Cast
Angela Bassett
Acting
Cast
Angela Bassett
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-08-16
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as 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.
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Ramonda
★7.2
MOVIE2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Erika Sloane
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Ramonda
★7.4
MOVIE2018
Black Panther
as Ramonda
★6.7
MOVIE2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
★8.1
MOVIE2020
Soul
as Dorothea (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Damsel
as Lady Bayford
★6.7
MOVIE2018
Bumblebee
as Shatter (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Erika Sloane
★7.4
MOVIE1997
Contact
as Rachel Constantine
★5.2
MOVIE2011
Green Lantern
as Dr. Amanda Waller
★6.9
MOVIE2007
Meet the Robinsons
as Mildred (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2016
London Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
★7.6
MOVIE1991
Boyz n the Hood
as Reva Styles
MOVIE2026
Wildwood
as General (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1995
Strange Days
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Orion and the Dark
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1992
Malcolm X
as Betty Shabazz
★6.2
MOVIE2012
This Means War
as Collins
★6.7
MOVIE2001
The Score
as Diane
★7.0
MOVIE2009
Notorious
as Voletta Wallace
★6.3
MOVIE2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
as Anna May
★6.1
MOVIE1990
Kindergarten Cop
as Stewardess
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Survivor
as Maureen Cranepaul
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine
★5.9
MOVIE2011
Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Watson
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Akeelah and the Bee
as Tanya Anderson
★7.1
MOVIE1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
★6.6
MOVIE1986
F/X
as TV reporter
★6.6
MOVIE2022
Wendell & Wild
as Sister Helley (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2008
Nothing but the Truth
as Bonnie Benjamin
★5.1
MOVIE1995
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Detective Rita Veder
★7.7
MOVIE2021
TINA
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1992
Innocent Blood
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
★6.2
MOVIE2014
White Bird in a Blizzard
as Dr. Thaler
★5.0
MOVIE2000
Supernova
as Kaela Evers
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Mistress
★5.8
MOVIE1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Stella Payne
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Passion Fish
as Rhonda / Dawn
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Ruby Delacroix
★7.1
MOVIE1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Miles' Mom (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1999
Music of the Heart
as Janet
★5.3
MOVIE2004
Mr. 3000
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
★6.7
MOVIE2008
Meet the Browns
as Brenda Brown
★6.1
MOVIE2019
Otherhood
as Carol Walker
★8.1
MOVIE2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2024
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)
★6.7
MOVIE1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Willie
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Boesman and Lena
as Lena
★5.0
MOVIE1992
Critters 4
as Fran
★6.8
MOVIE2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Groove (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Panther
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
★6.6
MOVIE1991
City of Hope
as Reesha
★7.6
MOVIE2022
Good Night Oppy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Challenger
as Cheryl McNair
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Sunshine State
as Desiree Perry
★7.9
MOVIE2020
Between the World and Me
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2013
Black Nativity
as Aretha Cobbs
★7.1
MOVIE2002
The Rosa Parks Story
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
★9.0
MOVIE2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE2017
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Chi-Raq
as Miss Helen Worthy
★6.3
MOVIE2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2021
Malika the Lion Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2020
Attorneys At Love
as Narrator
★4.7
MOVIE2008
Gospel Hill
as Sarah Malcolm
★5.6
MOVIE2004
The Lazarus Child
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
★7.5
MOVIE1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Carla Peters
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Betty and Coretta
as Coretta Scott King
★6.4
MOVIE2019
The Apollo
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1991
One Special Victory
as Lois
★8.0
MOVIE2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2001
Making "The Score"
as Herself
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Of Boys and Men
as Rieta Cole
★5.4
MOVIE2006
Time Bomb
as Jill Greco
★5.0
MOVIE1985
Doubletake
as Prostitute at Headquarters
MOVIE2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
★4.0
MOVIE1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
★4.6
MOVIE1991
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Allison
★6.9
MOVIE2018
The Flood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2025
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2016
The Snowy Day
as Nana (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
MOVIE2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
as Self
★2.7
MOVIE1990
In the Best Interest of the Child
as Lori
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Pat
★5.5
MOVIE2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1986
Liberty
as Linda Thornton
★4.5
MOVIE2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
as Host
★1.5
MOVIE2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self