
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 · as Flo

Cougar Club
2007 · as Dolly

Dreamgirls
2006 · as Jazz Singer

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · as Delta (voice)

I Am Sam
2001 · as Margaret Calgrove

Crash
2005 · as Shaniqua Johnson

Naked
2017 · as Carol

Hoodlum
1997 · as Pigfoot Mary

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · as Irene (voice)

Death at a Funeral
2010 · as Cynthia

Urban Legend
1998 · as Reese Wilson

Waiting to Exhale
1995 · as Gloria

Jumping the Broom
2011 · as Mrs. Taylor

The Trap
2019 · as Mama Jay

Khumba
2013 · as Mama V (voice)

Norm of the North
2016 · as Tamecia (voice)

Spell
2020 · as Eloise

Class Act
1992 · as Blade's Mom