Angela Bassett
- Acting
- August 16, 1958 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Wildwood · The General (Voice)
- 9-1-1: Nashville · Executive producer
- Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special · Self
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · Erika Sloane
- Number One on the Call Sheet · Self, Executive producer
- Zero Day · President Evelyn Mitchell
- 9-1-1: Buzzkill · Athena Grant-Nash
- Doctor Odyssey · Athena Grant
- Inside the Dream: Mugler · Self
- Disney Legends Award Ceremony · Self
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Butterfly in the Sky · Self
- Damsel · Lady Bayford
- Queens · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett · Self
- Orion and the Dark · Sweet Dreams (Voice)
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X · Host
- Heist 88 · Executive producer
- MPower · Self
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · Decoy (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Self
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Ramonda
- Good Night Oppy · Self
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda · Self
- Wendell & Wild · Sister Helley (Voice)
- Sherri · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- TINA · Self
- What If...? · Queen Ramonda (Voice)
- Gunpowder Milkshake · Anna May
- Malika the Lion Queen · Self
- Marvel Studios Legends · Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Soul · Dorothea (Voice)
- Between the World and Me · Self
- 9-1-1: Lone Star · Sergeant Athena Grant, Executive producer
- Attorneys At Love · Narrator
- The Imagineering Story · Narrator (Voice)
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Otherhood · Carol Walker, Executive producer
- A Black Lady Sketch Show · Mo
- The Apollo · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Ramonda
- The Flood · Self
- Bumblebee · Shatter (Voice)
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout · Erika Sloane
- Red Table Talk · Self
- Black Panther · Ramonda
- 9-1-1 · Athena Grant, Executive producer
- Steve · Self
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People · Self
- The Snowy Day · Nana (Voice)
- BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration · Self
- Close to the Enemy · Eva
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony · Self
- London Has Fallen · Lynne Jacobs
- Chi-Raq · Miss Helen Worthy
- Master of None · Catherine
- Breakthrough · Director
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Survivor · Maureen Cranepaul
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle · Dr. Kulinda (Voice)
- Whitney · Director
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- White Bird in a Blizzard · Dr. Thaler
- BoJack Horseman · Ana Spanakopita (Voice)
- Trailblazer Honors · Self
- Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama · Self
- Black Nativity · Aretha Cobbs
- The Arsenio Hall Show · Self
- Olympus Has Fallen · Lynne Jacobs
- Betty and Coretta · Coretta Scott King
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars · Self
- Finding Your Roots · Self