Loretta Devine
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA
- Active Years
- 1971–2026 (56 Years)
- Total Credits
- 175 credits in database
Acting Born Aug 21, 1949 Houston, Texas, USA 175 credits
Biography
Loretta Devine is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Born on August 21, 1949, in Houston, Texas, she is known for her work in various stage and screen productions. Devine has appeared in numerous roles, with a total of 172 known credits. She is a female actor who has worked in the entertainment industry. Her birthplace is listed as Houston, Texas, USA.
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Career overview
Loretta Devine is a multifaceted actress who has made significant contributions to stage and screen. Her acting career spans numerous roles across various mediums. Devine is known for her work in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, where she played the role of Lorrell Robinson.
In addition to her stage work, Devine has also appeared in notable film roles. One of her most prominent film appearances is in the movie Waiting to Exhale, where she played the character of Gloria Matthews. Her performances have garnered recognition and acclaim within the industry.
Devine's television career is also notable, particularly for her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Her portrayal of this character earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.
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Dennis Haysbert
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Dee Bradley Baker
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Chi McBride
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Michael Beach
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Richard Roundtree
3 shared titles
Clifton Powell
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Stephen Bishop
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Kimberly Brooks
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Grey DeLisle
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Sharon Leal
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Career timeline
M.I.A.Three Colors: Pan-AfricanForever, This Ring
Deck the HallwaysFinding FaithLost & Found in ClevelandThe Christmas Showdown
Doctor OdysseyEverybody Still Hates ChrisTerry McMillan Presents: Tempted by LoveHolidazedBull Street
Young LoveA Snowy Day in OaklandLucilleDoc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
The Jennifer Hudson ShowDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesDoc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!Mack & RitaAll I Didn't Want for Christmas
Teenage EuthanasiaThe StarlingQueen BeesChristmas in HarmonyDays of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
P-ValleySecret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag RaceAlways and ForeverGAME ON: A Comedy Crossover EventSpell
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTamron HallFamily ReunionA Black Lady Sketch ShowThe Trap
Summer Camp IslandJingle BelleSierra Burgess Is a LoserBehind the MovementUrban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Dear White PeopleNakedVioletsChapter & Verse
Norm of the NorthGrandma's HouseNo RegretsCaged No MoreBrett Gelman's Dinner in America
The Carmichael ShowWelcome to MeThe Sound and the FuryFor the Love of RuthDoc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
black-ishSirensYou're Not YouA Very Larry ChristmasComeback Dad
KhumbaSaving Westbrook HighThe Doc Files
Doc McStuffinsDoc McStuffinsThe Client ListThe Soul ManIn the Hive
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2Jumping the BroomMadea's Big Happy FamilyPolitics of LoveState of Georgia
Shake It UpDeath at a FuneralTyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The PlayLottery TicketFor Colored Girls
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenRuPaul's Drag RaceGleeParty DownSpring Breakdown
Eli StoneFirst SundayBeverly Hills Chihuahua
Cougar ClubThis Christmas
PsychDreamgirlsLife Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryDirty Laundry
SupernaturalGrey's AnatomyEverybody Hates ChrisCrashKing's Ransom
Boston LegalBoston LegalWoman Thou Art Loosed
Cold CaseWild Card
Half & HalfBook of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
I Am SamKingdom Come
Strong MedicineGirlfriendsBoston PublicWhat Women WantPunks
Family LawThe PJsIntroducing Dorothy DandridgeFunny ValentinesJackie's Back!
