Loretta Devine
Born: 1949-08-21
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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.
Known For
What Women Want
2000★ 6.4
The Colored Museum
1991★ 0.0
Norm of the North
2016★ 4.6
I Am Sam
2001★ 7.6
Behind the Movement
2018★ 0.0
Cougar Club
2007★ 3.8
Crash
2005★ 7.2
Dreamgirls
2006★ 6.7
Hoodlum
1997★ 6.4
Tempted by Love
2024★ 8.8
First Sunday
2008★ 5.7
Caged Fear
1991★ 3.4
Class Act
1992★ 6.1
Queen Bees
2021★ 5.9
Christmas in Harmony
2021★ 5.0
Christmas Déjà Vu
2021★ 5.0
The Trap
2019★ 4.8
Waiting to Exhale
1995★ 6.2
The Starling
2021★ 6.9
Naked
2017★ 5.8
Khumba
2013★ 6.0
Sticky Fingers
1988★ 5.7
Lottery Ticket
2010★ 5.6
Death at a Funeral
2010★ 5.9
Love Kills
1999★ 2.0
Mack & Rita
2022★ 5.4
Comeback Dad
2014★ 6.9
Little Nikita
1988★ 6.1
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008★ 5.4
Dirty Laundry
2006★ 5.7
Urban Legend
1998★ 5.7
Spring Breakdown
2009★ 5.4
Amos & Andrew
1993★ 5.4
This Christmas
2007★ 6.5
Clover
1997★ 4.5
Lover Girl
1997★ 5.3
The Breaks
1999★ 6.2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022★ 6.8
Punks
2000★ 4.5
Jingle Belle
2018★ 5.9
Welcome to Me
2015★ 5.8
You're Not You
2014★ 7.4
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000★ 4.9
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011★ 5.9
Will
1981★ 0.0
The Preacher's Wife
1996★ 5.8
Deck the Hallways
2025★ 0.0
A Different World
1987★ 9.0
Spell
2020★ 6.5
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019★ 6.9
Funny Valentines
1999★ 7.2
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011★ 6.7
King's Ransom
2005★ 4.8
Parent Trap III
1989★ 5.9
Caged No More
2016★ 4.3
For Colored Girls
2010★ 6.7
Down in the Delta
1998★ 6.2
Jumping the Broom
2011★ 5.9
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018★ 6.3
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023★ 6.6
Saving Westbrook High
2013★ 6.0
Always and Forever
2020★ 5.5
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019★ 6.8
Grandma's House
2016★ 4.5
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010★ 6.1
A Very Larry Christmas
2014★ 2.0
Politics of Love
2011★ 3.3
Stanley & Iris
1990★ 6.5
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999★ 6.4
The American Clock
1993★ 5.4
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015★ 5.5
Postmarked
2019★ 9.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017★ 10.0
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025★ 5.0
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002★ 10.0
No Regrets
2016★ 7.2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010★ 7.4
Jackie's Back!
1999★ 6.5
The Sound and the Fury
2015★ 4.9
The Price of Kissing
1997★ 3.0
Kingdom Come
2001★ 6.5
Don King: Only in America
1997★ 6.5
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019★ 5.9
Freedom Song
2000★ 5.5
In the Hive
2012★ 4.8
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018★ 5.0
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004★ 5.3
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996★ 7.1
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018★ 7.0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021★ 0.0
Best Actress
2000★ 1.3
Break the Cycle
N/A★ 0.0
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022★ 6.4
For the Love of Ruth
2015★ 5.2
Finding Faith
2025★ 10.0
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983★ 5.2
The Christmas Showdown
2025★ 5.0
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022★ 4.0
Bull Street
2024★ 0.0
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014★ 5.0
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009★ 0.0
Back to School Mom
2015★ 5.3
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006★ 6.2
Chapter & Verse
2017★ 7.3
Livin' Large!
1991★ 5.6