Loretta Devine
Acting Born Aug 21, 1949 Houston, Texas, USA 24 credits
Biography
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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Full filmography
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Adele Webber
- Supernatural (2005) as Missouri Moseley
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Psych (2006) as Melba Birdson
- Glee (2009) as Sister Mary Constance
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- Cold Case (2003) as Chandra Patterson (2009)
- Boston Legal (2004) as Judge Victoria Thomson
- Boston Legal (2004) as Annabelle Carruthers
- Strong Medicine (2000)
- Great Performances (1971) as Janine
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Tonya Hawkins
- black-ish (2014) as Lynette
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Nurse Hawking
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Sea Cow (voice)
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Boston Public (2000) as Marla Hendricks
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005) as Maxine
- Girlfriends (2000) as Judge Vashti Jackson
- M.I.A. (2026) as Aunt Judith
- P-Valley (2020) as Ernestine
- Doc McStuffins (2012) as Nurse Hallie (voice)