Loretta Devine

Actor

1949-08-21 · 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.

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• What Women Want (2000) — Flo
• Crash (2005) — Shaniqua Johnson
• Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) — Ms. Thomson
• I Am Sam (2001) — Margaret Calgrove
• Urban Legend (1998) — Reese Wilson
• Naked (2017) — Carol
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) — Delta (voice)
• Dreamgirls (2006) — Jazz Singer
• Death at a Funeral (2010) — Cynthia
• You're Not You (2014) — Marilyn
• Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) — Reese
• Spell (2020) — Eloise
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011) — Delta (voice)
• Norm of the North (2016) — Tamecia (voice)
• Welcome to Me (2015) — Barb Vaughn
• The Starling (2021) — Velma
• Khumba (2013) — Mama V (voice)
• First Sunday (2008) — Sister Doris
• The Preacher's Wife (1996) — Beverly
• Hoodlum (1997) — Pigfoot Mary
• My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) — Miss Roberts
• Jumping the Broom (2011) — Mrs. Taylor
• Waiting to Exhale (1995) — Gloria
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022) — Irene (voice)