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:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025-05-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Erika Sloane | 2025-05-21 |
| Movie | Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | 2024-02-01 |
| Series | Queens | Narrator (voice) | 2024-03-04 |
| Movie | Damsel | Lady Bayford | 2024-03-07 |
| Movie | Inside The Dream: Mugler | Self | 2024-09-25 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023-02-07 |
| Movie | The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Host | 2023-11-18 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Good Night Oppy | Narrator (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
| 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 | 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 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Herself | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
| 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 | Self | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-14 |
| Movie | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Marie Laveau | 2011-10-05 |
| 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 | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| 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 Anderson | 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 | |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Score | Diane | 2001-07-13 |
| Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-14 |
| 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 | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
| Series | Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery | Herself | 1998-10-19 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
| Series | Critics Choice Awards | Herself - Presenter | 1996-01-10 |
| Movie | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine | 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 |
| Series | Nightmare Cafe | Unknown | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 |
| Series | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | 1992-11-15 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 |
| 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 | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 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 | City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
| Series | Family of Spies | Bev Andress | 1990-02-04 |
| Series | Equal Justice | Janet Fields | 1990-03-27 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
| Movie | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | The Flash | Unknown | 1990-09-20 |
| Series | A Man Called Hawk | Unknown | 1989-01-28 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
| Movie | F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |
| Movie | Liberty | Linda Thornton | 1986-06-23 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters | 1985-11-24 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |