Angela Bassett
Skuespiller, Instruktør, Producer
16. august 1958 (67 år)
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 won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She 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 another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, Bassett 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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
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Bassett 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. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She 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 another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, Bassett 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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
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| 2026 | Wildwood · as General (voice) |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · as Erika Sloane |
| 2025 | Zero Day · as President Evelyn Mitchell |
| 2024 | Doctor Odyssey · as Athena Grant |
| 2024 | Damsel · as Lady Bayford |
| 2024 | Queens (2024) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark · as Sweet Dreams (voice) |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · as Decoy (voice) |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Ramonda |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild · as Sister Helley (voice) |
| 2021 | What If…? · as Queen Ramonda (voice) |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake · as Anna May |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled · as Ramonda |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends · as Ramonda (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Soul · as Dorothea (voice) |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star · as Sergeant Athena Grant |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Otherhood · as Carol Walker |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show · as Mo |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Ramonda |
| 2018 | Bumblebee · as Shatter (voice) |
| 2018 | The Flood (2018) · as Narrator (voice)På Plex |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout · as Erika Sloane |
| 2018 | Black Panther · as Ramonda |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 · as Athena Grant |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Nana (voice) |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy · as Eva |
| 2016 | Underground · as The Root Woman |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen · as Lynne JacobsPå Plex |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq · as Miss Helen Worthy |
| 2015 | Master of None · as Catherine |
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle · as Dr. Kulinda (voice) |
| 2015 | Survivor · as Maureen CranepaulPå Plex |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard · as Dr. Thaler |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman · as Ana Spanakopita (voice) |
| 2013 | Black Nativity · as Aretha Cobbs |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen · as Lynne JacobsPå Plex |
| 2013 | Betty and Coretta · as Coretta Scott King |
| 2012 | This Means War · as Collins |
| 2012 | Rogue · as Alice Vargas |
| 2011 | American Horror Story · as Desiree Dupree |
| 2011 | Green Lantern · as Dr. Amanda Waller |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom · as Mrs. Watson |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock · as Daisy Bates |
| 2009 | Notorious · as Voletta Wallace |
| 2009 | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth · as Bonnie BenjaminPå Plex |
| 2008 | Of Boys and Men · as Rieta Cole |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns · as Brenda Brown |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill · as Sarah Malcolm |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons · as Mildred (voice) |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Tanya Anderson |
| 2006 | Time Bomb · as Jill Greco |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 · as Maureen "mo" Simmons |
| 2004 | The Lazarus Child · as Dr. Elizabeth Chase |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us · as Melba Pattillo |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous · as Mistress |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Desiree Perry |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story · as Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood · as Ruby DelacroixPå Plex |
| 2001 | Alias · as Hayden Chase |
| 2001 | The Score · as Diane |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena · as Lena |
| 2000 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale · as Groove (voice) |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Bernadine Harris |
| 2000 | Supernova · as Kaela Evers |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart · as Janet |
| 1999 | Independent Lens · as Daisy Bates |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Miles' Mom (voice) |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as Stella Payne |
| 1997 | Contact · as Rachel Constantine |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale · as Bernadine |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn · as Detective Rita Veder |
| 1995 | Strange Days · as Lornette 'mace' Mason |
| 1995 | Panther · as Dr. Betty Shabazz |
| 1994 | ER · as Catherine Banfield |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
| 1992 | Passion Fish · as Rhonda / DawnPå Plex |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Betty Shabazz |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream · as Katherine Jackson |
| 1992 | Critters 4 · as FranPå Plex |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood · as U.s. Attorney Sinclair |
| 1992 | Nightmare Cafe · as Evelyn Wall |
| 1991 | One Special Victory · as Lois |
| 1991 | City of Hope · as Reesha |
| 1991 | Locked Up: A Mother's Rage · as Willie |
| 1991 | The Heroes of Desert Storm · as Lt. Phoebe Jeter |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Reva Styles |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor · as Allison |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story · as Pat |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop · as Stewardess |
| 1990 | The Flash · as Linda Lake |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer · as Carla Peters |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child · as Lori |
| 1990 | Equal Justice · as Janet Fields |
| 1990 | Challenger · as Cheryl Mcnair |
| 1990 | Family of Spies · as Bev Andress |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Michelle Obama (voice) |
| 1989 | Snoops · as Laura Hale |
| 1989 | Alien Nation · as Renee Longstreet |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | HeartBeat · as Jeanette Calder R.n. |
| 1987 | Leg Work · as Dr. Griffin |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Tour of Duty · as Lt. Camilla Patterson |
| 1986 | Liberty · as Linda Thornton |
| 1986 | F/X · as Tv Reporter |
| 1985 | Doubletake · as Prostitute At Headquarters |
| 1985 | Doubletake · as Prostitute At Hq |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show · as Sara |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope · as Leonie Peach (1987) |
| 1952 | Guiding Light · as Angela |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow · as Selina Mcculla |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2011 |
| 2025 | 9-1-1: Nashville · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Queens (2024) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Heist 88 · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | One Thousand Years of Slavery · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | For Armetta · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Otherhood · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Our America · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of BloodPå Plex |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 · as Co-Executive Producer |