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Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Birthday: 1949-08-21 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Deck the Hallways

as    Agnes

2025
The Christmas Showdown

as    Hen

2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland

as    Joy Morris

2024
Tempted by Love

as    Miss Mimi

2024
Bull Street

as    Mrs. Big-Gal

2023
Young Love

as    Gigi Young (voice)

2023
2023
Lucille

as    Lucille

2022
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

as    Hallie (voice)

2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

as    Irene (voice)

2022
All I Didn't Want for Christmas

as    Lorraine

2022
Mack & Rita

as    Sharon

2021
Christmas Déjà Vu

as    Crystal

2021
Christmas in Harmony

as    Mama

2021
Queen Bees

as    Sally

2021
The Starling

as    Velma

2020
Always and Forever

as    Elda

2020
Spell

as    Eloise

2019
A Family Reunion Christmas

as    Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

2019
A Sweet Christmas Romance

as    Loretta

2019
Family Reunion

as    M'Dear

2019
The Trap

as    Mama Jay

2018
Jingle Belle

as    Emory Simons

2018
Behind the Movement

as    Jo Ann Robinson