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Loretta Devine

Acting

Born: 1949-08-21
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 1.7

Also Known As

لورتا دیواین

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.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Grey's Anatomy

2011

Acting164 titles

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
9.5
Movie

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

2002Comedy
Finding Faith
9.2
Movie

Finding Faith

2025Drama
Postmarked
9.0
Movie

Postmarked

2019Sci-Fi
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
8.6
Series

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

2021-2022Drama
M.I.A.
New8.5
Series

M.I.A.

2026 - ...Thriller
Half & Half
8.3
Series

Half & Half

2002-2006Comedy
Supernatural
8.3
Series

Supernatural

2005-2020Drama
Grey's Anatomy
8.2
Series

Grey's Anatomy

2005 - ...Drama
Everybody Hates Chris
8.1
Series

Everybody Hates Chris

2005-2009Comedy
Will
8.0
Movie

Will

1981Drama
Family Reunion
8.0
Series

Family Reunion

2019-2022Comedy
Boston Legal
7.9
Series

Boston Legal

2004-2008Comedy
Roc
7.9
Series

Roc

1991-1994Drama
Psych
7.9
Series

Psych

2006-2014Drama
Cold Case
7.8
Series

Cold Case

2003-2010Thriller
Funny Valentines
7.7
Movie

Funny Valentines

1999Drama
Summer Camp Island
7.7
Cartoon

Summer Camp Island

2018-2023Animation
Everybody Still Hates Chris
7.7
Cartoon

Everybody Still Hates Chris

2024 - ...Comedy
I Am Sam
7.6
Movie

I Am Sam

2001Drama
Boston Public
7.6
Series

Boston Public

2000-2005Drama
P-Valley
7.6
Series

P-Valley

2020 - ...Drama
Shake It Up
7.6
Cartoon

Shake It Up

2010-2013Drama
Party Down
7.5
Series

Party Down

2009-2023Comedy
Sugar and Spice
7.5
Series

Sugar and Spice

1990Comedy
RuPaul's Drag Race
7.5
Series

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009 - ...Documentary
You're Not You
7.4
Movie

You're Not You

2014Drama
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
7.4
Movie

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play

2010Comedy
Strong Medicine
7.4
Series

Strong Medicine

2000-2006Drama
Holidazed
7.4
Series

Holidazed

2024Comedy
Chapter & Verse
7.3
Movie

Chapter & Verse

2017Drama
Girlfriends
7.3
Series

Girlfriends

2000-2008Drama
Crash
7.2
Movie

Crash

2005Drama
No Regrets
7.2
Movie

No Regrets

2016Drama
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
7.2
Movie

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love

2024Drama
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Series

Touched by an Angel

1994-2003Sci-Fi
State of Georgia
7.2
Series

State of Georgia

2011Comedy
The Carmichael Show
7.2
Series

The Carmichael Show

2015-2017Comedy
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
7.1
Movie

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996Drama
Moesha
7.1
Series

Moesha

1996-2001Comedy
black-ish
7.1
Series

black-ish

2014-2022Comedy
Ned & Stacey
7.1
Series

Ned & Stacey

1995-1997Comedy
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
7.0
Cartoon

Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

2022Animation
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
7.0
Movie

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

2018Documentary
A Different World
7.0
Series

A Different World

1987-1993Comedy
A Black Lady Sketch Show
7.0
Series

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019-2023Comedy
The Starling
6.9
Movie

The Starling

2021Drama
A Sweet Christmas Romance
6.9
Movie

A Sweet Christmas Romance

2019Romance
Comeback Dad
6.9
Movie

Comeback Dad

2014Drama
Jackie's Back!
6.9
Movie

Jackie's Back!

