Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 21, 1949 (age 77)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- لورتا دیواین
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.
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Known For - Movies
Crash
as Shaniqua Johnson
What Women Want
as Flo
I Am Sam
as Margaret Calgrove
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Irene (voice)
Hoodlum
as Pigfoot Mary
Dreamgirls
as Jazz Singer
Madea's Big Happy Family
as Shirley
Waiting to Exhale
as Gloria
Stanley & Iris
as Bertha
Death at a Funeral
as Cynthia
Known For - TV Shows
Grey's Anatomy
as Adele Webber
Supernatural
as Missouri Moseley
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Psych
as Melba Birdson
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
Glee
as Sister Mary Constance
Boston Legal
as Judge Victoria Thomson
Boston Legal
as Annabelle Carruthers
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge