Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine
Loretta Devineis an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Marla Hendricks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, and for her recurring role as Adele Webber on the Shonda Rhimes' Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. She had a role in the series Everybody Hates Chris as Rochelle's mother. In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, I Am...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 August 1949
CityHouston, TX
Loretta Devine quotes about
auditions stills
I still have to audition for most things.
grateful character past
I am so grateful and honored to be nominated. Working on Grey's Anatomy for the past few seasons has been a blessing and I have loved developing the character, Adele. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Shonda Rhimes and I want to thank her for keeping my character alive for all of these seasons.
independent starting-over people
I get a lot of independent films from people who are starting out.