Angela Bassett
Acting
🎂 1958-08-16
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.
Cast credits(156)
Erika Sloane
2025
Michelle Obama (voice)
1989
Self
2014
Athena Grant
2018
Desiree Dupree
2011
Ramona Royale
2011
Monet Tumissee
2011
Marie Laveau
2011
Self
2019
Self - Guest
2009
Self - Guest
2022
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
2014
Sergeant Athena Grant
2020
Catherine Banfield
1994
Self
2015
Sara
1984
Self - Guest
2019
Queen Ramonda (voice)
2021
Erika Sloane
2018
Ramonda
2019
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Guest
2015
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
Ramonda
2022
Self
2015
Self
2003
Ramonda
2018
Self - Special Guest
2012
President Evelyn Mitchell
2025
1987
Angela Bassett
2001
Self
2012
Lt. Camilla Patterson
1987
1985
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Dorothea (voice)
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Lady Bayford
2024
Self
1953
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Dr. Amanda Waller
2011
Catherine
2015
1985
Athena Grant
2024
Lynne Jacobs
2013
Lynne Jacobs
2016
Shatter (voice)
2018
Mildred (voice)
2007
Sweet Dreams (voice)
2024
Rachel Constantine
1997
Linda Lake
1990
Decoy (voice)
2023
Self
2018
Maureen Cranepaul
2015
Self
2021
Collins
2012
Betty Shabazz
1992
Mo
2019
Reva Styles
1991
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
1995
Hayden Chase
2001
Diane
2001
Self
2025
Anna May
2021
Dr. Kaela Evers
2000
Narrator (voice)
2024
Miss Helen Worthy
2015
Tanya Anderson
2006
Stewardess
1990
TV reporter
1986
Self
2014
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
1993
Laura Hale
1989
Detective Rita Veder
1995
Voletta Wallace
2009
Bonnie Benjamin
2008
Janet
1999
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1991
Mrs. Watson
2011
Katherine Jackson
1992
Self
2025
Self
2023
Sister Helley (voice)
2022
Prostitute at Headquarters
1985
Dr. Thaler
2014
Bernadine
1995
Fran
1992
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
1992
Mistress
2003
Brenda Brown
2008
Self
2013
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
2015
Miles' Mom (voice)
1999
Eva
2016
Narrator (voice)
2009
Desiree Perry
2002
Groove (voice)
2000
Aretha Cobbs
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Carol Walker
2019
Dr. Betty Shabazz
1995
2014
Self - Presenter
2001
Narrator (voice)
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Lori
1990
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
2004
Self
2023
Self
2021
Reesha
1991
Nana (voice)
2016
Allison
1991
Jill Greco
2006
Stella Payne
1998
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
2002
Cheryl McNair
1990
Evelyn Wall
1992
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
2004
Self
2016
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
2012
Willie
1991
Self (voice)
2010
Self
2024
Self
2014
Self
2020
Self
2024
2003
Bev Andress
1990
Coretta Scott King
2013
1989
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Carla Peters
1990
Linda Thornton
1986
Rhonda / Dawn
1992
Pat
1991
Self
2016
Dr. Willie Burns
1991
Lena
2000
Narrator
2020
Sarah Malcolm
2008
Rieta Cole
2008
Lois
1991
Self
2024
Ruby Delacroix
2001
General (voice)
Herself
1998
Self
2022
Self
2019
Self
2017
Herself
2001
Host
2023
