Angela Bassett
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.
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.
Known for
Butterfly in the Sky
Damsel
Queens
Orion and the Dark
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Heist 88
MPower
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Wendell & Wild
Sherri
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
TINA
What If...?
Gunpowder Milkshake
Malika the Lion Queen
Marvel Studios Legends
Soul
Between the World and Me
9-1-1: Lone Star
Attorneys At Love
The Imagineering Story
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Otherhood
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Avengers: Endgame
Bumblebee
The Flood
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Red Table Talk
Black Panther
9-1-1
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
The Snowy Day
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Close to the Enemy
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
London Has Fallen
Chi-Raq
Master of None
Breakthrough
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Survivor
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Whitney
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
BoJack Horseman
White Bird in a Blizzard
Trailblazer Honors
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Black Nativity
The Arsenio Hall Show
Olympus Has Fallen
Betty and Coretta
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Finding Your Roots
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
This Means War
American Horror Story
Green Lantern
Jumping the Broom
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Notorious
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Nothing But the Truth
Of Boys and Men
Meet the Browns
Gospel Hill
Meet the Robinsons
Akeelah and the Bee
Time Bomb
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. 3000
The Lazarus Child
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Masked and Anonymous
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Our America
Sunshine State
The Rosa Parks Story
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
The Bernie Mac Show
Alias
The Score
Boesman and Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Supernova
Music of the Heart
Our Friend, Martin
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The View
Contact
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Waiting to Exhale
Vampire in Brooklyn
Strange Days
Panther
ER
What's Love Got to Do with It
Passion Fish
Malcolm X
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Innocent Blood
Critters 4
Nightmare Cafe
One Special Victory
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
City of Hope
Boyz n the Hood
Stat
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Kindergarten Cop
The Flash
In the Best Interest of the Child
Challenger
Family of Spies
The Simpsons
A Man Called Hawk
thirtysomething
Tour of Duty
Liberty
F/X
Doubletake
Spenser: For Hire
227
The Cosby Show
Reading Rainbow
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards