Angela Bassett
Biography
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she received an Academy Honorary Award. Bassett had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She also played Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For the latter, she won another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, Bassett has starred as Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Her portrayal of Rosa Parks in the television film The Rosa Parks Story (2002) gained her a nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Strange Days
Mildred (voice)
Meet the Robinsons
Reva Styles
Boyz n the Hood
Rachel Constantine
Contact
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Betty Shabazz
Malcolm X
Dr. Kaela Evers
Supernova
Sarah Malcolm
Gospel Hill
Diane
The Score
Bernadine
Waiting to Exhale
Mistress
Masked and Anonymous
Detective Rita Veder
Vampire in Brooklyn
Stella Payne
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Janet
Music of the Heart
Fran
Critters 4
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Innocent Blood
Tanya Anderson
Akeelah and the Bee
Lois
One Special Victory
Voletta Wallace
Notorious
Rhonda / Dawn
Passion Fish
Bonnie Benjamin
Nothing But the Truth
Narrator (voice)
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
What's Love Got to Do with It
Dr. Amanda Waller
Green Lantern
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
The Lazarus Child
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Mr. 3000
Brenda Brown
Meet the Browns
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
The Rosa Parks Story
Groove (voice)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Desiree Perry
Sunshine State
Mrs. Watson
Jumping the Broom
Collins
This Means War
Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Sister Helley (voice)
Wendell & Wild
Dr. Betty Shabazz
Panther
Lena
Boesman and Lena
Lady Bayford
Damsel
Lynne Jacobs
Olympus Has Fallen
Ruby Delacroix
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Coretta Scott King
Betty and Coretta
Miles' Mom (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
Aretha Cobbs
Black Nativity
Linda Thornton
Liberty
Rieta Cole
Of Boys and Men
Prostitute at Headquarters
Doubletake
TV reporter
F/X
Willie
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Host
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Lori
In the Best Interest of the Child
(voice)
Wildwood
Lynne Jacobs
London Has Fallen
Sweet Dreams (voice)
Orion and the Dark
Self - Narrator (voice)
Good Night Oppy
Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Maureen Cranepaul
Survivor
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Miss Helen Worthy
Chi-Raq
Self (voice)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
Ramonda
Black Panther
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Nana (voice)
The Snowy Day
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Carla Peters
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Stewardess
Kindergarten Cop
Erika Sloane
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Cheryl McNair
Challenger
Self
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Pat
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Reesha
City of Hope
Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Carol Walker
Otherhood
Jill Greco
Time Bomb
Ramonda
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Shatter (voice)
Bumblebee
Anna May
Gunpowder Milkshake
Narrator
The Flood
Narrator
Attorneys At Love
Self
The Apollo
Ramonda
Avengers: Endgame
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Between the World and Me
Dorothea (voice)
Soul
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Self
TINA
Self - Narrator (voice)
Malika the Lion Queen
Allison
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Self
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Erika Sloane
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Dr. Thaler
White Bird in a Blizzard
Self
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Herself
Making "The Score"
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-08-16
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Άντζελα Μπάσετ