Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

1958-08-16

Biography

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

Also appears in

Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq

5.8

Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

5.1

Whispers: An Elephant’s Tale

Whispers: An Elephant’s Tale

5.5

Passion Fish

Passion Fish

6.7

TINA

TINA

7.7

Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

5.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

6.8

Sunshine State

Sunshine State

6.3

Good Night Oppy

Good Night Oppy

7.6

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

6.8

Our Friend, Martin

Our Friend, Martin

7.4

The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story

7.2

The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

7.0

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

5.1

Panther

Panther

6.2

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

4.9

City of Hope

City of Hope

6.7

Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta

7.2

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

8.0

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

5.9