# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loretta-devine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:04:08.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/loretta-devine"
name: "Loretta Devine"
slug: "loretta-devine"
description: "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 (1981), Amelia \"M'Dear\" McKellan in the Netflix series, Family Reunion (2022), Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale (1995), 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."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LorettaDevineDec10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.315136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222643/"
    handle:    "nm0222643"
sources:
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    title: "Loretta Devine"
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    title: "Loretta Devine"
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    title: "로레타 더바인"
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    title: "Дивайн, Лоретта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Loretta Devine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump