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Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Acting

Born: August 16, 1958New York City, New York, USA

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
Filmography
Wildwood

Wildwood

General (voice)

2026
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

Self

2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Erika Sloane

2025
Inside the Dream: Mugler

Inside the Dream: Mugler

Self

2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Self

2024
Butterfly in the Sky

Butterfly in the Sky

Self (archive footage)

2024
Damsel

Damsel

Lady Bayford

2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett

OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett

Self

2024
Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark

Sweet Dreams (voice)

2024
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Host

2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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

Self

2023
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Ramonda

2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Self

2022
Good Night Oppy

Good Night Oppy

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

Sister Helley (voice)

2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

2021
TINA

TINA

Self

2021
Gunpowder Milkshake

Gunpowder Milkshake

Anna May

2021
Malika the Lion Queen

Malika the Lion Queen

Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
Soul

Soul

Dorothea (voice)

2020
Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Self

2020
Attorneys At Love

Attorneys At Love

Narrator

2020
Otherhood

Otherhood

Carol Walker

2019
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

Ramonda

2019
The Apollo

The Apollo

Self

2019
The Flood

The Flood

Self - Narrator (voice)

2018
Bumblebee

Bumblebee

Shatter (voice)

2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Erika Sloane

2018
Black Panther

Black Panther

Ramonda

2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Self

2017
The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

Nana (voice)

2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

Self

2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

Self

2016
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

Lynne Jacobs

2016
Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq

Miss Helen Worthy

2015
Survivor

Survivor

Maureen Cranepaul

2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Dr. Kulinda (voice)

2015
White Bird in a Blizzard

White Bird in a Blizzard

Dr. Thaler

2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Self

2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

2014
Black Nativity

Black Nativity

Aretha Cobbs

2013
Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

Lynne Jacobs

2013
Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta

Coretta Scott King

2013
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

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

Self

2012
This Means War

This Means War

Collins

2012
Green Lantern

Green Lantern

Dr. Amanda Waller

2011
Jumping the Broom

Jumping the Broom

Mrs. Watson

2011
Notorious

Notorious

Voletta Wallace

2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Narrator (voice)

2009
Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

Bonnie Benjamin

2008
Of Boys and Men

Of Boys and Men

Rieta Cole

2008
Meet the Browns

Meet the Browns

Brenda Brown

2008
Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill

Sarah Malcolm

2008
Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

Mildred (voice)

2007
Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

Tanya Anderson

2006
Time Bomb

Time Bomb

Jill Greco

2006
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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

2005
Mr. 3000

Mr. 3000

Maureen "Mo" Simmons

2004
The Lazarus Child

The Lazarus Child

Dr. Elizabeth Chase

2004
Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

Mistress

2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003
Sunshine State

Sunshine State

Desiree Perry

2002
The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

2002
Making "The Score"

Making "The Score"

Herself

2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Ruby Delacroix

2001
The Score

The Score

Diane

2001
Boesman and Lena

Boesman and Lena

Lena

2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Groove (voice)

2000
Supernova

Supernova

Kaela Evers

2000
Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

Janet

1999
Our Friend, Martin

Our Friend, Martin

Miles' Mom (voice)

1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Stella Payne

1998
Contact

Contact

Rachel Constantine

1997
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

Bernadine

1995
Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

Detective Rita Veder

1995
Strange Days

Strange Days

Lornette 'Mace' Mason

1995
Panther

Panther

Dr. Betty Shabazz

1995
What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

1993
Passion Fish

Passion Fish

Rhonda / Dawn

1992
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Betty Shabazz

1992
Innocent Blood

Innocent Blood

U.S. Attorney Sinclair

1992
Critters 4

Critters 4

Fran

1992
One Special Victory

One Special Victory

Lois

1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

Willie

1991
City of Hope

City of Hope

Reesha

1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm

The Heroes of Desert Storm

Lt. Phoebe Jeter

1991
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

Reva Styles

1991
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

Allison

1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

Pat

1991
Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop

Stewardess

1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Carla Peters

1990
In the Best Interest of the Child

In the Best Interest of the Child

Lori

1990
Challenger

Challenger

Cheryl McNair

1990
Liberty

Liberty

Linda Thornton

1986
F/X

F/X

TV reporter

1986
Doubletake

Doubletake

Prostitute at Headquarters

1985