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  • BIRTH 16/08/1958
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 35
  • MOVIES 59
  • DIRECTOR 2
  • PRODUCTION 2

Angela Bassett

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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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Angela Bassett

Shows (35)

Zero Day
Zero Day
President Evelyn Mitchell
What If…?
What If…?
Queen Ramonda (voice)
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Michelle Obama (voice)
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
Desiree Dupree / Marie Laveau / Monet Tumissee / Ramona Royale
9-1-1
9-1-1
Athena Grant
9-1-1: Lone Star
9-1-1: Lone Star
Sergeant Athena Grant
Alias
Alias
Hayden Chase
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
ER
ER
Catherine Banfield
Master of None
Master of None
Catherine
Marvel Studios: Legends
Marvel Studios: Legends
Ramonda (archive footage)
The Imagineering Story
The Imagineering Story
Narrator
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Decoy (voice)
The Flash
The Flash
Linda Lake
Queens (2024)
Queens (2024)
Narrator (voice)
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
Sara
Tour of Duty
Tour of Duty
Lt. Camilla Patterson
The View
The View
Self / Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
Self
MPower
MPower
Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Mo
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Jacksons: An American Dream
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Katherine Jackson
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Close to the Enemy
Close to the Enemy
Eva
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Red Table Talk
Red Table Talk
Self
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self
Nightmare Cafe
Nightmare Cafe
Evelyn Wall

Movies (59)

Damsel
Damsel
Lady Bayford
Orion and the Dark
Orion and the Dark
Sweet Dreams (voice)
Soul
Soul
Dorothea (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda
Black Panther
Black Panther
Ramonda
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Erika Sloane
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
Olympus Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
Green Lantern
Green Lantern
Dr. Amanda Waller
Contact
Contact
Rachel Constantine
Meet the Robinsons
Meet the Robinsons
Mildred (voice)
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz
This Means War
This Means War
Collins
Gunpowder Milkshake
Gunpowder Milkshake
Anna May
Strange Days
Strange Days
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood
Reva Styles
The Score
The Score
Diane
Wendell & Wild
Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley (voice)
Survivor
Survivor
Maureen Cranepaul
Notorious
Notorious
Voletta Wallace
Otherhood
Otherhood
Carol Walker
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of…
Self
What's Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got to Do with It
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth
Bonnie Benjamin
Supernova
Supernova
Dr. Kaela Evers
White Bird in a Blizzard
White Bird in a Blizzard
Dr. Thaler
Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah and the Bee
Tanya Anderson
F/X
F/X
TV reporter
Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq
Miss Helen Worthy
Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
Janet
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale
Bernadine
Good Night Oppy
Good Night Oppy
Self - Narrator (voice)
TINA
TINA
Self
Critters 4
Critters 4
Fran
Jumping the Broom
Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Watson
Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Wildwood
Wildwood
(voice)
The Rosa Parks Story
The Rosa Parks Story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella Payne
Meet the Browns
Meet the Browns
Brenda Brown
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Groove (voice)
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
Mistress
The Apollo
The Apollo
Self
Boesman and Lena
Boesman and Lena
Lena
Challenger
Challenger
Cheryl McNair
Black Nativity
Black Nativity
Aretha Cobbs
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Gospel Hill
Gospel Hill
Sarah Malcolm
Passion Fish
Passion Fish
Rhonda / Dawn
The Flood
The Flood
Narrator
Panther
Panther
Dr. Betty Shabazz
Sunshine State
Sunshine State
Desiree Perry
Mr. 3000
Mr. 3000
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
City of Hope
City of Hope
Reesha
The Lazarus Child
The Lazarus Child
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King
The Snowy Day
The Snowy Day
Nana (voice)

Director (2)

American Horror Story
American Horror Story
(2 episodes)
Whitney
Whitney

Production (2)

Heist 88
Heist 88
Otherhood
Otherhood