Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
She 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. This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992), as the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious (2009), and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern (2011).
Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). She has 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 a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, she 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 21.988 |
| Birthday | 1958-08-16 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Άντζελα Μπάσετ, アンジェラ・バセット, Angela Evelyn Bassett, 安琪拉·貝瑟, 安吉拉·巴塞特, |
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Strange Days
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Boyz n the Hood
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Malcolm X
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Supernova
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2008
Gospel Hill
4.7/21
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The Score
6.7/1634
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Waiting to Exhale
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Music of the Heart
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Notorious
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Passion Fish
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Nothing But the Truth
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Green Lantern
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Mr. 3000
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Meet the Browns
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7.2/34
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Sunshine State
6.3/36
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Jumping the Broom
5.9/204
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6.184/3366
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Wendell & Wild
6.7/319
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Panther
6.216/37
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6.5/2
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7.055/2219
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Olympus Has Fallen
6.401/6556
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2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
6.1/9
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Betty and Coretta
7.2/11
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Our Friend, Martin
7.4/12
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Black Nativity
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Liberty
0/0
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Of Boys and Men
7.7/6
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Doubletake
5.2/5
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F/X
6.563/430
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
4.5/2
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In the Best Interest of the Child
1.5/2
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2016
London Has Fallen
6.205/4676
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6.6/505
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Good Night Oppy
7.6/70
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
4.9/7
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2015
Survivor
5.7/1009
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
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Chi-Raq
5.8/203
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2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
7/2
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2024
Butterfly in the Sky
7.8/5
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Black Panther
7.381/22197
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0/0
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7/10
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The Heroes of Desert Storm
2.5/2
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
7.3/6
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Kindergarten Cop
6.11/2482
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
7.4/8218
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Challenger
6.2/5
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
1/1
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
0/0
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City of Hope
6.7/33
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
9/3
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6.2/450
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Time Bomb
5.5/10
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2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
7.1/6538
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
5.5/1
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Bumblebee
6.7/6110
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Gunpowder Milkshake
6.328/1006
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The Flood
5.7/6
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Attorneys At Love
0/0
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The Apollo
6.4/17
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Avengers: Endgame
8.247/25723
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
0/0
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1.5/1
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7.9/7
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Soul
8.1/10466
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
6.688/10373
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TINA
7.7/67
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Malika the Lion Queen
5/1
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3.5/4
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8.5/2
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White Bird in a Blizzard
6.172/723
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