Loretta Devine

Born: 1949-08-21 in Houston, Texas, USA

Known For: 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.

Filmography

2026

2020

P-Valley as Ernestine
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Fabulosity - Contestant
Spell as Eloise
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Connecting... as Dayleen
Always and Forever as Elda

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
Family Reunion as M'Dear
A Black Lady Sketch Show as Marrier
The Trap as Mama Jay
Postmarked as Hattie
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

2018

Summer Camp Island as Sea Cow (voice)
Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie (voice)
Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self

2017

Dear White People as Sorbet (voice)
Naked as Carol
Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy

2016

Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
No Regrets as Ms. Carey
Grandma's House
Caged No More as Aggie
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself

2015

The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Back to School Mom as Meghan Graham
For the Love of Ruth as Naomi

2014

black-ish as Lynette
Sirens as Hank's Mother
You're Not You as Marilyn
Comeback Dad as Malinda
A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie

2013

Khumba as Mama V (voice)
The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
Saving Westbrook High as Doris

2012

Doc McStuffins as Nurse Hallie (voice)
The Client List as Georgia Cummings
The Soul Man as Della Ballentine
In the Hive as Mrs. Inez

2011

Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta

2010

Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
Lottery Ticket as Grandma
For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
Glee as Sister Mary Constance
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
Party Down as Diane Ellison
Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self

2008

Eli Stone as Patti Dellacroix
Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Delta (voice)
First Sunday as Sister Doris

2007

Cougar Club as Dolly
This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

2006

Psych as Melba Birdson
Dreamgirls as Jazz Singer
Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
Supernatural as Missouri Moseley
Everybody Hates Chris as Maxine
Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom as Miss Gladys

2004

Boston Legal as Judge Victoria Thomson
Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan

2003

Cold Case as Chandra Patterson (2009)
Wild Card as M. Pearl McGuire

2002

Half & Half as Erika Duke
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

2001

I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb

2000

Strong Medicine
Boston Public as Marla Hendricks
Girlfriends as Judge Vashti Jackson
What Women Want as Flo
Punks as Health Counselor
Urban Legends: Final Cut as Reese
Best Actress as Connie Travers
Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker

1999

Family Law as Gloria Rivers
The PJs as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
The Breaks as Floria
Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
Funny Valentines as Dearie B.

1998

Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
Down in the Delta as Zenia

1997

Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
The Price of Kissing as Jackee
Clover as Everleen

1996

Moesha as Steph
Promised Land as Tonya Hawkins
The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Mother (voice)
Ned & Stacey as Mrs. Duncan
Waiting to Exhale as Gloria

1994

Touched by an Angel as Tonya Hawkins

1993

Amos & Andrew as Ula
The American Clock

1992

Love & War
Out All Night as Crystal
Class Act as Blade's Mom

1991

Roc
Caged Fear as Judy
Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
The Colored Museum as Janine

1990

1989

Parent Trap III as Thelma

1988

Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
Sticky Fingers as Diane

1987

A Different World as Stevie Rallen

1983

Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson

1981

Will as Jean

1971

Great Performances as Janine