University of Houston (BA) Brandeis University (MFA)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1977–present
Spouse
Glenn Marshall Tyler
(m. 1967)
Children
2
Awards
Full list
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress. 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.
LorettaDevine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include...
from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Lela Rochon, LorettaDevine, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison, and Mykelti...
Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Richard Schiff, LorettaDevine and Laura Dern. Nelson and co-writer Kristine Johnson researched the...
McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Kim Quinn, Skyler Gisondo, LorettaDevine, Ravi Kapoor, Daveed Diggs, Rosalind Chao, Laura Harrier, and Kevin...
presence" in the film and felt she was active in the plot. Bassett's and LorettaDevine's performances in the film were called "in some ways too fierce for the...
on Hogan having Doggie Style sex with the office's older secretary (LorettaDevine) in the closet, Spence feels his life is not going well. One errand...
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – LorettaDevine (2001, 2003–2004) Peabody Awards Peabody Award for Episode "Chapter...
Bobby's estranged (later, ex-) wife and, from mid-series, roommate. LorettaDevine as Cynthia Carmichael, Joe's wife and the mother of Jerrod and Bobby...
copies worldwide. In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, LorettaDevine, and Lela Rochon in her second film, Waiting to Exhale (1995), which...
songwriter and musician Len Devine, Australian politician LorettaDevine, African-American stage and screen actress Magenta Devine (1957–2019), British television...
the voices of Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Colm Meaney, LorettaDevine, Gabriel Iglesias, Michael McElhatton, and Bill Nighy, and is an international...
African-American cast and originally starring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, LorettaDevine, Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Obba Babatundé...
written by Lisa Arnold and Molly Venzke. The film stars Kevin Sorbo, LorettaDevine, Cynthia Gibb, Madison De La Garza, Cassidy Gifford and Dallas Lovato...
as Cierra Joy “C.J.” Jordan-Walker (season 2; recurring, season 1) LorettaDevine as Darlene West, Denita’s mother Dominique Johnson as Malcolm Walker...
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