About
Loretta Devine
Overview
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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Known for
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| 2024 | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Actor | Joy Morris | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Tempted by Love | Actor | Miss Mimi | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Young Love | Actor | Gigi Young (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! | Actor | Hallie (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | A Snowy Day in Oakland | Actor | Jeanette | 59 Average |
| 2022 | All I Didn't Want for Christmas | Actor | Lorraine | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Actor | Irene (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | Mack & Rita | Actor | Sharon | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! | Actor | Hallie (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Christmas Déjà Vu | Actor | Crystal | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Christmas in Harmony | Actor | Mama | 58 Average |
| 2021 | The Starling | Actor | Velma | 62 Fair |
| 2021 | Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem | Actor | Angela | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Queen Bees | Actor | Sally | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Always and Forever | Actor | Elda | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Spell | Actor | Eloise | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | A Family Reunion Christmas | Actor | Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan | 59 Average |
| 2019 | A Sweet Christmas Romance | Actor | Loretta | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Postmarked | Actor | Hattie | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Family Reunion | Actor | M'Dear | 76 Good |
| 2019 | The Trap | Actor | Mama Jay | 57 Average |
| 2019 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special | Actor | Hallie (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Jingle Belle | Actor | Emory Simons | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Behind the Movement | Actor | Jo Ann Robinson | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Actor | Ms. Thomson | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Naked | Actor | Carol | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Chapter & Verse | Actor | Miss Maddy | 59 Average |
| 2016 | No Regrets | Actor | Ms. Carey | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Brett Gelman's Dinner in America | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Grandma's House | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2016 | Grandma's House | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2016 | Caged No More | Actor | Aggie | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Actor | Tamecia (voice) | 53 Average |
| 2015 | The Sound and the Fury | Actor | Dilsey | 58 Average |
| 2015 | The Carmichael Show | Actor | Cynthia Carmichael | 71 Good |
| 2015 | For the Love of Ruth | Actor | Naomi | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Back to School Mom | Actor | Meghan Graham | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie | Actor | Hallie (voice) (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | You're Not You | Actor | Marilyn | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | Welcome to Me | Actor | Barb Vaughn | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Comeback Dad | Actor | Malinda | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way | Actor | Hallie | 59 Average |
| 2013 | A Very Larry Christmas | Actor | Mrs. Claus | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Saving Westbrook High | Actor | Doris | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Doc Files | Actor | Hallie (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Khumba | Actor | Mama V (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | In the Hive | Actor | Mrs. Inez | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The Client List | Actor | Georgia Cummings | 67 Fair |
| 2012 | Doc McStuffins | Actor | Nurse Hallie (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | Politics of Love | Actor | Shirlee Gupta | 59 Average |
| 2011 | State of Georgia | Actor | Honey Dupree | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom | Actor | Mrs. Taylor | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Madea's Big Happy Family | Actor | Shirley | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Actor | Delta (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Actor | Juanita / Green | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Lottery Ticket | Actor | Grandma | 58 Average |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Actor | Miss Roberts | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Death at a Funeral | Actor | Cynthia | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Spring Breakdown | Actor | Dr. Marguerite | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Actor | Delta (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Actor | Patti Dellacroix | 68 Fair |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Actor | Sister Doris | 58 Average |
| 2007 | This Christmas | Actor | Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Cougar Club | Actor | Dolly | 57 Average |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Actor | Jazz Singer | 64 Fair |
| 2006 | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Actor | Addie Collins | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Dirty Laundry | Actor | Evelyn | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Crash | Actor | Shaniqua Johnson | 70 Good |
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Actor | Miss Gladys | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | Actor | Cassey Jordan | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Wild Card | Actor | M. Pearl McGuire | 68 Fair |
| 2002 | Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2001 | I Am Sam | Actor | Margaret Calgrove | 72 Good |
| 2001 | Kingdom Come | Actor | Marguerite Slocumb | 59 Average |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Actor | Flo | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Actor | Marla Hendricks | 72 Good |
| 2000 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | Actor | Reese | 54 Average |
| 2000 | Best Actress | Actor | Connie Travers | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | Actor | Evelyn Walker | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Punks | Actor | Health Counselor | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Actor | Sylvia Finkelstein | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Actor | Ruby Dandridge | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! | Actor | Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Breaks | Actor | Floria | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Actor | Dearie B. | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The PJs | Actor | Muriel Stubbs (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | Actor | Zenia | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Urban Legend | Actor | Reese Wilson | 57 Average |
| 1997 | Don King: Only in America | Actor | Connie Harper | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Lover Girl | Actor | Leticia / 'Coco' | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Clover | Actor | Everleen | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Actor | Pigfoot Mary | 60 Fair |
| 1997 | The Price of Kissing | Actor | Jackee | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Actor | Beverly | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Actor | Miss Mary | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Actor | Gloria | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Amos & Andrew | Actor | Ula | 57 Average |
| 1993 | The American Clock | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1992 | Class Act | Actor | Blade's Mom | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Livin' Large! | Actor | Nadine Biggs | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Caged Fear | Actor | Judy | 58 Average |
| 1991 | The Colored Museum | Actor | Janine | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Sugar and Spice | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1990 | Stanley & Iris | Actor | Bertha | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | Parent Trap III | Actor | Thelma | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Sticky Fingers | Actor | Diane | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Actor | Verna McLaughlin | 58 Average |
| 1988 | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Actor | Annie Maude Carter | 68 Fair |
| 1983 | Anna to the Infinite Power | Actor | Mrs. Benson | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Will | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Finding Faith | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Urban Legend | Actor | Reese | N/A N/A |
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| Break the Cycle | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Bull Street | Actor | Mrs. Big-Gal | N/A N/A |
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| Legally Mad | Actor | Jeanette Harris | N/A N/A |
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