Biography
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.
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. 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, 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 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, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
Filmography
all 155
Movies 100
TV Shows 55
self 44
Narrator 7
Voice 6
Producer 4
Director 2
Damsel (2024)
Queens (2024)
Orion and the Dark (2024)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2023)
Heist 88 (2023)
MPower (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
Good Night Oppy (2022)
Wendell & Wild (2022)
Sherri (2022)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
TINA (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Malika the Lion Queen (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
Soul (2020)
Between the World and Me (2020)
CAP-TEEN (2020)
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
Attorneys At Love (2020)
The Imagineering Story (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Otherhood (2019)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
The Apollo (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (2019)
Bumblebee (2018)
The Flood (2018)
The Flood (2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Red Table Talk (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
9-1-1 (2018)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
The Snowy Day (2016)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016)
Close to the Enemy (2016)
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony (2016)
London Has Fallen (2016)
Chi-Raq (2015)
Master of None (2015)
Breakthrough (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Survivor (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
Whitney (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014)
Black Nativity (2013)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Betty and Coretta (2013)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012)
This Means War (2012)
American Horror Story (2011)
Tina Turner - Simply the Best (2011)
Green Lantern (2011)
Jumping the Broom (2011)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Notorious (2009)
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Of Boys and Men (2008)
Meet the Browns (2008)
Gospel Hill (2008)
CNN Heroes (2007)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Time Bomb (2006)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Mr. 3000 (2004)
The Lazarus Child (2004)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003)
Our America (2002)
Sunshine State (2002)
The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Alias (2001)
The Score (2001)
Boesman and Lena (2000)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
Supernova (2000)
Music of the Heart (1999)
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery (1998)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
The View (1997)
Contact (1997)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Strange Days (1995)
Panther (1995)
ER (1994)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Passion Fish (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Critters 4 (1992)
Nightmare Cafe (1992)
One Special Victory (1991)
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991)
City of Hope (1991)
The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Stat (1991)
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
The Flash (1990)
In the Best Interest of the Child (1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Equal Justice (1990)
Challenger (1990)
Family of Spies (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
thirtysomething (1987)
Tour of Duty (1987)
Liberty (1986)
F/X (1986)
Doubletake (1985)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
227 (1985)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
The Oscars (1953)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Our Friend, Martin
Wildwood
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Zero Day
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1958-08-16 (65 years old)
Birth NameAngela Evelyn Bassett
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SpouseCourtney B. Vance
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsΆντζελα Μπάσετ, アンジェラ・バセット, Angela Evelyn Bassett
AwardsCrystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Saturn Award
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