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Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett, born August 16, 1958, is an American actress revered for her powerful performances in film and television since the 1980s, with a considerable catalogue of accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Also, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards. As recognition of her influence and contributions to the industry, Time magazine honored her as one of the 100 most influential people globally in 2023, and she also received an Academy Honorary Award.
Bassett gained prominence for her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), earning a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her success continued with roles 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). She subsequently took on supporting roles in dramas and action films like Notorious (2009), Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she played Queen Ramonda in Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). She won another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Bassett's television career includes portraying Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Her role as Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002) earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the horror anthology series American Horror Story secured Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. Since 2018, she has been producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Angela Evelyn Bassett
Born: New York City, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 16, 1958
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1977–present
Children: 2
Spouses: Courtney B. Vance
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Awards and Nominations Received by Angela Bassett
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture (Supporting Actress)
Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Actress)
What's Love Got to Do with ItMovies Featuring Angela Bassett
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther
Soul
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Wendell & Wild
Gunpowder Milkshake
Otherhood
The Apollo
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Tina
Bumblebee
Akeelah and the Bee
Sunshine State
Chi-Raq
Malcolm X
White Bird in a Blizzard
Strange Days
London Has Fallen
Boesman and Lena
Black Nativity
Mr 3000
Vampire in Brooklyn
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Olympus Has Fallen
Critters 4
Meet the Browns
Orion and the Dark
Damsel
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots
Betty and Coretta
Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
The Snowy Day
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Close to the Enemy
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
The Imagineering Story
I Ain’t Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
The Lazarus Child
Ruby’s Bucket of Blood
Time Bomb
In the Best Interest of the Child
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Family of Spies
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Challenger
City of Hope
Attorneys At Love
Between the World and Me
Malika the Lion Queen
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Waiting to Exhale
Passion Fish
Gospel Hill
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Panther
Our Friend, Martin
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery
Inside the Dream: Mugler
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Career Timeline
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2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Self
2023
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Host
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda
Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Ramonda
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Erika Sloane
Bumblebee
2016
London Has Fallen
The Snowy Day
Nana (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
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