Angela Bassett

Biography

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
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Personal Info

Id

9780

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-08-16

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Άντζελα Μπάσετ
  • アンジェラ・バセット
  • Angela Evelyn Bassett
  • 安琪拉·貝瑟
  • 安吉拉·巴塞特
  • آنجلا باست
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    Strange Days

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    Meet the Robinsons

    Meet the Rob

    Boyz n the Hood

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    Contact

    Contact

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

    Marvel Studi

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Supernova

    Supernova

    Gospel Hill

    Gospel Hill

    The Score

    The Score

    Waiting to Exhale

    Waiting to E

    Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and A

    Vampire in Brooklyn

    Vampire in B

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    How Stella G

    Music of the Heart

    Music of the

    Critters 4

    Critters 4

    Innocent Blood

    Innocent Blo

    Akeelah and the Bee

    Akeelah and

    One Special Victory

    One Special

    Notorious

    Notorious

    Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But

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    Why We Laugh

    2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    2021 Rock &

    What's Love Got to Do with It

    What's Love

    Green Lantern

    Green Lanter

    The Lazarus Child

    The Lazarus

    Mr. 3000

    Mr. 3000

    Meet the Browns

    Meet the Bro

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    Unchained Me

    The Rosa Parks Story

    The Rosa Par

    Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

    Whispers: An

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine Sta

    Jumping the Broom

    Jumping the

    This Means War

    This Means W

    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    I Ain't Scar

    Wendell & Wild

    Wendell & Wi

    Panther

    Panther

    Boesman and Lena

    Boesman and

    Damsel

    Damsel

    Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has

    Ruby's Bucket of Blood

    Ruby's Bucke

    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Co

    Our Friend, Martin

    Our Friend,

    Black Nativity

    Black Nativi

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    Liberty

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    Of Boys and

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    Doubletake

    F/X

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    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

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    The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

    The Metropol

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    In the Best

    Wildwood

    Wildwood

    London Has Fallen

    London Has F

    Orion and the Dark

    Orion and th

    Good Night Oppy

    Good Night O

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

    20/20 Presen

    Survivor

    Survivor

    Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

    Curious Geor

    Chi-Raq

    Chi-Raq

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    For Love of

    Butterfly in the Sky

    Butterfly in

    Black Panther

    Black Panthe

    Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

    Disney Legen

    The Snowy Day

    The Snowy Da

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    The Heroes o

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

    Perry Mason:

    Kindergarten Cop

    Kindergarten

    Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    Mission: Imp

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    Challenger

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    August 28: A

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    Line of Fire

    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

    BET Presents

    Otherhood

    Otherhood

    Time Bomb

    Time Bomb

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Black Panthe

    National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

    National Mus

    Bumblebee

    Bumblebee

    Gunpowder Milkshake

    Gunpowder Mi

    The Flood

    The Flood

    Attorneys At Love

    Attorneys At

    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: En

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    We the Peopl

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    Life's Essen

    Between the World and Me

    Between the

    Soul

    Soul

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. S

    TINA

    TINA

    Malika the Lion Queen

    Malika the L

    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

    Fire! Trappe

    Inside the Dream: Mugler

    Inside the D

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    Mission: Imp

    White Bird in a Blizzard

    White Bird i

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    OWN Spotligh

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    Making "The

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    Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

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    Butterfly in the Sky

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    2024

    Damsel

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    2024

    Orion and the Dark

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    The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

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    2023

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

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    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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    Good Night Oppy

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    2022

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

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    2022

    Wendell & Wild

    asSister Helley (voice)

    2021

    2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    asSelf

    2019

    Otherhood

    asCarol Walker

    2018

    Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    asErika Sloane

    2018

    Black Panther

    asRamonda

    2017

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    asSelf

    2016

    The Snowy Day

    asNana (voice)

    2016

    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

    asSelf

    2016

    London Has Fallen

    asLynne Jacobs

    2015

    Chi-Raq

    asMiss Helen Worthy

    2015

    Survivor

    asMaureen Cranepaul

    2015

    Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

    asDr. Kulinda (voice)

