Angela Bassett
Acting
Born: Aug 16, 1958
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023 | 6.273 |
| 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021 | 4.0 |
| Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011 | 5.182 |
| Notorious | Voletta Wallace | 2009 | 6.942 |
| Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2009 | 8.0 |
| Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008 | 4.7 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008 | 6.955 |
| Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008 | 6.7 |
| Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007 | 6.9 |
| Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | 2006 | 7.049 |
| The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004 | 5.588 |
| Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004 | 5.285 |
| Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | 2003 | 5.153 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | 5.188 | |
| The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002 | 7.113 |
| The Score | Diane | 2001 | 6.7 |
| Supernova | Kaela Evers | 2000 | 4.931 |
| Music of the Heart | Janet | 1999 | 6.7 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998 | 5.792 |
| Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997 | 7.4 |
| Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995 | 7.009 |
| Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine | 1995 | 6.259 |
| Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995 | 5.09 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina … | 1993 | 7.055 |
| Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992 | 7.55 |
| Critters 4 | Fran | 1992 | 5.019 |
| Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992 | 6.2 |
| Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992 | 6.918 |
| Boyz n the Hood | Reva Styles | 1991 | 7.619 |
| One Special Victory | Lois | 1991 | 8.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | New York City, … |