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Angela Bassett
Actor, Director, Producer
Born August 16, 1958 (64 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Ramonda |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake · as Anna May |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Queen Ramonda (voice) |
| 2021 | Malika the Lion Queen · as Narrator |
| 2021 | The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Soul · as Dorothea (voice) |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV Series) · as Sergeant Athena Grant |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Ramonda |
| 2019 | Otherhood · as Carol Walker |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Mo |
| 2018 | Black Panther · as Ramonda |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout · as Erika Sloane |
| 2018 | Bumblebee · as Shatter (voice) |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Athena Grant |
| 2018 | The Flood · as Narrator |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen · as Lynne Jacobs |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Nana |
| 2016 | Underground (TV Series) · as Midwife |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy (TV Series) · as Eva |
| 2015 | Survivor · as Maureen Cranepaul |
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle · as Dr. Kulinda (voice) |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq · as Miss Helen Worthy |
| 2015 | Master of None (TV Series) · as Catherine |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard · as Dr. Thaler |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Ana Spanakopita (voice) |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen · as Lynne Jacobs |
| 2013 | Betty and Coretta · as Coretta Scott King |
| 2013 | Black Nativity · as Aretha Cobbs |
| 2012 | This Means War · as Collins |
| 2011 | Green Lantern · as Dr. Amanda Waller |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom · as Mrs. Watson |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Desiree Dupree |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock · as Daisy Bates |
| 2009 | Notorious · as Voletta Wallace |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth · as Bonnie Benjamin |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns · as Brenda Brown |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill · as Sarah Malcolm |
| 2008 | Of Boys and Men · as Rieta Cole |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons · as Mildred (voice) |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Tanya |
| 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 | Masked and Anonymous · as Mistress |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as Melba Pattillo |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story · as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Desiree Perry |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood · as Ruby Delacroix |
| 2001 | The Score · as Diane |
| 2001 | The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Alias (TV Series) · as Hayden Chase |
| 2000 | Supernova · as Dr. Kaela Evers |
| 2000 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale · as Groove (voice) |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena · as Lena |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Bernadine Harris |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart · as Janet Williams |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Daisy Bates |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as Stella Payne |
| 1997 | Contact · as Rachel Constantine |
| 1995 | Strange Days · as Lornette 'Mace' Mason |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale · as Bernie Harris |
| 1995 | Panther · as Dr. Betty Shabazz |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn · as Detective Rita Veder |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Catherine Banfield |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Betty Shabazz |
| 1992 | Critters 4 · as Fran |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood · as U.S. Attorney Sinclair |
| 1992 | Passion Fish · as Rhonda / Dawn |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream (TV Series) · as Katherine Jackson |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Reva Devereaux |
| 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 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor · as Allison |
| 1991 | One Special Victory · as Lois |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop · as Stewardess |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer · as Carla Peters |
| 1990 | Challenger · as Cheryl McNair |
| 1990 | The Flash (TV Series) · as Linda Lake |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child · as Lori |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Alien Nation (TV Series) · as Renee Longstreet |
| 1987 | Tour of Duty (TV Series) · as Lt. Camilla Patterson |
| 1987 | thirtysomething (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | F/X · as TV reporter |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | 227 (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Leonie Peach (1987) |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Angela |