    2013

    Black Nativity

    asAretha Cobbs

    2013

    Olympus Has Fallen

    asLynne Jacobs

    2013

    Betty and Coretta

    asCoretta Scott King

    2012

    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    asSelf

    2012

    This Means War

    asCollins

    2011

    Green Lantern

    asDr. Amanda Waller

    2011

    Jumping the Broom

    asMrs. Watson

    2010

    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

    asSelf (voice)

    2009

    Notorious

    asVoletta Wallace

    2009

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    asNarrator (voice)

    2008

    Nothing But the Truth

    asBonnie Benjamin

    2008

    Of Boys and Men

    asRieta Cole

    2008

    Meet the Browns

    asBrenda Brown

    2008

    Gospel Hill

    asSarah Malcolm

    2007

    Meet the Robinsons

    asMildred (voice)

    2006

    Akeelah and the Bee

    asTanya Anderson

    2006

    Time Bomb

    asJill Greco

    2004

    Mr. 3000

    asMaureen "Mo" Simmons

    2004

    The Lazarus Child

    asDr. Elizabeth Chase

    2003

    Masked and Anonymous

    asMistress

    2003

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    as

    2002

    Sunshine State

    asDesiree Perry

    2002

    The Rosa Parks Story

    asRosa Louise McCauley Parks

    2001

    Ruby's Bucket of Blood

    asRuby Delacroix

    2001

    The Score

    asDiane

    2000

    Boesman and Lena

    asLena

    2000

    Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

    asGroove (voice)

    2000

    Supernova

    asDr. Kaela Evers

    1999

    Music of the Heart

    asJanet

    1999

    Our Friend, Martin

    asMiles' Mom (voice)

    1998

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    asStella Payne

    1997

    Contact

    asRachel Constantine

    1995

    Waiting to Exhale

    asBernadine

    1995

    Vampire in Brooklyn

    asDetective Rita Veder

    1995

    Strange Days

    asLornette 'Mace' Mason

    1995

    Panther

    asDr. Betty Shabazz

    1993

    What's Love Got to Do with It

    asAnna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

    1992

    Passion Fish

    asRhonda / Dawn

    1992

    Malcolm X

    asBetty Shabazz

    1992

    Innocent Blood

    asU.S. Attorney Sinclair

    1992

    Critters 4

    asFran

    1991

    One Special Victory

    asLois

    1991

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    asWillie

    1991

    The Heroes of Desert Storm

    asLt. Phoebe Jeter

    1991

    City of Hope

    asReesha

    1991

    Boyz n the Hood

    asReva Styles

    1991

    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

    asPat

    1990

    Kindergarten Cop

    asStewardess

    1990

    In the Best Interest of the Child

    asLori

    1990

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

    asCarla Peters

    1990

    Challenger

    asCheryl McNair

    1986

    Liberty

    asLinda Thornton

    1986

    F/X

    asTV reporter

    1985

    Doubletake

    asProstitute at Headquarters

    Wildwood

    as(voice)

    2025

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    asErika Sloane

    2024

    Inside the Dream: Mugler

    asSelf

    2024

    OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett

    asSelf

    2021

    TINA

    asSelf

    2021

    Gunpowder Milkshake

    asAnna May

    2021

    Malika the Lion Queen

    asSelf - Narrator (voice)

    2020

    Soul

    asDorothea (voice)

    2020

    Between the World and Me

    asSelf

    2020

    Attorneys At Love

    asNarrator

    2019

    The Apollo

    asSelf

    2019

    Avengers: Endgame

    asRamonda

    2018

    The Flood

    asNarrator

    2018

    Bumblebee

    asShatter (voice)

    2016

    National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

    asSelf

    2014

    White Bird in a Blizzard

    asDr. Thaler

    2014

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    asSelf

    2014

    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

    as

    2005

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    asMr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)

    1991

    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

    asAllison

    Making "The Score"

    asHerself

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