Urban LegendDown in the Delta
Ally McBealHoodlumLover GirlThe Price of KissingDon King: Only in America
Full Filmography
175 titles- M.I.A. (2026) as Aunt Judith
- Three Colors: Pan-African (2026) as Nana
- Forever, This Ring (2026)
- Deck the Hallways (2025) as Agnes
- Finding Faith (2025) as Helen
- Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025) as Joy Morris
- The Christmas Showdown (2025) as Hen
- Doctor Odyssey (2024) as Jill Manafort
- Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024) as (voice)
- Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love (2024) as Miss Mimi
- Holidazed (2024) as Linda Lewin
- Bull Street (2024) as Mrs. Big-Gal
- Young Love (2023) as Gigi Young (voice)
- A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023) as Jeanette
- Lucille (2023) as Lucille
- Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! (2023) as Hallie (voice)
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022) as Irene (voice)
- Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! (2022) as Hallie (voice)
- Mack & Rita (2022) as Sharon
- All I Didn't Want for Christmas (2022) as Lorraine
- Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
- The Starling (2021) as Velma
- Queen Bees (2021) as Sally
- Christmas in Harmony (2021) as Mama
- Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021) as Angela
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self
- Christmas Déjà Vu (2021) as Crystal
- P-Valley (2020) as Ernestine
- Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race (2020) as Fabulosity - Contestant
- Always and Forever (2020) as Elda
- GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event (2020) as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- Spell (2020) as Eloise
- Connecting... (2020) as Dayleen
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Family Reunion (2019) as M'Dear
- A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019) as Marrier
- The Trap (2019) as Mama Jay
- A Family Reunion Christmas (2019) as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) as Self
- Postmarked (2019) as Hattie
- A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019) as Loretta
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Sea Cow (voice)
- Jingle Belle (2018) as Emory Simons
- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) as Ms. Thomson
- Behind the Movement (2018) as Jo Ann Robinson
- Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend (2018) as Self
- The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special (2018) as Hallie (voice)
- Dear White People (2017) as Sorbet (voice)
- Naked (2017) as Carol
- Violets (2017) as Marcy
- Chapter & Verse (2017) as Miss Maddy
- Norm of the North (2016) as Tamecia (voice)
- Grandma's House (2016)
- No Regrets (2016) as Ms. Carey
- Caged No More (2016) as Aggie
- Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (2016) as Herself
- The Carmichael Show (2015) as Cynthia Carmichael
- Welcome to Me (2015) as Barb Vaughn
- The Sound and the Fury (2015) as Dilsey
- For the Love of Ruth (2015) as Naomi
- Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie (2015) as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
- Back to School Mom (2015) as Meghan Graham
- black-ish (2014) as Lynette
- Sirens (2014) as Hank's Mother
- You're Not You (2014) as Marilyn
- A Very Larry Christmas (2014) as Mrs. Claus
- Comeback Dad (2014) as Malinda
- Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way (2014) as Hallie
- Khumba (2013) as Mama V (voice)
- Saving Westbrook High (2013) as Doris
- The Doc Files (2013) as Hallie (voice)
- Doc McStuffins (2012) as Nurse Hallie (voice)
- Doc McStuffins (2012) as Hattie (voice)
- The Client List (2012) as Georgia Cummings
- The Soul Man (2012) as Della Ballentine
- In the Hive (2012) as Mrs. Inez
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011) as Delta (voice)
- Jumping the Broom (2011) as Mrs. Taylor
- Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) as Shirley
- Politics of Love (2011) as Shirlee Gupta
- State of Georgia (2011) as Honey Dupree
- Shake It Up (2010) as Marsha Sanders
- Death at a Funeral (2010) as Cynthia
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play (2010)
- Lottery Ticket (2010) as Grandma
- For Colored Girls (2010) as Juanita / Green
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) as Miss Roberts
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- Glee (2009) as Sister Mary Constance
- Party Down (2009) as Diane Ellison
- Spring Breakdown (2009) as Dr. Marguerite
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009) as Self
- Eli Stone (2008) as Patti Dellacroix
- First Sunday (2008) as Sister Doris
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as Delta (voice)
- Cougar Club (2007) as Dolly
- This Christmas (2007) as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
- Psych (2006) as Melba Birdson
- Dreamgirls (2006) as Jazz Singer
- Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006) as Addie Collins
- Dirty Laundry (2006) as Evelyn
- Supernatural (2005) as Missouri Moseley
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Adele Webber
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005) as Maxine
- Crash (2005) as Shaniqua Johnson
- King's Ransom (2005) as Miss Gladys
- Boston Legal (2004) as Judge Victoria Thomson
- Boston Legal (2004) as Annabelle Carruthers
- Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) as Cassey Jordan
- Cold Case (2003) as Chandra Patterson (2009)
- Wild Card (2003) as M. Pearl McGuire
- Half & Half (2002) as Erika Duke
- Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs (2002)
- I Am Sam (2001) as Margaret Calgrove
- Kingdom Come (2001) as Marguerite Slocumb
- Strong Medicine (2000)
- Girlfriends (2000) as Judge Vashti Jackson
- Boston Public (2000) as Marla Hendricks
- What Women Want (2000) as Flo
- Punks (2000) as Health Counselor
- Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) as Reese
- Best Actress (2000) as Connie Travers
- Freedom Song (2000) as Evelyn Walker
- Family Law (1999) as Gloria Rivers
- The PJs (1999) as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) as Ruby Dandridge
- Funny Valentines (1999) as Dearie B.
