1958-08-16 New 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.
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Erika Sloane | 2025-05-17 |
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | 2024-08-12 |
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Inside the Dream: Mugler | Self | 2024-09-25 |
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Butterfly in the Sky | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-17 |
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Damsel | Lady Bayford | 2024-03-07 |
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Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | 2024-02-01 |
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OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett | Self | 2024-03-02 |
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Host | 2023-11-18 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023-02-07 |
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | 2022-11-09 |
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Good Night Oppy | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
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Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
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Malika the Lion Queen | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-04 |
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TINA | Self | 2021-08-20 |
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
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Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | 2021-07-14 |
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Attorneys At Love | Narrator | 2020-01-14 |
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Soul | Dorothea (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
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Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
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Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | 2019-04-24 |
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The Apollo | Self | 2019-04-24 |
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Otherhood | Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 |
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Black Panther | Ramonda | 2018-02-13 |
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane | 2018-07-13 |
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Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | 2018-11-22 |
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The Flood | Narrator | 2018-11-25 |
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self | 2017-08-26 |
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The Snowy Day | Nana (voice) | 2016-11-25 |
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Self | 2016-09-24 |
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London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 |
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
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Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 | |
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White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
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Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
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Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
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Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 |
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 |
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This Means War | Collins | 2012-02-14 |
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Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-14 |
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Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
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Notorious | Voletta Wallace | 2009-01-16 |
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 |
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Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 |
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Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
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Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 |
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Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
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Time Bomb | Jill Greco | 2006-03-19 |
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Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | 2006-04-28 |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-06-07 |
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Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004-06-15 |
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The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004-05-13 |
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Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | 2003-07-25 |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
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Sunshine State | Desiree Perry | 2002-06-21 |
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The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002-02-24 |
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Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
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Making "The Score" | Herself | 2001-12-11 |
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The Score | Diane | 2001-07-13 |
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
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Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 |
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Boesman and Lena | Lena | 2000-11-03 |
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Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
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Music of the Heart | Janet | 1999-10-29 |
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
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Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
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Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 |
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Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine | 1995-12-22 |
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Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 |
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Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
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What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 1993-06-09 |
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Critters 4 | Fran | 1992-08-20 |
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Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 |
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Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 |
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Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 |
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Boyz n the Hood | Reva Styles | 1991-07-12 |
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Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | 1991-02-18 |
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | 1991-01-21 |
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One Special Victory | Lois | 1991-12-08 |
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The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 1991-10-11 |
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie | 1991-10-29 |
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City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
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In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori | 1990-05-20 |
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Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
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Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
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F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |
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Liberty | Linda Thornton | 1986-06-23 |
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Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters | 1985-11-24 |
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