Loretta Devine
Actor
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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Filmography
Crash
as Shaniqua Johnson 2005
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Ms. Thomson 2018
I Am Sam
as Margaret Calgrove 2001
Urban Legend
as Reese Wilson 1998
Naked
as Carol 2017
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice) 2008
Dreamgirls
as Jazz Singer 2006
Death at a Funeral
as Cynthia 2010
You're Not You
as Marilyn 2014
Urban Legends: Final Cut
as Reese 2000
Spell
as Eloise 2020
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice) 2011
Norm of the North
as Tamecia (voice) 2016
Welcome to Me
as Barb Vaughn 2015
The Starling
as Velma 2021
Khumba
as Mama V (voice) 2013