
Angela Bassett
Acting
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.

Wildwood
General (voice)

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Self

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane

Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self

Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)

Damsel
Lady Bayford

OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Self

Orion and the Dark
Sweet Dreams (voice)

The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Host

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self

Good Night Oppy
Self - Narrator (voice)

Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley (voice)

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self

TINA
Self

Gunpowder Milkshake
Anna May

Malika the Lion Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)

Soul
Dorothea (voice)

Between the World and Me
Self

Attorneys At Love
Narrator

Otherhood
Carol Walker

Avengers: Endgame
Ramonda

The Apollo
Self

The Flood
Self - Narrator (voice)

Bumblebee
Shatter (voice)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Erika Sloane

Black Panther
Ramonda

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self

The Snowy Day
Nana (voice)

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self

London Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs

Chi-Raq
Miss Helen Worthy

Survivor
Maureen Cranepaul

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Dr. Kulinda (voice)

White Bird in a Blizzard
Dr. Thaler

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

Black Nativity
Aretha Cobbs

Olympus Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs

Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self

This Means War
Collins

Green Lantern
Dr. Amanda Waller

Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Watson

Notorious
Voletta Wallace

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Narrator (voice)

Nothing But the Truth
Bonnie Benjamin

Of Boys and Men
Rieta Cole

Meet the Browns
Brenda Brown

Gospel Hill
Sarah Malcolm

Meet the Robinsons
Mildred (voice)

Akeelah and the Bee
Tanya Anderson

Time Bomb
Jill Greco

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. 3000
Maureen "Mo" Simmons

The Lazarus Child
Dr. Elizabeth Chase

Masked and Anonymous
Mistress

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Sunshine State
Desiree Perry

The Rosa Parks Story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Making "The Score"
Herself

Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Ruby Delacroix

The Score
Diane

Boesman and Lena
Lena

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Groove (voice)

Supernova
Kaela Evers

Music of the Heart
Janet

Our Friend, Martin
Miles' Mom (voice)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella Payne

Contact
Rachel Constantine

Waiting to Exhale
Bernadine

Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder

Strange Days
Lornette 'Mace' Mason

Panther
Dr. Betty Shabazz

What's Love Got to Do with It
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

Passion Fish
Rhonda / Dawn

Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz

Innocent Blood
U.S. Attorney Sinclair

Critters 4
Fran

One Special Victory
Lois

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Willie

City of Hope
Reesha

The Heroes of Desert Storm
Lt. Phoebe Jeter

Boyz n the Hood
Reva Styles

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Allison

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Pat

Kindergarten Cop
Stewardess

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Carla Peters

In the Best Interest of the Child
Lori

Challenger
Cheryl McNair

Liberty
Linda Thornton

F/X
TV reporter

Doubletake
Prostitute at Headquarters







