Angela Bassett
Acting
🎂 1958-08-16
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.
Cast credits(155)
Self
2015
Self
2019
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Michelle Obama (voice)
1989
Self - Guest
2022
Self - Special Guest
2012
Self - Guest
2015
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
Athena Grant
2018
Erika Sloane
2025
Self - Guest
2019
Desiree Dupree
2011
Ramona Royale
2011
Monet Tumissee
2011
Marie Laveau
2011
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
2014
Self
2003
Sara
1984
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Self
2013
Catherine
2015
1985
Queen Ramonda (voice)
2021
Self
2015
Catherine Banfield
1994
Sergeant Athena Grant
2020
Self
2014
Angela Bassett
2001
President Evelyn Mitchell
2025
Self
2012
Decoy (voice)
2023
Mo
2019
Lt. Camilla Patterson
1987
Self
1953
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Linda Lake
1990
1987
Self
2025
Athena Grant
2024
1985
Erika Sloane
2018
Herself - Narrator (voice)
1983
Ramonda
2019
Narrator (voice)
2019
Laura Hale
1989
Narrator (voice)
2024
Ramonda
2022
Bev Andress
1990
Self
2018
Self
2014
Ramonda
2018
Self
2023
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Lady Bayford
2024
Katherine Jackson
1992
Eva
2016
Dorothea (voice)
2020
Rachel Constantine
1997
Herself
1998
Shatter (voice)
2018
Self - Presenter
2001
Hayden Chase
2001
Lynne Jacobs
2013
Sweet Dreams (voice)
2024
Evelyn Wall
1992
Mildred (voice)
2007
Lynne Jacobs
2016
1989
Dr. Amanda Waller
2011
Self
2021
Reva Styles
1991
Maureen Cranepaul
2015
Dr. Willie Burns
1991
Betty Shabazz
1992
Diane
2001
Collins
2012
Sister Helley (voice)
2022
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
1995
Voletta Wallace
2009
Anna May
2021
Tanya Anderson
2006
Stewardess
1990
TV reporter
1986
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
1993
Self
2023
Dr. Kaela Evers
2000
Bernadine
1995
Miss Helen Worthy
2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
1992
Bonnie Benjamin
2008
Detective Rita Veder
1995
Self
2021
Mistress
2003
Mrs. Watson
2011
Carol Walker
2019
Dr. Thaler
2014
Janet
1999
Fran
1992
Stella Payne
1998
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
2004
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
2015
Brenda Brown
2008
Aretha Cobbs
2013
2003
Groove (voice)
2000
Willie
1991
Prostitute at Headquarters
1985
Desiree Perry
2002
Rhonda / Dawn
1992
Dr. Betty Shabazz
1995
Reesha
1991
Self
2019
Self
2012
Narrator (voice)
2009
Miles' Mom (voice)
1999
Jill Greco
2006
Self (archive footage)
2024
Nana (voice)
2016
Narrator
2018
Cheryl McNair
1990
General (voice)
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1991
Self
2022
Self
2016
Linda Thornton
1986
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
2004
Self
2024
Lois
1991
Carla Peters
1990
Allison
1991
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
2002
Self
2014
Self
2024
Self
2020
Self
2016
Sarah Malcolm
2008
Lori
1990
Ruby Delacroix
2001
Host
2023
Coretta Scott King
2013
Self
2025
Pat
1991
Lena
2000
2014
Narrator
2020
Self
2017
Self
2024
Rieta Cole
2008
Self (voice)
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Herself
2001
