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Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Acting

August 16, 1958 (67 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
Female
101 Movies
71 TV Shows

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.

9-1-1
9-1-1

9-1-1

2018 8.2

as Athena Grant

Age 59 (now 67)
142 eps
9-1-1
9-1-1

9-1-1

2018 8.2

Executive Producer

Age 59 (now 67)
132 eps
9-1-1: Lone Star
9-1-1: Lone Star

9-1-1: Lone Star

2020 8.0

Executive Producer

Age 61 (now 67)
72 eps
Malcolm X
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992 7.6

as Betty Shabazz

Age 34 (now 67)
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

2016 6.2

as Lynne Jacobs

Age 57 (now 67)
Strange Days
Strange Days

Strange Days

1995 7.0

as Lornette 'Mace' Mason

Age 37 (now 67)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022 7.0

as Ramonda

Age 64 (now 67)
What's Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993 7.0

as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

Age 34 (now 67)
American Horror Story
American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011 8.1

as Desiree Dupree

Age 53 (now 67)
13 eps
Otherhood
Otherhood

Otherhood

2019 6.2

as Carol Walker

Age 60 (now 67)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018 7.5

as Erika Sloane

Age 59 (now 67)
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

1995 5.1

as Detective Rita Veder

Age 37 (now 67)
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991 7.6

as Reva Styles

Age 32 (now 67)
American Horror Story
American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011 8.1

as Ramona Royale

Age 53 (now 67)
12 eps
The Score
The Score

The Score

2001 6.7

as Diane

Age 42 (now 67)
American Horror Story
American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011 8.1

as Marie Laveau

Age 53 (now 67)
11 eps