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Loretta Devine

Acting · Born August 21, 1949 · 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.

Movies with Loretta Devine

• What Women Want (2000) — Flo
• Crash (2005) — Shaniqua Johnson
• I Am Sam (2001) — Margaret Calgrove
• You're Not You (2014) — Marilyn
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022) — Irene (voice)
• Death at a Funeral (2010) — Cynthia
• Dreamgirls (2006) — Jazz Singer
• Urban Legend (1998) — Reese Wilson
• Norm of the North (2016) — Tamecia (voice)
• Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) — Reese
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) — Delta (voice)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996) — Beverly

TV shows with Loretta Devine

• Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Adele Webber
• A Different World (1987) — Stevie Rallen
• Boston Public (2000) — Marla Hendricks
• Doc McStuffins (2012) — Nurse Hallie (voice)
• P-Valley (2020) — Ernestine
• Eli Stone (2008) — Patti Dellacroix
• Family Reunion (2019) — M'Dear
• The PJs (1999) — Muriel Stubbs (voice)