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Angela Bassett

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1958-08-16

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

2022

4.9

Movie
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2021

7.0

Movie
poster

227

1985

6.7

TV
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9-1-1

2018

8.2

TV
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9-1-1: Lone Star

2020

8.1

TV
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A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019

7.4

TV
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A Man Called Hawk

1989

6.6

TV
poster

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

1998

9.2

TV
Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

2006

7.1

Movie
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Alias

2001

6.7

TV
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American Horror Story

2011

8.1

TV
Attorneys At Love

Attorneys At Love

2020

0.0

Movie
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

2017

1.0

Movie
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

8.2

Movie
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

2016

9.0

Movie
Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta

2013

7.2

Movie
Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

2020

7.9

Movie
Black Nativity

Black Nativity

2013

5.1

Movie
Black Panther

Black Panther

2018

7.4

Movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

7.1

Movie
Boesman and Lena

Boesman and Lena

2000

6.5

Movie
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BoJack Horseman

2014

8.6

TV
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991

7.6

Movie
Bumblebee

Bumblebee

2018

6.7

Movie
Butterfly in the Sky

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

7.8

Movie
Challenger

Challenger

1990

6.2

Movie
Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq

2015

5.8

Movie
City of Hope

City of Hope

1991

6.7

Movie
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Close to the Enemy

2016

5.3

TV
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

5.7

TV
Contact

Contact

1997

7.4

Movie
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Critics Choice Awards

2001

5.5

TV
Critters 4

Critters 4

1992

5.0

Movie
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

2015

6.8

Movie
Damsel

Damsel

2024

7.1

Movie
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024

0.0

Movie
Doubletake

Doubletake

1985

5.2

Movie
poster

ER

1994

7.8

TV
F/X

F/X

1986

6.6

Movie
poster

Family of Spies

1990

5.8

TV
poster

Finding Your Roots

2012

6.2

TV
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

1991

3.5

Movie
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

2010

7.0

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
Good Night Oppy

Good Night Oppy

2022

7.6

Movie
Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill

2008

4.7

Movie
Green Lantern

Green Lantern

2011

5.2

Movie
Gunpowder Milkshake

Gunpowder Milkshake

2021

6.3

Movie
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

5.9

Movie
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

2012

8.0

Movie
In the Best Interest of the Child

In the Best Interest of the Child

1990

1.5

Movie
Innocent Blood

Innocent Blood

1992

6.1

Movie
Inside The Dream: Mugler

Inside The Dream: Mugler

2024

8.5

Movie
Jumping the Broom

Jumping the Broom

2011

5.9

Movie
Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop

1990

6.1

Movie
Liberty

Liberty

1986

0.0

Movie
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014

1.5

Movie
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

1991

0.0

Movie
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

1991

0.0

Movie
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

2016

6.2

Movie
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992

7.5

Movie
Malika the Lion Queen

Malika the Lion Queen

2021

5.0

Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2023

6.8

Movie
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Marvel Studios Legends

2021

7.4

TV
Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

2003

5.2

Movie
poster

Master of None

2015

7.4

TV
Meet the Browns

Meet the Browns

2008

6.7

Movie
Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

2007

6.9

Movie
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018

7.4

Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

MPower

2023

7.0

TV
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005

6.7

Movie
Mr. 3000

Mr. 3000

2004

5.3

Movie
Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

1999

6.7

Movie
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

2016

5.5

Movie
poster

Nightmare Cafe

1992

5.4

TV
Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

2008

6.9

Movie
Notorious

Notorious

2009

6.9

Movie
Of Boys and Men

Of Boys and Men

2008

7.7

Movie
Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

6.4

Movie
One Special Victory

One Special Victory

1991

0.0

Movie
Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark

2024

6.6

Movie
Otherhood

Otherhood

2019

6.2

Movie
Our Friend, Martin

Our Friend, Martin

1999

7.4

Movie
Panther

Panther

1995

6.2

Movie
Passion Fish

Passion Fish

1992

6.7

Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

1990

7.3

Movie
poster

Queens

2024

7.9

TV
poster

Reading Rainbow

1983

8.4

TV
poster

Red Table Talk

2018

6.4

TV
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

2001

6.1

Movie
poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

7.4

TV
poster

Sherri

2022

4.2

TV
poster

Snoops

1989

5.0

TV
Soul

Soul

2020

8.1

Movie
poster

Spenser: For Hire

1985

6.6

TV
poster

Stat

1991

5.0

TV
Strange Days

Strange Days

1995

7.0

Movie
Sunshine State

Sunshine State

2002

6.3

Movie
Supernova

Supernova

2000

4.9

Movie
Survivor

Survivor

2015

5.7

Movie
poster

Tamron Hall

2019

5.1

TV
The Apollo

The Apollo

2019

6.4

Movie
poster

The Arsenio Hall Show

2013

5.7

TV
poster

The Bernie Mac Show

2001

6.3

TV
poster

The Cosby Show

1984

7.0

TV
poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
poster

The Flash

1990

7.4

TV
The Flood

The Flood

2018

5.7

Movie
The Heroes of Desert Storm

The Heroes of Desert Storm

1991

2.5

Movie
poster

The Imagineering Story

2019

8.2

TV
poster

The Jacksons: An American Dream

1992

6.6

TV
poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

6.2

TV
poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

5.4

TV
The Lazarus Child

The Lazarus Child

2004

5.6

Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

2023

4.5

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story

2002

7.2

Movie
The Score

The Score

2001

6.7

Movie
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

2016

7.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
poster

thirtysomething

1987

6.3

TV
This Means War

This Means War

2012

6.2

Movie
Time Bomb

Time Bomb

2006

5.5

Movie
TINA

TINA

2021

7.7

Movie
poster

Tour of Duty

1987

8.0

TV
poster

Trailblazer Honors

2014

7.5

TV
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

5.9

Movie
Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

1995

5.1

Movie
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995

6.2

Movie
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

2014

0.0

Movie
Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

2022

6.7

Movie
poster

What If...?

2021

8.1

TV
What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

7.1

Movie
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

2000

5.5

Movie
White Bird in a Blizzard

White Bird in a Blizzard

2014

6.2

Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009

8.0

Movie
Wildwood

Wildwood

0.0

Movie
poster

Zero Day

2025

0.0

TV