1999Comedy
The PJs
6.9
Cartoon

The PJs

1999-2001Animation
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
6.9
Series

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

2020Comedy
Don King: Only in America
6.8
Movie

Don King: Only in America

1997Drama
Madea's Big Happy Family
6.8
Movie

Madea's Big Happy Family

2011Comedy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
6.8
Cartoon

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022Animation
A Snowy Day in Oakland
6.8
Movie

A Snowy Day in Oakland

2023Comedy
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
6.8
Movie

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

2019Documentary
Glee
6.8
Series

Glee

2009-2015Comedy
For Colored Girls
6.7
Movie

For Colored Girls

2010Drama
Dreamgirls
6.7
Movie

Dreamgirls

2006Drama
Eli Stone
6.7
Series

Eli Stone

2008-2009Sci-Fi
Sirens
6.7
Series

Sirens

2014-2015Comedy
This Christmas
6.6
Movie

This Christmas

2007Comedy
The Client List
6.6
Series

The Client List

2012-2013Drama
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
6.5
Movie

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999Drama
Kingdom Come
6.5
Movie

Kingdom Come

2001Comedy
Stanley & Iris
6.5
Movie

Stanley & Iris

1990Drama
What Women Want
6.5
Movie

What Women Want

2000Comedy
Ally McBeal
6.5
Series

Ally McBeal

1997-2002Drama
Promised Land
6.5
Series

Promised Land

1996-1999Drama
Hoodlum
6.4
Movie

Hoodlum

1997Thriller
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
6.4
Movie

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

2022Drama
The Breaks
6.4
Movie

The Breaks

1999Comedy
Spell
6.4
Movie

Spell

2020Thriller
Murphy Brown
6.4
Series

Murphy Brown

1988-1998Comedy
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.4
Series

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019-2026Documentary
Love & War
6.4
Series

Love & War

1992-1995Comedy
Doctor Odyssey
6.4
Series

Doctor Odyssey

2024-2025Drama
Down in the Delta
6.3
Movie

Down in the Delta

1998Drama
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
6.3
Movie

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

2018Comedy
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6.3
Cartoon

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-2000Animation
Class Act
6.2
Movie

Class Act

1992Comedy
Waiting to Exhale
6.2
Movie

Waiting to Exhale

1995Comedy
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
6.2
Movie

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006Drama
For the Love of Ruth
6.2
Movie

For the Love of Ruth

2015Drama
The Murder of Mary Phagan
6.2
Series

The Murder of Mary Phagan

1988Drama
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
6.1
Movie

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010Thriller
Little Nikita
6.1
Movie

Little Nikita

1988Drama
Great Performances
6.1
Series

Great Performances

1971 - ...Comedy
Khumba
6.0
Cartoon

Khumba

2013Animation
Saving Westbrook High
6.0
Movie

Saving Westbrook High

2013Drama
Queen Bees
6.0
Movie

Queen Bees

2021Romance
Dear White People
6.0
Series

Dear White People

2017-2021Comedy
The Soul Man
6.0
Series

The Soul Man

2012-2016Comedy
Death at a Funeral
5.9
Movie

Death at a Funeral

2010Comedy
Jumping the Broom
5.9
Movie

Jumping the Broom

2011Comedy
Lover Girl
5.9
Movie

Lover Girl

1997Comedy
Welcome to Me
5.9
Movie

Welcome to Me

2015Comedy
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
5.9
Movie

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011Comedy
Jingle Belle
5.9
Movie

Jingle Belle

2018Romance
A Family Reunion Christmas
5.9
Movie

A Family Reunion Christmas

2019Comedy
Parent Trap III
5.9
Movie

Parent Trap III

1989Comedy
Doc McStuffins
5.9
Cartoon

Doc McStuffins

2012 - ...Animation
The Preacher's Wife
5.8
Movie

The Preacher's Wife

1996Drama
Livin' Large!
5.8
Movie

Livin' Large!

