Angela Bassett
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.
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Known For
Acting
1995
asLornette 'Mace' Mason
2007
asMildred (voice)
1991
asReva Styles
1997
asRachel Constantine
2023
asSelf
1992
asBetty Shabazz
2000
asDr. Kaela Evers
2008
asSarah Malcolm
2001
asDiane
1995
asBernadine
2003
asMistress
1995
asDetective Rita Veder
1998
asStella Payne
1999
asJanet
1992
asFran
1992
asU.S. Attorney Sinclair
2006
asTanya Anderson
1991
asLois
2009
asVoletta Wallace
1992
asRhonda / Dawn
2008
asBonnie Benjamin
2009
asNarrator (voice)
2021
asSelf
1993
asAnna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
2011
asDr. Amanda Waller
2004
asDr. Elizabeth Chase
2004
asMaureen "Mo" Simmons
2008
asBrenda Brown
2003
as
2002
asRosa Louise McCauley Parks
2000
asGroove (voice)
2002
asDesiree Perry
2011
asMrs. Watson
2012
asCollins
2012
asSelf
2022
asSister Helley (voice)
1995
asDr. Betty Shabazz
2000
asLena
2024
asLady Bayford
2013
asLynne Jacobs
2001
asRuby Delacroix
2013
asCoretta Scott King
1999
asMiles' Mom (voice)
2013
asAretha Cobbs
1986
asLinda Thornton
2008
asRieta Cole
1985
asProstitute at Headquarters
1986
asTV reporter
1991
asWillie
2023
asHost
1990
asLori
as(voice)
2016
asLynne Jacobs
2024
asSweet Dreams (voice)
2022
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2022
asSelf
2015
asMaureen Cranepaul
2015
asDr. Kulinda (voice)
2015
asMiss Helen Worthy
2010
asSelf (voice)
2024
asSelf (archive footage)
2018
asRamonda
2024
asSelf
2016
asNana (voice)
1991
asLt. Phoebe Jeter
1990
asCarla Peters
1990
asStewardess
2018
asErika Sloane
1990
asCheryl McNair
2017
asSelf
1991
asPat
1991
asReesha
2016
asSelf
2019
asCarol Walker
2006
asJill Greco
2022
asRamonda
2016
asSelf
2018
asShatter (voice)
2021
asAnna May
2018
asNarrator
2020
asNarrator
2019
asSelf
2019
asRamonda
2014
as
2014
asSelf
2020
asSelf
2020
asDorothea (voice)
2005
asMr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2021
asSelf
2021
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
1991
asAllison
2024
asSelf
2025
asErika Sloane
2014
asDr. Thaler
2024
asSelf
asHerself
asMichelle Obama (voice)
asLinda Lake
asSelf
as
as
as
asHayden Chase
asAngela Bassett
asSara
as
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf
asEvelyn Wall
asCatherine Banfield
asMo
asLt. Camilla Patterson
asDr. Willie Burns
asSelf
asSelf - Presenter
asDesiree Dupree
asQueen Ramonda (voice)
asRamonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
asRamona Royale
asEva
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asMonet Tumissee
asHerself - Narrator (voice)
asNarrator (voice)
asAthena Grant
asBev Andress
asSelf
asHerself
asPresident Evelyn Mitchell
asSelf
asSergeant Athena Grant
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf - Special Guest
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
asNarrator (voice)
asAna Spanakopita (voice)
asSelf
asKatherine Jackson
asCatherine
asSelf
asLaura Hale
asDecoy (voice)
asAthena Grant
asMarie Laveau
asself
Production
2023
as2001
as
2002
as2019
asas as as as as Crew
Directing
