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Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

ActingBorn August 16, 1958 (age 67)New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

2026
Wildwood

as General (voice)

Movie
2025
Zero Day

as President Evelyn Mitchell

TV
2024
Doctor Odyssey

as Athena Grant

TV
2024Movie
2024
Hollywood Black

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2024
Butterfly in the Sky

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Damsel

as Lady Bayford

Movie
2024
Queens

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2024
Orion and the Dark

as Sweet Dreams (voice)

Movie
2023
MPower

as Self

TV
2022
Good Night Oppy

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2022
Wendell & Wild

as Sister Helley (voice)

Movie
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV
2022TV
2021
TINA

as Self

Movie
2021
What If...?

as Queen Ramonda (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2021
Malika the Lion Queen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2021
Marvel Studios Legends

as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2020
Soul

as Dorothea (voice)

Movie
2020Movie
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star

as Sergeant Athena Grant

TV
2020Movie
2019
The Imagineering Story

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV
2019TV
2019
Otherhood

as Carol Walker

Movie
2019
The Apollo

as Self

Movie
2019Movie
2018
The Flood

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018
Bumblebee

as Shatter (voice)

Movie
2018Movie
2018TV
2018
Black Panther

as Ramonda

Movie
2018
9-1-1

as Athena Grant

TV
2017
Steve

as Self

TV
2016
The Snowy Day

as Nana (voice)

Movie
2016TV
2016
London Has Fallen

as Lynne Jacobs

Movie
2015
Chi-Raq

as Miss Helen Worthy

Movie
2015
Master of None

as Catherine

TV
2015
Survivor

as Maureen Cranepaul

Movie
2015Movie
2014Movie
2014
BoJack Horseman

as Ana Spanakopita (voice)

TV
2014TV
2013
Black Nativity

as Aretha Cobbs

Movie
2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as Lynne Jacobs

Movie
2013
Betty and Coretta

as Coretta Scott King

Movie
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

as Self - Special Guest

TV
2012TV
2012
This Means War

as Collins

Movie
2011
American Horror Story

as Desiree Dupree

TV
2011
American Horror Story

as Ramona Royale

TV
2011
American Horror Story

as Monet Tumissee

TV
2011
American Horror Story

as Marie Laveau

TV
2011
Green Lantern

as Dr. Amanda Waller

Movie
2011
Jumping the Broom

as Mrs. Watson

Movie
2009
Notorious

as Voletta Wallace

Movie
2008
Nothing But the Truth

as Bonnie Benjamin

Movie
2008
Of Boys and Men

as Rieta Cole

Movie
2008
Meet the Browns

as Brenda Brown

Movie
2008
Gospel Hill

as Sarah Malcolm

Movie
2007
Meet the Robinsons

as Mildred (voice)

Movie
2006
Akeelah and the Bee

as Tanya Anderson

Movie
2006
Time Bomb

as Jill Greco

Movie
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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

Movie
2004
Mr. 3000

as Maureen "Mo" Simmons

Movie
2004
The Lazarus Child

as Dr. Elizabeth Chase

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Sunshine State

as Desiree Perry

Movie
2002
The Rosa Parks Story

as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

as Ruby Delacroix

Movie
2001
The Bernie Mac Show

as Angela Bassett

TV
2001
Alias

as Hayden Chase

TV
2001
The Score

as Diane

Movie
2001
Critics Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
2000Movie
2000Movie
2000
Supernova

as Kaela Evers

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Our Friend, Martin

as Miles' Mom (voice)

Movie
1998Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1997
Contact

as Rachel Constantine

Movie
1995
Waiting to Exhale

as Bernadine

Movie
1995
Vampire in Brooklyn

as Detective Rita Veder

Movie
1995
Strange Days

as Lornette 'Mace' Mason

Movie
1995
Panther

as Dr. Betty Shabazz

Movie
1994
ER

as Catherine Banfield

TV
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It

as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

Movie
1992
Passion Fish

as Rhonda / Dawn

Movie
1992
Malcolm X

as Betty Shabazz

Movie
1992TV
1992
Innocent Blood

as U.S. Attorney Sinclair

Movie
1992
Critters 4

as Fran

Movie
1992
Nightmare Cafe

as Evelyn Wall

TV
1991Movie
1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm

as Lt. Phoebe Jeter

Movie
1991
City of Hope

as Reesha

Movie
1991
Boyz n the Hood

as Reva Styles

Movie
1991
Stat

as Dr. Willie Burns

TV
1990
Kindergarten Cop

as Stewardess

Movie
1990
The Flash

as Linda Lake

TV
1990
Challenger

as Cheryl McNair

Movie
1990
Family of Spies

as Bev Andress

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Michelle Obama (voice)

TV
1989
Snoops

as Laura Hale

TV
1989
Alien Nation

as Renee Longstreet

TV
1987
Tour of Duty

as Lt. Camilla Patterson

TV
1986
Liberty

as Linda Thornton

Movie
1986
F/X

as TV reporter

Movie
1985
Doubletake

as Prostitute at Headquarters

Movie
1985TV
1984TV
1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1949TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 16, 1958
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity2.3