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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
+3
as Nurse Hallie (voice) 
Family Reunion
as M'Dear 
Eli Stone
+1
as Patti Dellacroix 
The Client List
+5
as Georgia Cummings 
What Women Want
+7
as Flo 
Urban Legend
+4
as Reese Wilson 
The PJs
as Muriel Stubbs (voice) 
The Carmichael Show
+1
as Cynthia Carmichael 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Irene (voice) 
Crash
+12
as Shaniqua Johnson 
Wild Card
as M. Pearl McGuire 
I Am Sam
+8
as Margaret Calgrove 
Death at a Funeral
+2
as Cynthia 
You're Not You
+14
as Marilyn 
Norm of the North
+4
as Tamecia (voice) 
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
+3
as Delta (voice) 
Dreamgirls
+8
as Jazz Singer 
Naked
as Carol 
Young Love
as Gigi Young (voice) 
The Preacher's Wife
+3
as Beverly 
First Sunday
+6
as Sister Doris 
Urban Legends: Final Cut
+3
as Reese 
Hoodlum
+9
as Pigfoot Mary 
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
+1
as Hallie (voice) 
Waiting to Exhale
+3
as Gloria 
Amos & Andrew
+3
as Ula 
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
+3
as Delta (voice) 
Khumba
+14
as Mama V (voice) 
Holidazed
+6
as Linda Lewin 
Stanley & Iris
+11
as Bertha 
Spell
+3
as Eloise 
Lottery Ticket
+4
as Grandma 
The Starling
as Velma 
Jumping the Broom
+4
as Mrs. Taylor 
The Doc Files
as Hallie (voice) 
Mack & Rita
+4
as Sharon 
Class Act
+5
as Blade's Mom 
State of Georgia
as Honey Dupree 
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Ms. Thomson 
This Christmas
+6
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield 
Queen Bees
+7
as Sally 
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
+10
as Miss Roberts 
Cougar Club
+6
as Dolly 
Little Nikita
+3
as Verna McLaughlin 
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby Dandridge 
Madea's Big Happy Family
+5
as Shirley 
For Colored Girls
+6
as Juanita / Green 
The Sound and the Fury
+4
as Dilsey 
A Doutora Faz 10 Anos
as Hallie (voice) 
Welcome to Me
+10
as Barb Vaughn 
+4 
The Trap
+4
as Mama Jay 
Kingdom Come
+7
as Marguerite Slocumb 
Always and Forever
+9
as Elda 
King's Ransom
+3
as Miss Gladys 
Caged No More
as Aggie 
Bull Street
+3
as Mrs. Big-Gal 
Jingle Belle
as Emory Simons 
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
+10
as Miss Mimi 
Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend) 
Don King: Only in America
as Connie Harper 
A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan 
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
+1
as Lorraine 
Sticky Fingers
+5
as Diane 
In the Hive
as Mrs. Inez 
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
+9
as Addie Collins 
Christmas in Harmony
+8
as Mama 
Woman Thou Art Loosed
+10
as Cassey Jordan 
A Snowy Day in Oakland
+6
as Jeanette 
Back to School Mom
as Meghan Graham 
Down in the Delta
+4
as Zenia 
Comeback Dad
+2
as Malinda 
A Sweet Christmas Romance
+3
as Loretta 
Lover Girl
+3
as Leticia / 'Coco' 
No Regrets
+9
as Ms. Carey 
Deck the Hallways
+2
as Agnes 
Postmarked
+1
as Hattie 
Finding Faith
+4
as Helen 
Christmas Déjà Vu
as Crystal 
For the Love of Ruth
+1
as Naomi 
Anna to the Infinite Power
+3
as Mrs. Benson 
The Price of Kissing
as Jackee 
Behind the Movement
+3
as Jo Ann Robinson 
Saving Westbrook High
+1
as Doris 
Chapter & Verse
+2
as Miss Maddy