Angela Bassett
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- ComedyVampire in Brooklyn
- ComedyOtherhood
- FamilyWhispers: An Elephant's Tale
- ComedyOtherhood
- ComedyWaiting to Exhale
- AnimationCurious George 3: Back to the Jungle
- ComedyJumping the Broom
- DocumentaryThe Apollo
- ActionGreen Lantern
- CrimeNotorious
- ActionMission: Impossible - Fallout
- AnimationMeet the Robinsons
- ActionOlympus Has Fallen
- ActionBlack Panther
- ActionInnocent Blood
- DramaER
- ComedyKindergarten Cop
- ActionAvengers: Endgame
- ActionAvengers: Infinity War
- ActionBumblebee
- ActionAvengers: Endgame
- ActionMission: Impossible - Fallout
- ActionMr. & Mrs. Smith
- DramaWhat's Love Got to Do with It
- ComedyHow Stella Got Her Groove Back
- DramaWhitney
- DramaMalcolm X
- DramaOf Boys and Men
- HorrorSupernova
- DramaMusic of the Heart
- ComedyMr. 3000
- DramaBlack Nativity
- DocumentaryWhy We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
- ActionLondon Has Fallen
- DramaAkeelah and the Bee
- HorrorCritters 4
- DramaSunshine State
- ActionSurvivor
- CrimeThe Score
- ComedyChi-Raq
- DocumentaryLife's Essentials with Ruby Dee
- DocumentaryI Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
- CrimeBoyz n the Hood
- ActionThis Means War
- DramaLocked Up: A Mother’s Rage
- ActionBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
- DramaWhite Bird in a Blizzard
- DramaContact
- ComedyMasked and Anonymous
- DramaPassion Fish
- CrimeCity of Hope
- AnimationSoul
- DramaChallenger
- ActionF/X
- DocumentaryQueens
- DocumentaryQueens
- DramaThe Jacksons: An American Dream
- DocumentaryGood Night Oppy
- DramaGospel Hill
- DocumentaryThe Imagineering Story
- DramaThe Rosa Parks Story
- DramaBetty and Coretta
- DramaRuby's Bucket of Blood
- DocumentaryThe Flood
- DocumentaryMalika the Lion Queen
- ActionStrange Days
- DocumentaryTINA
- AnimationOur Friend, Martin
- DocumentaryUnchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- DramaBoesman and Lena
- DramaOur America
- DocumentaryWe the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
- FamilyOrion and the Dark
- DocumentaryMPower
- DramaClose to the Enemy
- DocumentaryBetween the World and Me
- DramaThe Lazarus Child
- DramaTime Bomb
- DocumentaryFor Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
- AnimationWendell & Wild
- DramaPanther
- ComedyMeet the Browns
- DocumentaryAugust 28: A Day in the Life of a People
- DramaThe Heroes of Desert Storm
- AdventureDamsel
- CrimePerry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
- MusicBET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
- ActionGunpowder Milkshake
- CrimeNothing But the Truth
- AnimationThe Snowy Day
- DramaLine of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
- ComedyAttorneys At Love
- DramaThe Jacksons: An American Dream
- showStat
- Documentary20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
- DocumentaryMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- DramaEqual Justice
- DocumentaryNational Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
- DramaIn the Best Interest of the Child
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Angela Bassett
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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.
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. 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, 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 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, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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