1991Comedy
Sticky Fingers
5.8
Movie

Sticky Fingers

1988Comedy
Naked
5.8
Movie

Naked

2017Comedy
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
5.8
Series

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

2020 - ...Documentary
Urban Legend
5.7
Movie

Urban Legend

1998Horror
Dirty Laundry
5.7
Movie

Dirty Laundry

2006Comedy
Lottery Ticket
5.7
Movie

Lottery Ticket

2010Comedy
Freedom Song
5.7
Movie

Freedom Song

2000Drama
The American Clock
5.7
Movie

The American Clock

1993Drama
Always and Forever
5.7
Movie

Always and Forever

2020Thriller
First Sunday
5.6
Movie

First Sunday

2008Comedy
Clover
5.6
Movie

Clover

1997Drama
Young Love
5.6
Cartoon

Young Love

2023Animation
The Jennifer Hudson Show
5.6
Series

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 - ...Documentary
Woman Thou Art Loosed
5.5
Movie

Woman Thou Art Loosed

2004Drama
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
5.5
Cartoon

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

2015Animation
Amos & Andrew
5.5
Movie

Amos & Andrew

1993Action
Mack & Rita
5.5
Movie

Mack & Rita

2022Comedy
Connecting...
5.5
Series

Connecting...

2020Comedy
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
5.4
Movie

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008Comedy
Anna to the Infinite Power
5.4
Movie

Anna to the Infinite Power

1983Sci-Fi
Spring Breakdown
5.4
Movie

Spring Breakdown

2009Comedy
Wild Card
5.4
Series

Wild Card

2003-2005Comedy
Back to School Mom
5.3
Movie

Back to School Mom

2015Drama
Teenage Euthanasia
5.2
Cartoon

Teenage Euthanasia

2021-2023Comedy
Punks
5.1
Movie

Punks

2000Comedy
Christmas in Harmony
5.0
Movie

Christmas in Harmony

2021Comedy
Christmas Déjà Vu
5.0
Movie

Christmas Déjà Vu

2021Drama
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
5.0
Cartoon

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

2014Drama
Lost & Found in Cleveland
5.0
Movie

Lost & Found in Cleveland

2025Drama
The Sound and the Fury
5.0
Movie

The Sound and the Fury

2015Drama
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
5.0
Cartoon

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

2018Drama
The Christmas Showdown
5.0
Movie

The Christmas Showdown

2025Comedy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.0
Series

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 - ...Documentary
Urban Legends: Final Cut
4.9
Movie

Urban Legends: Final Cut

2000Horror
King's Ransom
4.9
Movie

King's Ransom

2005Comedy
The Trap
4.9
Movie

The Trap

2019Comedy
In the Hive
4.8
Movie

In the Hive

2012Drama
The Price of Kissing
4.7
Movie

The Price of Kissing

1997Drama
Norm of the North
4.7
Cartoon

Norm of the North

2016Action
Tamron Hall
4.7
Series

Tamron Hall

2019-2024Documentary
Grandma's House
4.5
Movie

Grandma's House

2016Drama
Cop Rock
4.3
Series

Cop Rock

1990Drama
Caged Fear
4.1
Movie

Caged Fear

1991Thriller
Caged No More
4.1
Movie

Caged No More

2016Action
Cougar Club
3.9
Movie

Cougar Club

2007Comedy
Love Kills
3.5
Movie

Love Kills

1999Comedy
Politics of Love
3.3
Movie

Politics of Love

2011Romance
Best Actress
2.6
Movie

Best Actress

2000Thriller
A Very Larry Christmas
2.0
Movie

A Very Larry Christmas

2014Comedy
Deck the Hallways
2.0
Movie

Deck the Hallways

2025Romance
The Doc Files
2.0
Cartoon

The Doc Files

2013 - ...Animation
Bull Street
1.0
Movie

Bull Street

2024Drama
The Colored Museum
0
Movie

The Colored Museum

1991Drama
Break the Cycle
0
Movie

Break the Cycle

2024Drama
Broadway: The Next Generation
0
Movie

Broadway: The Next Generation

2024Drama
Behind the Movement
0
Movie

Behind the Movement

2018Drama
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
0
Movie

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021Documentary
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
0
Movie

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009Documentary
Three Colors: Pan-African
New0
Movie

Three Colors: Pan-African

2026Drama
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
0
Cartoon

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!

2023 - ...Animation