Loretta Devine
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Devine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Crash
2005
Freedom Song
2000
What Women Want
2000
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
Dreamgirls
2006
The Sound and the Fury
2015
I Am Sam
2001
Livin' Large!
1991
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
Naked
2017
Hoodlum
1997
Urban Legend
1998
Death at a Funeral
2010
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
Khumba
2013
Spring Breakdown
2009
The Christmas Showdown
2025
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Norm of the North
2016
The Trap
2019
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
Jingle Belle
2018
Waiting to Exhale
1995
First Sunday
2008
Spell
2020
Lottery Ticket
2010
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
The Preacher's Wife
1996
Mack & Rita
2022
Cougar Club
2007
For Colored Girls
2010
Lover Girl
1997
Punks
2000
You're Not You
2014
This Christmas
2007
Stanley & Iris
1990
Queen Bees
2021
Broadway: The Next Generation
N/A
The Starling
2021