Loretta Devine
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.
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As actor 172
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Supernatural
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Psych
2006
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Glee
2009
Cold Case
2003
Great Performances
1971
Boston Legal
2004
Strong Medicine
2000
Murphy Brown
1988
Girlfriends
2000
black-ish
2014
Tamron Hall
2019
Touched by an Angel
1994
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Summer Camp Island
2018
Doc McStuffins
2012
P-Valley
2020
Boston Public
2000
Moesha
1996
A Different World
1987
M.I.A.
2026
Shake It Up
2010
Party Down
2009
Doctor Odyssey
2024
Family Law
1999
Family Reunion
2019
The Soul Man
2012
Ally McBeal
1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Half & Half
2002
The Client List
2012
Eli Stone
2008
The PJs
1999
Ned & Stacey
1995
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
I Am Sam
2001
Promised Land
1996
What Women Want
2000
Crash
2005
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Love & War
1992
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
Sirens
2014
Dear White People
2017
The Carmichael Show
2015
Wild Card
2003
Dreamgirls
2006
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
Cop Rock
1990
Roc
1991
Young Love
2023
Urban Legend
1998
Hoodlum
1997
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
Death at a Funeral
2010
Jingle Belle
2018
Naked
2017
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Khumba
2013
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
Out All Night
1992
First Sunday
2008
Norm of the North
2016
Mack & Rita
2022
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
The Preacher's Wife
1996
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Jumping the Broom
2011
You're Not You
2014
Always and Forever
2020
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
The Starling
2021
Three Colors: Pan-African
2026
Violets
2017
The Trap
2019
Class Act
1992
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
2021
Spell
2020
The Doc Files
2013
Holidazed
2024
Connecting...
2020
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
Lottery Ticket
2010
This Christmas
2007
Broadway: The Next Generation
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Cougar Club
2007
Queen Bees
2021
State of Georgia
2011
Stanley & Iris
1990
Saving Westbrook High
2013
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
2023
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
For Colored Girls
2010
Grandma's House
2016
Welcome to Me
2015
Amos & Andrew
1993
Don King: Only in America
1997
Punks
2000
Little Nikita
1988
Spring Breakdown
2009
Kingdom Come
2001
King's Ransom
2005
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Deck the Hallways
2025
The Sound and the Fury
2015
Legally Mad
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
2024
Lover Girl
1997
That's Her
Postmarked
2019
Sugar and Spice
1990
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
Jackie's Back!
1999
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019
The Breaks
1999
Dirty Laundry
2006
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019
In the Hive
2012
Down in the Delta
1998
Best Actress
2000
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022
Love Kills
1999
The Christmas Showdown
2025
The Price of Kissing
1997
Politics of Love
2011
Sticky Fingers
1988
Caged Fear
1991
A Very Larry Christmas
2014
Parent Trap III
1989
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983
The American Clock
1993
For the Love of Ruth
2015
Clover
1997
Caged No More
2016
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
No Regrets
2016
Finding Faith
2025
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
Funny Valentines
1999
Christmas in Harmony
2021
Behind the Movement
2018
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Will
1981
Forever, This Ring
2026
Freedom Song
2000
Comeback Dad
2014
Livin' Large!
1991
Back to School Mom
2015
The Colored Museum
1991
Chapter & Verse
2017
Bull Street
2024
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021
Lucille
2023
Break the Cycle