People
Angela Bassett
- Name: Angela Bassett
- Birthday: 1958-08-16
- Also known as: Άντζελα Μπάσετ,アンジェラ・バセット,Angela Evelyn Bassett,安琪拉·貝瑟,安吉拉·巴塞特
- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Popularity: 26.965
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Erika Sloane | 2025-05-21 |
| Inside The Dream: Mugler as Self | 2024-09-25 |
| Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as Self | 2024-08-12 |
| Butterfly in the Sky as Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-17 |
| Damsel as Lady Bayford | 2024-03-07 |
| Orion and the Dark as Sweet Dreams (voice) | 2024-02-01 |
| The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X as Host | 2023-11-18 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self | 2023-02-07 |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Ramonda | 2022-11-09 |
| Good Night Oppy as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
| 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self | 2022-11-04 |
| Wendell & Wild as Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self | 2021-11-20 |
| TINA as Self | 2021-08-20 |
| Gunpowder Milkshake as Anna May | 2021-07-14 |
| Malika the Lion Queen as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-04 |
| Soul as Dorothea (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Between the World and Me as Self | 2020-11-21 |
| Attorneys At Love as Narrator | 2020-01-14 |
| Otherhood as Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 |
| The Apollo as Self | 2019-04-24 |
| Avengers: Endgame as Ramonda | 2019-04-24 |
| Bumblebee as Shatter (voice) | 2018-12-15 |
| The Flood as Narrator | 2018-11-25 |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Erika Sloane | 2018-07-13 |
| Black Panther as Ramonda | 2018-02-13 |
| August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self | 2017-08-26 |
| The Snowy Day as Nana | 2016-11-25 |
| BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self | 2016-11-15 |
| National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony as Self | 2016-09-24 |
| London Has Fallen as Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 |
| Chi-Raq as Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
| Survivor as Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
| Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle as Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
| White Bird in a Blizzard as Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self | 2014-06-22 |
| We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 |
| Black Nativity as Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Olympus Has Fallen as Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 |
| Betty and Coretta as Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
| I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac as Self | 2012-02-19 |
| This Means War as Collins | 2012-02-14 |
| Green Lantern as Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-14 |
| Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Self (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
| Notorious as Voletta Wallace | 2009-01-16 |
| Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 |
| Nothing But the Truth as Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 |
| Of Boys and Men as Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 |
| Meet the Browns as Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Gospel Hill as Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Meet the Robinsons as Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| Akeelah and the Bee as Tanya Anderson | 2006-04-28 |
| Time Bomb as Jill Greco | 2006-03-19 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-06-07 |
| Mr. 3000 as Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004-06-15 |
| The Lazarus Child as Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004-05-13 |
| Masked and Anonymous as Mistress | 2003-07-25 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 |
| Sunshine State as Desiree Perry | 2002-06-21 |
| The Rosa Parks Story as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002-02-24 |
| Ruby's Bucket of Blood as Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
| The Score as Diane | 2001-07-13 |
| Boesman and Lena as Lena | 2000-11-03 |
| Whispers: An Elephant's Tale as Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Supernova as Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 |
| Music of the Heart as Janet | 1999-10-29 |
| Our Friend, Martin as Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
| Contact as Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
| Waiting to Exhale as Bernadine | 1995-12-22 |
| Vampire in Brooklyn as Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 |
| Strange Days as Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
| Panther as Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 1993-06-09 |
| Passion Fish as Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 |
| Malcolm X as Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 |
| Innocent Blood as U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 |
| Critters 4 as Fran | 1992-08-20 |
| One Special Victory as Lois | 1991-12-08 |
| Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage as Willie | 1991-10-29 |
| City of Hope as Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
| The Heroes of Desert Storm as Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 1991-10-11 |
| Boyz n the Hood as Reva Devereaux | 1991-07-12 |
| Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor as Allison | 1991-02-18 |
| Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Pat | 1991-01-21 |
| Kindergarten Cop as Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
| In the Best Interest of the Child as Lori | 1990-05-20 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
| Challenger as Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
| Liberty as Linda Thornton | 1986-06-23 |
| F/X as TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |
| Doubletake as Prostitute at Headquarters | 1985-11-24 |
