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Loretta Devine
Known for: ActingLoretta 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.
Filmography 86
Doc McStuffins
as Nurse Hallie (voice) 
Family Reunion
as M'Dear 
The Client List
as Georgia Cummings 
Eli Stone
as Patti Dellacroix 
What Women Want
as Flo 
Urban Legend
as Reese Wilson 
The PJs
as Muriel Stubbs (voice) 
Khumba
as Mama V (voice) 
Crash
as Shaniqua Johnson 
The Carmichael Show
as Cynthia Carmichael 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Irene (voice) 
Wild Card
as M. Pearl McGuire 
I Am Sam
as Margaret Calgrove 
Young Love
as Gigi Young (voice) 
Death at a Funeral
as Cynthia 
Norm of the North
as Tamecia (voice) 
You're Not You
as Marilyn 
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice) 
The Doc Files
as Hallie (voice) 
Dreamgirls
as Jazz Singer 
The Preacher's Wife
as Beverly 
First Sunday
as Sister Doris 
Urban Legends: Final Cut
as Reese 
Hoodlum
as Pigfoot Mary 
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
as Hallie (voice) 
Waiting to Exhale
as Gloria 
Spell
as Eloise 
Amos & Andrew
as Ula 
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice) 
Naked
as Carol 
Stanley & Iris
as Bertha 
Holidazed
as Linda Lewin 
Lottery Ticket
as Grandma 
The Starling
as Velma 
Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Taylor 
Class Act
as Blade's Mom 
Mack & Rita
as Sharon 
State of Georgia
as Honey Dupree 
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Ms. Thomson 
This Christmas
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield 
Queen Bees
as Sally 
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Miss Roberts 
Cougar Club
as Dolly 
Little Nikita
as Verna McLaughlin 
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby Dandridge 
Madea's Big Happy Family
as Shirley 
For Colored Girls
as Juanita / Green 
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey 
A Doutora Faz 10 Anos
as Hallie (voice) 
Welcome to Me
as Barb Vaughn 
The Trap
as Mama Jay 
Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend) 
Kingdom Come
as Marguerite Slocumb 
Always and Forever
as Elda 
King's Ransom
as Miss Gladys 
Caged No More
as Aggie 
Bull Street
as Mrs. Big-Gal 
Jingle Belle
as Emory Simons 
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
as Miss Mimi 
Don King: Only in America
as Connie Harper 
A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan 
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
as Lorraine 
Sticky Fingers
as Diane 
In the Hive
as Mrs. Inez 
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Addie Collins 
Christmas in Harmony
as Mama 
Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Cassey Jordan 
Chapter & Verse
as Miss Maddy 
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Jeanette 
Back to School Mom
as Meghan Graham 
Down in the Delta
as Zenia 
Postmarked
as Hattie 
A Sweet Christmas Romance
as Loretta 
Lover Girl
as Leticia / 'Coco' 
No Regrets
as Ms. Carey 
Comeback Dad
as Malinda 
Deck the Hallways
as Agnes 
Finding Faith
as Helen 
Christmas Déjà Vu
as Crystal 
For the Love of Ruth
as Naomi 
Anna to the Infinite Power
as Mrs. Benson 
The Price of Kissing
as Jackee 
Behind the Movement
as Jo Ann Robinson 
Saving Westbrook High
as Doris