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:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the movie F/X 1986-02-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023-07-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Erika Sloane | 2023-07-12 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | 2021-07-14 |
| 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 | The Apollo | Self | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Otherhood | Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | 2019-04-24 |
| Series | 9-1-1 | Athena Grant | 2018-01-03 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Ramonda | 2018-02-13 |
| 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 | 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 | London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | The Snowy Day | Nana | 2016-11-25 |
| Movie | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
| Movie | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 |
| 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 | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
| Movie | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-16 |
| Movie | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (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 | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Movie | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 |
| Movie | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
| Movie | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 |
| Movie | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Movie | Boesman and Lena | Lena | 2000-11-03 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Music of the Heart | Janet Williams | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
| Movie | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Bernie Harris | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 | City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
| 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 |
| Series | Family of Spies | Bev Andress | 1990-02-04 |
| Movie | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
| Series | Equal Justice | Janet Fields | 1990-03-27 |
| Movie | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |