Loretta Devine
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Crash
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
What Women Want
2000
as Flo
I Am Sam
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Delta (voice)
Hoodlum
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
Dreamgirls
2006
as Jazz Singer
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Cynthia
Naked
2017
as Carol
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Shirley
First Sunday
2008
as Sister Doris
Urban Legend
1998
as Reese Wilson
Khumba
2013
as Mama V (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Irene (voice)
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Gloria
The Starling
2021
as Velma
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
as Reese
Norm of the North
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
This Christmas
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Miss Roberts
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Delta (voice)