Actress Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett
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Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angela Bassett licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA New York City, New York, USA
Date of birth
16th August 1958
Movies that starred Angela Bassett (29 in total)
Orion and the Dark poster

Orion and the Dark [2024]

Sweet Dreams (voice)
Damsel poster

Damsel [2024]

Lady Bayford
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [2022]

Ramonda
Gunpowder Milkshake poster

Gunpowder Milkshake [2021]

Anna May
Soul poster

Soul [2020]

Dorothea (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout poster

Mission: Impossible - Fallout [2018]

Erika Sloane
Black Panther poster

Black Panther [2018]

Ramonda
London Has Fallen poster

London Has Fallen [2016]

Lynne Jacobs
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony poster

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony [2016]

Self
Survivor poster

Survivor [2015]

Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle poster

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle [2015]

Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Olympus Has Fallen poster

Olympus Has Fallen [2013]

Lynne Jacobs
This Means War poster

This Means War [2012]

Collins
Green Lantern poster

Green Lantern [2011]

Dr. Amanda Waller
Notorious poster

Notorious [2009]

Voletta Wallace
Nothing But the Truth poster

Nothing But the Truth [2008]

Bonnie Benjamin
Meet the Browns poster

Meet the Browns [2008]

Brenda Brown
Meet the Robinsons poster

Meet the Robinsons [2007]

Mildred (voice)
Mr. 3000 poster

Mr. 3000 [2004]

Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Masked and Anonymous poster

Masked and Anonymous [2003]

Mistress
The Score poster

The Score [2001]

Diane
Supernova poster

Supernova [2000]

Dr. Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart poster

Music of the Heart [1999]

Janet
Contact poster

Contact [1997]

Rachel Constantine
Strange Days poster

Strange Days [1995]

Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale [1995]

Bernadine
Critters 4 poster

Critters 4 [1992]

Fran
Malcolm X poster

Malcolm X [1992]

Betty Shabazz
Boyz n the Hood poster

Boyz n the Hood [1991]

Reva Devereaux
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