9.5
9.5
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
as Self
Angela Bassett
Also known as: Angela Evelyn Bassett
Acting
Born:August 16, 1958(age 68)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Grace Hopper College, Boca Ciega High School, Yale University, Yale School of Drama
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CommunityBiography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Works
What's Love Got to Do with ItHow Stella Got Her Groove Back9-1-1
Filmography (95 movies)
9.0
9.0
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
8.2
8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
8.1
8.1
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
as Self
8.1
8.1
Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
8.0
8.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
8.0
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
7.9
7.9
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
7.8
7.8
TINA
2021
as Self
7.7
7.7
Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
7.6
7.6
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Styles
7.5
7.5
Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
7.5
7.5
Good Night Oppy
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
7.4
7.4
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
7.4
7.4
Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
7.3
7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
7.2
7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
7.2
7.2
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Erika Sloane
7.1
7.1
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
7.1
7.1
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
7.0
7.0
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
7.0
7.0
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
7.0
7.0
Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
7.0
7.0
The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana (voice)
7.0
7.0
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
7.0
7.0
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
as Self (voice)
7.0
7.0
Our America
2002
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
6.9
6.9
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
6.9
6.9
Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
6.9
6.9
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
6.9
6.9
Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
6.9
6.9
Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
6.7
6.7
Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
6.7
6.7
Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
6.7
6.7
Heist 88
2023
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
The Score
2001
as Diane
6.7
6.7
The Flood
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
6.6
6.6
Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
6.6
6.6
City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
6.6
6.6
F/X
1986
as TV reporter
6.5
6.5
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Apollo
2019
as Self
6.4
6.4
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
6.4
6.4
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
6.3
6.3
Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
6.3
6.3
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
6.3
6.3
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
6.2
6.2
London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
6.2
6.2
Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
6.2
6.2
Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
6.2
6.2
This Means War
2012
as Collins
6.2
6.2
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
6.2
6.2
Otherhood
2019
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
6.0
6.0
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
5.9
5.9
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
5.8
5.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
5.8
5.8
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
5.7
5.7
Whitney
2015
Director
5.7
5.7
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Producer
5.7
5.7
Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
5.7
5.7
Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
5.5
5.5
Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
5.5
5.5
The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
5.5
5.5
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
as Self
5.3
5.3
Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
5.2
5.2
Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
5.1
5.1
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
5.0
5.0
Critters 4
1992
as Fran
5.0
5.0
Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
5.0
5.0
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
5.0
5.0
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
5.0
5.0
Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
5.0
5.0
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
4.9
4.9
Supernova
2000
as Dr. Kaela Evers
4.8
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
4.7
4.7
Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
4.5
4.5
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
as Host
3.7
3.7
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
3.5
3.5
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
2.5
2.5
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1.5
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
1.2
1.2
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
1.0
1.0
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
as Self
Wildwood
TBA
as General (voice)
One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
as Self
Making "The Score"
2001
as Herself
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
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