Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine 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.

21 August 1949

Born on the same birth day (21 August): Addison Farmer • Anne Hobbs • Charles Vanel • Clarence Williams III • Consuelo Velázquez • Dominick Harrod • Jack Weston • Melvin Van Peebles

Born in the same month (August 1949): Bob Backlund • Bobby Clarke • Hugh David Politzer • Julian Fellowes • Mark Knopfler • Norm Coleman • Phil Lynott • Phyllis Smith • Rijkman Groenink • Stephen McKinley Henderson • Tim Hutchinson