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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Acting (96 movies)
Strange Days
1995
Meet the Robinsons
2007
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Contact
1997
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
Malcolm X
1992
Supernova
2000
Gospel Hill
2008
The Score
2001
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Music of the Heart
1999
Critters 4
1992
Innocent Blood
1992
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
One Special Victory
1991
Notorious
2009
Passion Fish
1992
Nothing But the Truth
2008
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Green Lantern
2011
The Lazarus Child
2004
Mr. 3000
2004
Meet the Browns
2008
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Sunshine State
2002
Jumping the Broom
2011
This Means War
2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
Wendell & Wild
2022
Panther
1995
Boesman and Lena
2000
Damsel
2024
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Betty and Coretta
2013
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Black Nativity
2013
Liberty
1986
Of Boys and Men
2008
Doubletake
1985
F/X
1986
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
London Has Fallen
2016
Orion and the Dark
2024
Good Night Oppy
2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Survivor
2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
Chi-Raq
2015
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Black Panther
2018
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
The Snowy Day
2016
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Kindergarten Cop
1990
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
Challenger
1990
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
City of Hope
1991
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
Otherhood
2019
Time Bomb
2006
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
Bumblebee
2018
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
The Flood
2018
Attorneys At Love
2020
The Apollo
2019
Avengers: Endgame
2019
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Between the World and Me
2020
Soul
2020
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
TINA
2021
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
Making "The Score"
2001
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby's Bucket of Blood | 2001 | Producer |
| Our America | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Otherhood | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Heist 88 | 2023 | Executive Producer |