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Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett

Born August 16, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA73 films

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.

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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.

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Soul poster8.1Soul2020Black Panther poster7.4Black Panther2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout poster7.5Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Contact poster7.5Contact1997Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster7.0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster6.7Mr. & Mrs. Smith2005Boyz n the Hood poster7.6Boyz n the Hood1991Bumblebee poster6.7Bumblebee2018

Filmography

73 films as actor
  1. 2026WildwoodThe General (voice)
  2. 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningErika Sloane
  3. 2024DamselLady Bayford
  4. 2024Orion and the DarkSweet Dreams (voice)
  5. 2023The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm XHost
  6. 2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverRamonda
  7. 2022Wendell & WildSister Helley (voice)
  8. 2021Gunpowder MilkshakeAnna May
  9. 2020SoulDorothea (voice)
  10. 2020Attorneys At LoveNarrator
  11. 2019OtherhoodCarol Walker
  12. 2019Avengers: EndgameRamonda
  13. 2018BumblebeeShatter (voice)
  14. 2018Mission: Impossible - FalloutErika Sloane
  15. 2018Black PantherRamonda
  16. 2016The Snowy DayNana (voice)
  17. 2016London Has FallenLynne Jacobs
  18. 2015Chi-RaqMiss Helen Worthy
  19. 2015SurvivorMaureen Cranepaul
  20. 2015Curious George 3: Back to the JungleDr. Kulinda (voice)
  21. 2014White Bird in a BlizzardDr. Thaler
  22. 2013Black NativityAretha Cobbs
  23. 2013Olympus Has FallenLynne Jacobs
  24. 2013Betty and CorettaCoretta Scott King
  25. 2012This Means WarCollins
  26. 2011Green LanternDr. Amanda Waller
  27. 2011Jumping the BroomMrs. Watson
  28. 2009NotoriousVoletta Wallace
  29. 2008Nothing But the TruthBonnie Benjamin
  30. 2008Of Boys and MenRieta Cole
  31. 2008Meet the BrownsBrenda Brown
  32. 2008Gospel HillSarah Malcolm
  33. 2007Meet the RobinsonsMildred (voice)
  34. 2006Akeelah and the BeeTanya Anderson
  35. 2006Time BombJill Greco
  36. 2005Mr. & Mrs. SmithMr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
  37. 2004Mr. 3000Maureen "Mo" Simmons
  38. 2004The Lazarus ChildDr. Elizabeth Chase
  39. 2003Masked and AnonymousMistress
  40. 2002Sunshine StateDesiree Perry
  41. 2002The Rosa Parks StoryRosa Louise McCauley Parks
  42. 2001Ruby's Bucket of BloodRuby Delacroix
  43. 2001The ScoreDiane
  44. 2000Boesman and LenaLena
  45. 2000Whispers: An Elephant's TaleGroove (voice)
  46. 2000SupernovaKaela Evers
  47. 1999Music of the HeartJanet
  48. 1999Our Friend, MartinMiles' Mom (voice)
  49. 1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackStella Payne
  50. 1997ContactRachel Constantine
  51. 1995Waiting to ExhaleBernadine
  52. 1995Vampire in BrooklynDetective Rita Veder
  53. 1995Strange DaysLornette 'Mace' Mason
  54. 1995PantherDr. Betty Shabazz
  55. 1993What's Love Got to Do with ItAnna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
  56. 1992Passion FishRhonda / Dawn
  57. 1992Malcolm XBetty Shabazz
  58. 1992Innocent BloodU.S. Attorney Sinclair
  59. 1992Critters 4Fran
  60. 1991One Special VictoryLois
  61. 1991Locked Up: A Mother’s RageWillie
  62. 1991The Heroes of Desert StormLt. Phoebe Jeter
  63. 1991City of HopeReesha
  64. 1991Boyz n the HoodReva Styles
  65. 1991Fire! Trapped on the 37th FloorAllison
  66. 1991Line of Fire: The Morris Dees StoryPat
  67. 1990Kindergarten CopStewardess
  68. 1990In the Best Interest of the ChildLori
  69. 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced SingerCarla Peters
  70. 1990ChallengerCheryl McNair
  71. 1986LibertyLinda Thornton
  72. 1986F/XTV reporter
  73. 1985DoubletakeProstitute at Headquarters