- Jackie's Back! (1999) as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- The Breaks (1999) as Floria
- Love Kills (1999) as Sylvia Finkelstein
- Urban Legend (1998) as Reese Wilson
- Down in the Delta (1998) as Zenia
- Ally McBeal (1997) as Nora Mills
- Hoodlum (1997) as Pigfoot Mary
- Lover Girl (1997) as Leticia / 'Coco'
- The Price of Kissing (1997) as Jackee
- Don King: Only in America (1997) as Connie Harper
- Clover (1997) as Everleen
- Moesha (1996) as Steph
- Promised Land (1996) as Tonya Hawkins
- The Preacher's Wife (1996) as Beverly
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) as Miss Mary
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Mother (voice)
- Ned & Stacey (1995) as Mrs. Duncan
- Waiting to Exhale (1995) as Gloria
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Tonya Hawkins
- The American Clock (1993)
- Amos & Andrew (1993) as Ula
- Love & War (1992)
- Out All Night (1992) as Crystal
- Class Act (1992) as Blade's Mom
- Roc (1991) as Cynthia
- Roc (1991)
- Livin' Large! (1991) as Nadine Biggs
- Caged Fear (1991) as Judy
- The Colored Museum (1991) as Janine
- Cop Rock (1990)
- Stanley & Iris (1990) as Bertha
- Sugar and Spice (1990)
- Parent Trap III (1989) as Thelma
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Nurse Hawking
- The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) as Annie Maude Carter
- Little Nikita (1988) as Verna McLaughlin
- Sticky Fingers (1988) as Diane
- A Different World (1987) as Stevie Rallen
- Anna to the Infinite Power (1983) as Mrs. Benson
- Will (1981) as Jean
- Great Performances (1971) as Janine
- That's Her
- Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- Break the Cycle
- Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Loretta Devine best known for?
Loretta Devine is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including M.I.A. (2026), Three Colors: Pan-African (2026), Deck the Hallways (2025), Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025).
When and where was Loretta Devine born?
Loretta Devine was born on August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA.
How many credits does Loretta Devine have?
Loretta Devine has accumulated over 175 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1971 to 2026.
What is Loretta Devine's background in cinema and television?
Loretta Devine is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Born on August 21, 1949, in Houston, Texas, she is known for her work in various stage and screen productions. Devine has appeared in numerous roles, with a total of 172 known credits. She is a female actor who has worked in the entertainment industry. Her...
Loretta Devine by the numbers
175credits
110films
65TV series
1971–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Postmarked (2019) as Hattie — aged about 69
- M.I.A. (2026) as Aunt Judith — aged about 76
- Supernatural (2005) as Missouri Moseley — aged about 55
- Half & Half (2002) as Erika Duke — aged about 52
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Adele Webber — aged about 55
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005) as Maxine — aged about 55
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