Angela Bassett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 16, 1958
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Wildwood 2026
as The General (voice)
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special 2025
as Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025
as Erika Sloane
Inside the Dream: Mugler 2024
as Self
Butterfly in the Sky 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Damsel 2024
as Lady Bayford
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett 2024
as Self
Orion and the Dark 2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X 2023
as Host
Heist 88 2023
Executive Producer
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2023
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022
as Ramonda
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda 2022
as Self
Good Night Oppy 2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wendell & Wild 2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2021
as Self
TINA 2021
as Self
Gunpowder Milkshake 2021
as Anna May
Malika the Lion Queen 2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Soul 2020
as Dorothea (voice)
Between the World and Me 2020
as Self
Attorneys At Love 2020
as Narrator
Otherhood 2019
as Carol Walker, Executive Producer
Avengers: Endgame 2019
as Ramonda
The Apollo 2019
as Self
The Flood 2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bumblebee 2018
as Shatter (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018
as Erika Sloane
Black Panther 2018
as Ramonda
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People 2017
as Self
The Snowy Day 2016
as Nana (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration 2016
as Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony 2016
as Self
London Has Fallen 2016
as Lynne Jacobs
Chi-Raq 2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
Survivor 2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle 2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Whitney 2015
Director
White Bird in a Blizzard 2014
as Dr. Thaler
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 2014
as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama 2014
as Self
Black Nativity 2013
as Aretha Cobbs
Olympus Has Fallen 2013
as Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta 2013
as Coretta Scott King
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac 2012
as Self
This Means War 2012
as Collins
Green Lantern 2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom 2011
as Mrs. Watson
Notorious 2009
as Voletta Wallace
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy 2009
as Narrator (voice)
Nothing but the Truth 2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
Of Boys and Men 2008
as Rieta Cole
Meet the Browns 2008
as Brenda Brown
Gospel Hill 2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Meet the Robinsons 2007
as Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee 2006
as Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb 2006
as Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. 3000 2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
The Lazarus Child 2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Masked and Anonymous 2003
as Mistress
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Actor
Our America 2002
Executive Producer
Sunshine State 2002
as Desiree Perry
The Rosa Parks Story 2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Making "The Score" 2001
as Herself
Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2001
as Ruby Delacroix, Producer
The Score 2001
as Diane
Boesman and Lena 2000
as Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale 2000
as Groove (voice)
Supernova 2000
as Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart 1999
as Janet
Our Friend, Martin 1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998
as Stella Payne
Contact 1997
as Rachel Constantine
Waiting to Exhale 1995
as Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn 1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Strange Days 1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Panther 1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
What's Love Got to Do with It 1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Passion Fish 1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
Malcolm X 1992
as Betty Shabazz
Innocent Blood 1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Critters 4 1992
as Fran
One Special Victory 1991
as Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage 1991
as Willie
City of Hope 1991
as Reesha
The Heroes of Desert Storm 1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
Boyz n the Hood 1991
as Reva Styles
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor 1991
as Allison
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story 1991
as Pat
Kindergarten Cop 1990
as Stewardess
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer 1990
as Carla Peters
In the Best Interest of the Child 1990
as Lori
Challenger 1990
as Cheryl McNair
Liberty 1986
as Linda Thornton
F/X 1986
as TV reporter
Doubletake 1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
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