Loretta Devine
Known for ActingBorn 1949-08-21Houston, 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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Known for
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