary Phagan1988 · as Annie Maude Carter
• A Different World1987 · as Stevie Rallen
• Great Performances1971 · as Janine
• Legally Mad— · as Jeanette Harris