Angela Bassett
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.
Born: 16 August 1958
Played In
Wildwood
General (voice)
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Zero Day
President Evelyn Mitchell
Doctor Odyssey
Athena Grant
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
Damsel
Lady Bayford
Queens
Narrator (voice)
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Self
Orion and the Dark
Sweet Dreams (voice)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Host
MPower
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Decoy (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda
Good Night Oppy
Self - Narrator (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley (voice)
Sherri
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
TINA
Self
What If...?
Queen Ramonda (voice)
Gunpowder Milkshake
Anna May
Malika the Lion Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soul
Dorothea (voice)
Between the World and Me
Self
9-1-1: Lone Star
Sergeant Athena Grant
Attorneys At Love
Narrator
The Imagineering Story
Narrator (voice)
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
Otherhood
Carol Walker
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Mo
The Apollo
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Ramonda
The Flood
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bumblebee
Shatter (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Erika Sloane
Red Table Talk
Self
Black Panther
Ramonda
9-1-1
Athena Grant
Steve
Self
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
The Snowy Day
Nana (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
Close to the Enemy
Eva
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
London Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
Chi-Raq
Miss Helen Worthy
Master of None
Catherine
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Survivor
Maureen Cranepaul
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
White Bird in a Blizzard
Dr. Thaler
BoJack Horseman
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
Trailblazer Honors
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Black Nativity
Aretha Cobbs
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self
Olympus Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest
Finding Your Roots
Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self
This Means War
Collins
American Horror Story
Desiree Dupree
American Horror Story
Ramona Royale
American Horror Story
Monet Tumissee
American Horror Story
Marie Laveau
Green Lantern
Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Watson
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Notorious
Voletta Wallace
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Narrator (voice)
Nothing But the Truth
Bonnie Benjamin
Of Boys and Men
Rieta Cole
Meet the Browns
Brenda Brown
Gospel Hill
Sarah Malcolm
Meet the Robinsons
Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb
Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. 3000
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
The Lazarus Child
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Masked and Anonymous
Mistress
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Sunshine State
Desiree Perry
The Rosa Parks Story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Making "The Score"
Herself
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Ruby Delacroix
The Bernie Mac Show
Angela Bassett
Alias
Hayden Chase
The Score
Diane
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
Boesman and Lena
Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Groove (voice)
Supernova
Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart
Janet
Our Friend, Martin
Miles' Mom (voice)
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Herself
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella Payne
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Contact
Rachel Constantine
Waiting to Exhale
Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder
Strange Days
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Panther
Dr. Betty Shabazz
ER
Catherine Banfield
What's Love Got to Do with It
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Passion Fish
Rhonda / Dawn
Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Katherine Jackson
Innocent Blood
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Critters 4
Fran
Nightmare Cafe
Evelyn Wall
One Special Victory
Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Willie
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
City of Hope
Reesha
Boyz n the Hood
Reva Styles
Stat
Dr. Willie Burns
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Allison
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Pat
Kindergarten Cop
Stewardess
The Flash
Linda Lake
In the Best Interest of the Child
Lori
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Carla Peters
Challenger
Cheryl McNair
Family of Spies
Bev Andress
The Simpsons
Michelle Obama (voice)
Snoops
Laura Hale
Alien Nation
Renee Longstreet
A Man Called Hawk
thirtysomething
Tour of Duty
Lt. Camilla Patterson
Liberty
Linda Thornton
F/X
TV reporter
Doubletake
Prostitute at Headquarters
Spenser: For Hire
227
The Cosby Show
Sara
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
Self
The Emmy Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee