Angela Bassett
77 movies · 33 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 16, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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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.
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Known for
Angela Bassett: movies and TV shows
Acting (105)
- Upcoming Wildwood
as The General (voice)
- 2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Erika Sloane
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024 Damsel
as Lady Bayford
- 2024
- 2024 Orion and the Dark
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
- 2023
- 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Ramonda
- 2022 Wendell & Wild
as Sister Helley (voice)
- 2021
- 2021 Gunpowder Milkshake
as Anna May
- 2021
- 2020 Soul
as Dorothea (voice)
- 2020
- 2020 Attorneys At Love
as Narrator
- 2019
- 2019 Otherhood
as Carol Walker
- 2019
- 2019 Avengers: Endgame
as Ramonda
- 2018 Bumblebee
as Shatter (voice)
- 2018 Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Erika Sloane
- 2018 Black Panther
as Ramonda
- 2018
- 2016 The Snowy Day
as Nana (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 London Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
- 2015 Chi-Raq
as Miss Helen Worthy
- 2015
- 2015 Survivor
as Maureen Cranepaul
- 2015 Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
- 2014 White Bird in a Blizzard
as Dr. Thaler
- 2014
- 2013 Black Nativity
as Aretha Cobbs
- 2013 Olympus Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
- 2013 Betty and Coretta
as Coretta Scott King
- 2012 This Means War
as Collins
- 2011 American Horror Story · TV
as Desiree Dupree / Ramona Royale / Monet Tumissee / Marie Laveau · 59 episodes
- 2011 Green Lantern
as Dr. Amanda Waller
- 2011 Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Watson
- 2009 Notorious
as Voletta Wallace
- 2009 Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Nothing But the Truth
as Bonnie Benjamin
- 2008 Of Boys and Men
as Rieta Cole
- 2008 Meet the Browns
as Brenda Brown
- 2008 Gospel Hill
as Sarah Malcolm
- 2007 Meet the Robinsons
as Mildred (voice)
- 2006 Akeelah and the Bee
as Tanya Anderson
- 2006 Time Bomb
as Jill Greco
- 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004 Mr. 3000
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
- 2004 The Lazarus Child
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
- 2003 Masked and Anonymous
as Mistress
- 2003
- 2002 Sunshine State
as Desiree Perry
- 2002 The Rosa Parks Story
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
- 2001 Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Ruby Delacroix
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 The Score
as Diane
- 2000 Boesman and Lena
as Lena
- 2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Groove (voice)
- 2000 Supernova
as Kaela Evers
- 1999 Music of the Heart
as Janet
- 1999 Our Friend, Martin
as Miles' Mom (voice)
- 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Stella Payne
- 1997 Contact
as Rachel Constantine
- 1995 Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine
- 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn
as Detective Rita Veder
- 1995 Strange Days
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
- 1995 Panther
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
- 1994
- 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
- 1992 Passion Fish
as Rhonda / Dawn
- 1992 Malcolm X
as Betty Shabazz
- 1992
- 1992 Innocent Blood
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
- 1992 Critters 4
as Fran
- 1992
- 1991 One Special Victory
as Lois
- 1991 Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Willie
- 1991 The Heroes of Desert Storm
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
- 1991 City of Hope
as Reesha
- 1991 Boyz n the Hood
as Reva Styles
- 1991
- 1991 Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Allison
- 1991
- 1990 Kindergarten Cop
as Stewardess
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Carla Peters
- 1990 Challenger
as Cheryl McNair
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986 Liberty
as Linda Thornton
- 1986 F/X
as TV reporter
- 1985 Doubletake
as Prostitute at Headquarters
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
Behind the camera (12)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023 Heist 88
Executive Producer
- 2020
- 2019 Otherhood
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2015
- 2015 Whitney
Director
- 2011
- 2002 Our America
Executive Producer
- 2001 Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (50)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024 Disney Legends Award Ceremony
1 episode
- 2024 Hollywood Black
4 episodes
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 MPower
1 episode
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 Sherri
1 episode
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
2 episodes
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
4 episodes
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018 Red Table Talk
1 episode
- 2017 Steve
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
2 episodes
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Trailblazer Honors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
3 episodes
- 2014
- 2013 The Arsenio Hall Show
1 episode
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
1 episode
- 2012 Finding Your Roots
2 episodes
- 2012
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5 episodes
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2001
- 2001 Critics Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997 The View
5 episodes
- 1983 Reading Rainbow
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
6 episodes
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes