Angela Bassett
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.
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- Born:
- Aug 16, 1958 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 2023-07-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 | Erika Sloane | 2023-07-12 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2023 |
| Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | 2021-07-14 |
| Movie | TINA | Self | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Movie | Attorneys At Love | Narrator | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
| Movie | Soul | Dorothea (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | The Apollo | Herself | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Otherhood | Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 |
| Series | The Imagineering Story | Narrator | 2019-11-12 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Ramonda | 2018-02-13 |
| Series | 9-1-1 | Athena Grant | 2018-01-03 |
| Movie | The Flood | Narrator | 2018-11-25 |
| Movie | Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | 2018-12-15 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self | 2017-08-26 |
| Movie | London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 |
| Movie | The Snowy Day | Nana | 2016-11-25 |
| Movie | National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Self | 2016-09-24 |
| Series | Close to the Enemy | Eva | 2016-11-10 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
| Series | Master of None | Catherine | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 | |
| Movie | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Ana Spanakopita (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | This Means War | Collins | 2012-02-14 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Herself | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-16 |
| Movie | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Marie Laveau | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Notorious | Voletta Wallace | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 |
| Movie | Inventing the Robinsons | The Making of Meet the Robinsons | Self (archival footage) | 2007-10-23 |
| Movie | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| Movie | Inventing the Robinsons: The Making of 'Meet the Robinsons' | Herself | 2007-10-23 |
| Movie | Time Bomb | Jill Greco | 2006-03-19 |
| Movie | Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004-05-13 |
| Movie | Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004-06-15 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | 2003-07-25 |
| Movie | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002-02-24 |
| Movie | Sunshine State | Desiree Perry | 2002-06-21 |
| Movie | The Score | Diane | 2001-07-13 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
| Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-14 |
| Movie | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 |
| Movie | Boesman and Lena | Lena | 2000-11-03 |
| Movie | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Music of the Heart | Principal Janet Williams | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
| Series | Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery | Herself | 1998-10-19 |
| Movie | Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Herself - Presenter | 1996-01-10 |
| Movie | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-04 |
| Movie | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
| Movie | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Bernie Harris | 1995-12-22 |
| Series | ER | Catherine Banfield | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 1993-06-09 |
| Movie | Critters 4 | Fran | 1992-08-20 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 |
| Series | Nightmare Cafe | Evelyn Wall | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 |
| Series | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | 1992-11-15 |
| Movie | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | 1991-02-18 |
| Movie | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | 1991-01-21 |
| Series | Stat | Dr. Willie Burns | 1991-04-16 |
| Movie | Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux | 1991-07-12 |
| Movie | Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
| Series | Family of Spies | Bev Andress | 1990-02-04 |
| Series | Equal Justice | Janet Fields | 1990-03-27 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
| Series | The Flash | Linda Lake | 1990-09-20 |
| Movie | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | A Man Called Hawk | Unknown | 1989-01-28 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Lt. Camilla Patterson | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
| Movie | F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
