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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…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Wildwood
as The General (voice)
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Erika Sloane
Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)
Damsel
as Lady Bayford
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
as Self
Orion and the Dark
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
as Host
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Ramonda
Good Night Oppy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
Wendell & Wild
as Sister Helley (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
TINA
as Self
Gunpowder Milkshake
as Anna May
Malika the Lion Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Soul
as Dorothea (voice)
Between the World and Me
as Self
Attorneys At Love
as Narrator
Otherhood
as Carol Walker
Avengers: Endgame
as Ramonda
The Apollo
as Self
The Flood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bumblebee
as Shatter (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Erika Sloane
Black Panther
as Ramonda
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self
The Snowy Day
as Nana (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
as Self
London Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
Chi-Raq
as Miss Helen Worthy
Survivor
as Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
White Bird in a Blizzard
as Dr. Thaler
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as Self
Black Nativity
as Aretha Cobbs
Olympus Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta
as Coretta Scott King
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
This Means War
as Collins
Green Lantern
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Watson
Notorious
as Voletta Wallace
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
Nothing But the Truth
as Bonnie Benjamin
Of Boys and Men
as Rieta Cole
Meet the Browns
as Brenda Brown
Gospel Hill
as Sarah Malcolm
Meet the Robinsons
as Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
as Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb
as Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. 3000
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
The Lazarus Child
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Masked and Anonymous
as Mistress
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Sunshine State
as Desiree Perry
The Rosa Parks Story
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Making "The Score"
as Herself
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Ruby Delacroix
The Score
as Diane
Boesman and Lena
as Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Groove (voice)
Supernova
as Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart
as Janet
Our Friend, Martin
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Stella Payne
Contact
as Rachel Constantine
Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Detective Rita Veder
Strange Days
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Panther
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Passion Fish
as Rhonda / Dawn
Malcolm X
as Betty Shabazz
Innocent Blood
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Critters 4
as Fran
One Special Victory
as Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Willie
City of Hope
as Reesha
The Heroes of Desert Storm
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
Boyz n the Hood
as Reva Styles
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Allison
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Pat
Kindergarten Cop
as Stewardess
In the Best Interest of the Child
as Lori
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Carla Peters
Challenger
as Cheryl McNair
Liberty
as Linda Thornton
F/X
as TV reporter
Doubletake
as Prostitute at Headquarters