
Cast
Angela Bassett
Acting
Cast
Angela Bassett
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-08-16
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as ÎΜÏζΔλα ÎÏÎŹÏΔÏ, ăąăłăžă§ă©ă»ăă»ăă, Angela Evelyn Bassett
Biography
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.

Avengers: Endgame
as Ramonda

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Erika Sloane

Black Panther
as Ramonda

Soul
as Dorothea (voice)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Ramonda

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Erika Sloane

Olympus Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs

Damsel
as Lady Bayford

Bumblebee
as Shatter (voice)

Contact
as Rachel Constantine

Survivor
as Maureen Cranepaul

Green Lantern
as Dr. Amanda Waller

Meet the Robinsons
as Mildred (voice)

London Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs

Boyz n the Hood
as Reva Styles

Malcolm X
as Betty Shabazz

The Score
as Diane

Supernova
as Kaela Evers

F/X
as TV reporter

Strange Days
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason

Orion and the Dark
as Sweet Dreams (voice)

This Means War
as Collins

Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine

Kindergarten Cop
as Stewardess

Notorious
as Voletta Wallace

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self

Gunpowder Milkshake
as Anna May

Wildwood
as General (voice)

Critters 4
as Fran

Akeelah and the Bee
as Tanya Anderson

Passion Fish
as Rhonda / Dawn

Wendell & Wild
as Sister Helley (voice)

Innocent Blood
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair

What's Love Got to Do with It
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

Chi-Raq
as Miss Helen Worthy

TINA
as Self

White Bird in a Blizzard
as Dr. Thaler

Nothing But the Truth
as Bonnie Benjamin

Otherhood
as Carol Walker

Music of the Heart
as Janet

Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Watson

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Stella Payne

Panther
as Dr. Betty Shabazz

Black Nativity
as Aretha Cobbs

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self

Vampire in Brooklyn
as Detective Rita Veder

Time Bomb
as Jill Greco

Our Friend, Martin
as Miles' Mom (voice)

Masked and Anonymous
as Mistress

City of Hope
as Reesha

Mr. 3000
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons

Meet the Browns
as Brenda Brown

Sunshine State
as Desiree Perry

Liberty
as Linda Thornton

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Narrator (voice)

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self

Good Night Oppy
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Groove (voice)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Carla Peters

Gospel Hill
as Sarah Malcolm

Challenger
as Cheryl McNair

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self

In the Best Interest of the Child
as Lori

Locked Up: A Motherâs Rage
as Willie

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self

Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Allison

Between the World and Me
as Self

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
as Self

Doubletake
as Prostitute at Headquarters

Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self

The Heroes of Desert Storm
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter

Betty and Coretta
as Coretta Scott King

The Snowy Day
as Nana (voice)

Of Boys and Men
as Rieta Cole

The Lazarus Child
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase

The Rosa Parks Story
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

One Special Victory
as Lois

Malika the Lion Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self

The Apollo
as Self

Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Ruby Delacroix

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Pat

Boesman and Lena
as Lena

Making "The Score"
as Herself

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

The Flood
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
as Host

Attorneys At Love
as Narrator

OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
as Self