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