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Angela Bassett
Born · August 16, 1958 (66 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
0.0
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2024
Damsel
Lady Bayford
7.1
2024
Orion and the Dark
Sweet Dreams (voice)
6.6
2024
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Host
4.5
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
6.8
2023
Good Night Oppy
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.6
2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
4.9
2022
Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley (voice)
6.7
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
7.0
2021
Otherhood
Carol Walker
6.2
2019
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Erika Sloane
7.4
2018
Black Panther
Ramonda
7.4
2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
1.0
2017
The Snowy Day
Nana
7.0
2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
9.0
2016
London Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
6.2
2016
Chi-Raq
Miss Helen Worthy
5.8
2015
Survivor
Maureen Cranepaul
5.7
2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
6.8
2015
Black Nativity
Aretha Cobbs
5.1
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
6.4
2013
Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King
7.2
2013
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self
8.0
2012
This Means War
Collins
6.2
2012
Green Lantern
Dr. Amanda Waller
5.2
2011
Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Watson
5.9
2011
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Self (voice)
7.0
2010
Notorious
Voletta Wallace
6.9
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Narrator (voice)
8.0
2009
Nothing But the Truth
Bonnie Benjamin
6.9
2008
Of Boys and Men
Rieta Cole
7.7
2008
Meet the Browns
Brenda Brown
6.7
2008
Gospel Hill
Sarah Malcolm
4.7
2008
Meet the Robinsons
Mildred (voice)
6.9
2007
Akeelah and the Bee
Tanya Anderson
7.1
2006
Mr. 3000
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
5.3
2004
The Lazarus Child
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
5.6
2004
Masked and Anonymous
Mistress
5.2
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
2003
Sunshine State
Desiree Perry
6.3
2002
The Rosa Parks Story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
7.2
2002
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Ruby Delacroix
6.1
2001
The Score
Diane
6.7
2001
Boesman and Lena
Lena
6.5
2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Groove (voice)
5.5
2000
Supernova
Dr. Kaela Evers
4.9
2000
Music of the Heart
Janet
6.7
1999
Our Friend, Martin
Miles' Mom (voice)
7.4
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella Payne
5.9
1998
Contact
Rachel Constantine
7.4
1997
Waiting to Exhale
Bernadine
6.2
1995
Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder
5.1
1995
Strange Days
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
7.0
1995
Panther
Dr. Betty Shabazz
6.2
1995
What's Love Got to Do with It
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
7.1
1993
Passion Fish
Rhonda / Dawn
6.7
1992
Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz
7.5
1992
Innocent Blood
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
6.1
1992
Critters 4
Fran
5.0
1992
One Special Victory
Lois
0.0
1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Willie
0.0
1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
2.5
1991
City of Hope
Reesha
6.7
1991
Boyz n the Hood
Reva Devereaux
7.6
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Pat
0.0
1991
Kindergarten Cop
Stewardess
6.1
1990
In the Best Interest of the Child
Lori
1.5
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Carla Peters
7.3
1990
Challenger
Cheryl McNair
6.2
1990
Liberty
Linda Thornton
0.0
1986
F/X
TV reporter
6.6
1986
Doubletake
Prostitute at Headquarters
5.2
1985
Wildwood
(voice)
0.0
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane
0.0
2025
Zero Day
President Evelyn Mitchell · (6 episodes)
0.0
2025
Inside The Dream: Mugler
Self
8.5
2024
Queens
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
7.9
2024
MPower
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2023
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda
7.1
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.2
2022
TINA
Self
7.7
2021
What If...?
Queen Ramonda (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
Anna May
6.3
2021
Malika the Lion Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
5.0
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
7.4
2021
Soul
Dorothea (voice)
8.1
2020
Between the World and Me
Self
7.9
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star
Sergeant Athena Grant · (1 episode)
8.1
2020
Attorneys At Love
Narrator
0.0
2020
The Imagineering Story
Narrator · (6 episodes)
8.2
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.1
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
6.2
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Mo · (1 episode)
7.4
2019
The Apollo
Self
6.4
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Ramonda
8.2
2019
Bumblebee
Shatter (voice)
6.7
2018
The Flood
Narrator
5.7
2018
Red Table Talk
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2018
9-1-1
Athena Grant · (115 episodes)
8.2
2018
Close to the Enemy
Eva · (7 episodes)
5.3
2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
5.5
2016
Master of None
Catherine · (2 episodes)
7.4
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
BoJack Horseman
Ana Spanakopita (voice) · (10 episodes)
8.6
2014
White Bird in a Blizzard
Dr. Thaler
6.2
2014
Trailblazer Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
1.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
0.0
2014
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
7.4
2012
Finding Your Roots
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
2012
American Horror Story
Marie Laveau · (11 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Desiree Dupree · (13 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Ramona Royale · (12 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Monet Tumissee · (10 episodes)
8.1
2011
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (5 episodes)
5.0
2009
Time Bomb
Jill Greco
5.5
2006
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
6.7
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
The Bernie Mac Show
Angela Bassett · (1 episode)
6.3
2001
Alias
Hayden Chase · (4 episodes)
6.7
2001
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.5
2001
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Herself · (4 episodes)
9.2
1998
The View
Self · (4 episodes)
4.4
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
ER
Catherine Banfield · (22 episodes)
7.8
1994
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Katherine Jackson · (2 episodes)
6.6
1992
Nightmare Cafe
Evelyn Wall · (1 episode)
5.4
1992
Stat
Dr. Willie Burns · (6 episodes)
5.0
1991
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Allison
3.5
1991
The Flash
Linda Lake · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Family of Spies
Bev Andress · (2 episodes)
6.0
1990
The Simpsons
Michelle Obama (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Snoops
Laura Hale · (1 episode)
5.0
1989
A Man Called Hawk
(1 episode)
6.6
1989
thirtysomething
(1 episode)
6.3
1987
Tour of Duty
Lt. Camilla Patterson · (2 episodes)
8.0
1987
Spenser: For Hire
(1 episode)
6.6
1985
227
(1 episode)
6.7
1985
The Cosby Show
Sara · (2 episodes)
7.0
1984
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1983
The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
7.0
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944