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 late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. She 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. This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992), as the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious (2009), and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern (2011). Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). She has 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 a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | 2024-08-12 | |
Butterfly in the Sky | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-17 | |
Damsel | Lady Bayford | 2024-03-07 | |
Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | 2024-02-01 | |
Inside The Dream: Mugler | Self | 2024-09-25 | |
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Host | 2023-11-18 | |
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023-02-07 | |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | 2022-11-09 | |
Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 | |
Good Night Oppy | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-11-04 | |
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 | |
Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | 2021-07-14 | |
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 | |
Malika the Lion Queen | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-04 | |
TINA | Self | 2021-08-20 | |
Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 | |
Attorneys At Love | Narrator | 2020-01-14 | |
Soul | Dorothea (voice) | 2020-12-25 | |
Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | 2019-04-24 | |
The Apollo | Self | 2019-04-24 | |
Otherhood | Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 | |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane | 2018-07-13 | |
The Flood | Narrator | 2018-11-25 | |
Black Panther | Ramonda | 2018-02-13 | |
Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | 2018-12-15 | |
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self | 2017-08-26 | |
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 | |
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Self | 2016-09-24 | |
London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 | |
The Snowy Day | Nana | 2016-11-25 | |
Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 | |
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 | |
Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 | |
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 | ||
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 | |
White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 | |
Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 | |
Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 | |
Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 | |
This Means War | Collins | 2012-02-14 | |
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 | |
Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 | |
Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-14 | |
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (voice) | 2010-01-01 | |
Notorious | Voletta Wallace | 2009-01-16 | |
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 | |
Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 | |
Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 | |
Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 | |
Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 | |
Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 | |
Time Bomb | Jill Greco | 2006-03-19 | |
Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | 2006-04-28 | |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-06-07 | |
The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004-05-13 | |
Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004-06-15 | |
Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | 2003-07-25 | |
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | ||
The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002-02-24 | |
Sunshine State | Desiree Perry | 2002-06-21 | |
Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 | |
The Score | Diane | 2001-07-13 | |
Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 | |
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 | |
Boesman and Lena | Lena | 2000-11-03 | |
Music of the Heart | Janet | 1999-10-29 | |
Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 | |
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 | |
Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 | |
Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine | 1995-12-22 | |
Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 | |
Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 | |
Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 | |
What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 1993-06-09 | |
Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 | |
Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 | |
Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 | |
Critters 4 | Fran | 1992-08-20 | |
The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 1991-10-11 | |
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | 1991-02-18 | |
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie | 1991-10-29 | |
Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux | 1991-07-12 | |
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | 1991-01-21 | |
City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 | |
One Special Victory | Lois | 1991-12-08 | |
Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 | |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 | |
Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 | |
In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori | 1990-05-20 | |
F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 | |
Liberty | Linda Thornton | 1986-06-23 | |
Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters | 1985-11-24 | |
Wildwood | (voice) |