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person_profile-Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett Age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Angela Bassett

Date of Birth:

Aug 16, 1958

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

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.

    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. 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, 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 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, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.

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Angela Bassett

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Filmography of

Angela Bassett

Found 0 Movies in total

... 1953 - 2024

... 2011 - 2023

... 2020 - 2023

9-1-1

Athena Grant ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2018 - 2023

... 2021

... 2015 - 2021

... 2014 - 2020

Close to the Enemy

Eva ( Actor )

... 2016

ER

Catherine Banfield ( Actor )

... 1994 - 2009

... 1985 - 2001

... 1987 - 2001

The Jacksons: An American Dream

Katherine Jackson ( Actor )

... 1992

Equal Justice

Janet Fields ( Actor )

... 1990 - 1991

Stat

Dr. Willie Burns ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1985 - 1990

... 1987 - 1990

Family of Spies

Bev Andress ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989