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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Wildwood (2026)
as The General (voice)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Ramonda
Contact (1997)
as Rachel Constantine
Black Panther (2018)
as Ramonda
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
as Erika Sloane
Soul (2020)
as Dorothea (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
as Ramonda
The Score (2001)
as Diane
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Lynne Jacobs
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
as Erika Sloane
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Strange Days (1995)
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Damsel (2024)
as Lady Bayford
Green Lantern (2011)
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Bumblebee (2018)
as Shatter (voice)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
as Mildred (voice)
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Lynne Jacobs
Survivor (2015)
as Maureen Cranepaul
Orion and the Dark (2024)
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
as Reva Styles
This Means War (2012)
as Collins
Wendell & Wild (2022)
as Sister Helley (voice)
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
as Anna May
Malcolm X (1992)
as Betty Shabazz
Panther (1995)
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023)
as Self
F/X (1986)
as TV reporter
Passion Fish (1992)
as Rhonda / Dawn
TINA (2021)
as Self
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
as Tanya Anderson
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
as Stewardess
Jumping the Broom (2011)
as Mrs. Watson
Supernova (2000)
as Kaela Evers
Nothing But the Truth (2008)
as Bonnie Benjamin
Otherhood (2019)
as Carol Walker
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
as Dr. Thaler
Innocent Blood (1992)
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Notorious (2009)
as Voletta Wallace
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Mistress
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
as Detective Rita Veder
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
as Bernadine
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
as Stella Payne
The Flood (2018)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Good Night Oppy (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Critters 4 (1992)
as Fran
Boesman and Lena (2000)
as Lena
Mr. 3000 (2004)
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Making "The Score" (2001)
as Herself
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
as Ruby Delacroix
Music of the Heart (1999)
as Janet
Malika the Lion Queen (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
as Self
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
as Groove (voice)
Chi-Raq (2015)
as Miss Helen Worthy
Attorneys At Love (2020)
as Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
as Carla Peters
The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Meet the Browns (2008)
as Brenda Brown
Between the World and Me (2020)
as Self
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
as Allison
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Black Nativity (2013)
as Aretha Cobbs
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Actor
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012)
as Self
One Special Victory (1991)
as Lois
City of Hope (1991)
as Reesha
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991)
as Willie
Challenger (1990)
as Cheryl McNair
The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
The Apollo (2019)
as Self
In the Best Interest of the Child (1990)
as Lori
Time Bomb (2006)
as Jill Greco
Doubletake (1985)
as Prostitute at Headquarters
Liberty (1986)
as Linda Thornton
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
as Self
Sunshine State (2002)
as Desiree Perry
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
as Self
The Snowy Day (2016)
as Nana (voice)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014)
as Self
Of Boys and Men (2008)
as Rieta Cole
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991)
as Pat
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special (2025)
as Self
Inside the Dream: Mugler (2024)
as Self
The Lazarus Child (2004)
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016)
as Self
Gospel Hill (2008)
as Sarah Malcolm
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony (2016)
as Self
Betty and Coretta (2013)
as Coretta Scott King
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2023)
as Host
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
as Self
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett (2024)
as Self