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Loretta Devine
AKA: لورتا دیواین
Acting
Born: 1949
Houston, Texas, USA
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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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Known For
M.I.A.
Aunt Judith
2026 · US
Holidazed
Linda Lewin
2024 · US
Doctor Odyssey
Jill Manafort
2024 · US
Everybody Still Hates Chris
(voice)
2024 · US
Young Love
Gigi Young (voice)
2023 · US
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022 · US
Teenage Euthanasia
Role
2021 · US
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
Angela
2021 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| M.I.A. | 2026 | Aunt Judith |
| Holidazed | 2024 | Linda Lewin |
| Doctor Odyssey | 2024 | Jill Manafort |
| Everybody Still Hates Chris | 2024 | (voice) |
| Young Love | 2023 | Gigi Young (voice) |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | 2022 | Self - Guest |
| Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem | 2021 | Angela |
| Teenage Euthanasia | 2021 | Contributor |
| Connecting... | 2020 | Dayleen |
| P-Valley | 2020 | Ernestine |
| Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race | 2020 | Fabulosity - Contestant |
| Tamron Hall | 2019 | Self - Guest |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | Self |
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | 2019 | Marrier |
| Family Reunion | 2019 | M'Dear |
| Summer Camp Island | 2018 | Sea Cow (voice) |
| Dear White People | 2017 | Sorbet (voice) |
| The Carmichael Show | 2015 | Cynthia Carmichael |
| black-ish | 2014 | Lynette |
| The Soul Man | 2012 | Della Ballentine |
| The Client List | 2012 | Georgia Cummings |
| Doc McStuffins | 2012 | Nurse Hallie (voice) |
| State of Georgia | 2011 | Honey Dupree |
| Shake It Up | 2010 | Marsha Sanders |
| Glee | 2009 | Sister Mary Constance |
| Party Down | 2009 | Diane Ellison |
| Eli Stone | 2008 | Patti Dellacroix |
| Psych | 2006 | Melba Birdson |
| Everybody Hates Chris | 2005 | Maxine |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2005 | Adele Webber |
| Boston Legal | 2004 | Judge Victoria Thomson |
| Wild Card | 2003 | M. Pearl McGuire |
| Half & Half | 2002 | Erika Duke |
| Boston Public | 2000 | Marla Hendricks |
| Strong Medicine | 2000 | Contributor |
| Family Law | 1999 | Gloria Rivers |
| The PJs | 1999 | Muriel Stubbs (voice) |
| Ally McBeal | 1997 | Nora Mills |
| Moesha | 1996 | Steph |
| Ned & Stacey | 1995 | Mrs. Duncan |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | Mother (voice) |
| Touched by an Angel | 1994 | Tonya Hawkins |
| Love & War | 1992 | Contributor |
| A Different World | 1987 | Stevie Rallen |