<P> Loretta Devine ( born August 21 , 1949 ) is 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 Sam , Urban Legend , Crash , Woman Thou Art Loosed , For Colored Girls , This Christmas and Jumping the Broom . She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show . </P>
<P> Loretta Devine ( born August 21 , 1949 ) is 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 Sam , Urban Legend , Crash , Woman Thou Art Loosed , For Colored Girls , This Christmas and Jumping the Broom . She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show . </P>
who plays adele webber on grey 's anatomy
who plays adele webber on grey 's anatomy
Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine