Angela Bassett
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieWildwood
2026
General (voice)
tvZero Day
2025
President Evelyn Mitchell
tvDoctor Odyssey
2024
Athena Grant
tvHollywood Black
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieButterfly in the Sky
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieDamsel
2024
Lady Bayford
tvQueens
2024
Narrator (voice)
movieOrion and the Dark
2024
Sweet Dreams (voice)
tvMPower
2023
Self
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Decoy (voice)
movieGood Night Oppy
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieWendell & Wild
2022
Sister Helley (voice)
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self - Guest
movieTINA
2021
Self
tvWhat If...?
2021
Queen Ramonda (voice)
movieGunpowder Milkshake
2021
Anna May
movieMalika the Lion Queen
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvMarvel Studios Legends
2021
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSoul
2020
Dorothea (voice)
tv9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Sergeant Athena Grant
movieAttorneys At Love
2020
Narrator
tvThe Imagineering Story
2019
Narrator (voice)
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
movieOtherhood
2019
Carol Walker
movieAvengers: Endgame
2019
Ramonda
movieThe Flood
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieBumblebee
2018
Shatter (voice)
movieMission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
Erika Sloane
movieBlack Panther
2018
Ramonda
tv9-1-1
2018
Athena Grant
tvSteve
2017
Self
movieThe Snowy Day
2016
Nana (voice)
movieLondon Has Fallen
2016
Lynne Jacobs
movieChi-Raq
2015
Miss Helen Worthy
tvMaster of None
2015
Catherine
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieSurvivor
2015
Maureen Cranepaul
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
movieCurious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
movieWhite Bird in a Blizzard
2014
Dr. Thaler
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
movieBlack Nativity
2013
Aretha Cobbs
movieOlympus Has Fallen
2013
Lynne Jacobs
movieBetty and Coretta
2013
Coretta Scott King
tvRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Self - Special Guest
movieThis Means War
2012
Collins
tvAmerican Horror Story
2011
Desiree Dupree / Ramona Royale / Monet Tumissee / Marie Laveau
movieGreen Lantern
2011
Dr. Amanda Waller
movieJumping the Broom
2011
Mrs. Watson
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieNotorious
2009
Voletta Wallace
movieWhy We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
Narrator (voice)
movieNothing but the Truth
2008
Bonnie Benjamin
movieOf Boys and Men
2008
Rieta Cole
movieMeet the Browns
2008
Brenda Brown
movieGospel Hill
2008
Sarah Malcolm
movieMeet the Robinsons
2007
Mildred (voice)
movieAkeelah and the Bee
2006
Tanya Anderson
movieTime Bomb
2006
Jill Greco
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
movieMr. 3000
2004
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
movieThe Lazarus Child
2004
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
movieMasked and Anonymous
2003
Mistress
movieSunshine State
2002
Desiree Perry
movieThe Rosa Parks Story
2002
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
movieMaking "The Score"
2001
Herself
movieRuby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Ruby Delacroix
tvThe Bernie Mac Show
2001
Angela Bassett
tvAlias
2001
Hayden Chase
movieThe Score
2001
Diane
tvCritics Choice Awards
2001
Self - Presenter
movieWhispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Groove (voice)
movieSupernova
2000
Kaela Evers
movieOur Friend, Martin
1999
Miles' Mom (voice)
movieHow Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Stella Payne
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
movieContact
1997
Rachel Constantine
movieWaiting to Exhale
1995
Bernadine
movieVampire in Brooklyn
1995
Detective Rita Veder
movieStrange Days
1995
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
moviePanther
1995
Dr. Betty Shabazz
tvER
1994
Catherine Banfield
movieWhat's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
moviePassion Fish
1992
Rhonda / Dawn
movieMalcolm X
1992
Betty Shabazz
tvThe Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Katherine Jackson
movieInnocent Blood
1992
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
tvNightmare Cafe
1992
Evelyn Wall
movieThe Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
movieCity of Hope
1991
Reesha
movieBoyz n the Hood
1991
Reva Styles
tvStat
1991
Dr. Willie Burns
movieKindergarten Cop
1990
Stewardess
tvThe Flash
1990
Linda Lake
movieChallenger
1990
Cheryl McNair
tvFamily of Spies
1990
Bev Andress
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Michelle Obama (voice)
tvSnoops
1989
Laura Hale
tvAlien Nation
1989
Renee Longstreet
tvTour of Duty
1987
Lt. Camilla Patterson
movieLiberty
1986
Linda Thornton
movieF/X
1986
TV reporter
movieDoubletake
1985
Prostitute at Headquarters
tvReading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Production9
tv9-1-1: Nashville
2025
Executive Producer
tvNumber One on the Call Sheet
2025
Executive Producer
tvQueens
2024
Executive Producer
movieHeist 88
2023
Executive Producer
tv9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Executive Producer
movieOtherhood
2019
Executive Producer
tv9-1-1
2018
Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer
movieOur America
2002
Executive Producer
movieRuby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Producer
