Angela Bassett
Born: 1958-08-16 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Wildwood as General (voice)
2025
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Erika Sloane
- 9-1-1: Nashville ... (Executive Producer)
- Zero Day as President Evelyn Mitchell
- Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special as Self
2024
- Doctor Odyssey as Athena Grant
- Damsel as Lady Bayford
- Orion and the Dark as Sweet Dreams (voice)
- Queens as Narrator (voice)
- Hollywood Black as Self (archive footage)
- Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as Self
- Inside the Dream: Mugler as Self
- Butterfly in the Sky as Self (archive footage)
- OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett as Self
2023
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Decoy (voice)
- MPower as Self
- Heist 88 ... (Executive Producer)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X as Host
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Ramonda
- Wendell & Wild as Sister Helley (voice)
- Good Night Oppy as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self
2021
- What If...? as Queen Ramonda (voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gunpowder Milkshake as Anna May
- TINA as Self
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Malika the Lion Queen as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
- 9-1-1: Lone Star as Sergeant Athena Grant
- Soul as Dorothea (voice)
- Between the World and Me as Self
- Attorneys At Love as Narrator
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- Avengers: Endgame as Ramonda
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- A Black Lady Sketch Show as Mo
- Otherhood as Carol Walker
- The Imagineering Story as Narrator (voice)
- The Apollo as Self
2018
- 9-1-1 as Athena Grant
- Black Panther as Ramonda
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Erika Sloane
- Bumblebee as Shatter (voice)
- Red Table Talk as Self
- The Flood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
- Steve as Self
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self
2016
- London Has Fallen as Lynne Jacobs
- Close to the Enemy as Eva
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony as Self
- The Snowy Day as Nana (voice)
- BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Master of None as Catherine
- Survivor as Maureen Cranepaul
- Breakthrough ... (Director)
- Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
- Chi-Raq as Miss Helen Worthy
- Whitney ... (Director)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Trailblazer Honors as Self
- White Bird in a Blizzard as Dr. Thaler
- Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
- We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2013
- Olympus Has Fallen as Lynne Jacobs
- The Arsenio Hall Show as Self
- Black Nativity as Aretha Cobbs
- Betty and Coretta as Coretta Scott King
2012
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Special Guest
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- This Means War as Collins
- I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac as Self
2011
- American Horror Story as Desiree Dupree
- Green Lantern as Dr. Amanda Waller
- Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Watson
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Notorious as Voletta Wallace
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Narrator (voice)
2008
- Nothing But the Truth as Bonnie Benjamin
- Meet the Browns as Brenda Brown
- Gospel Hill as Sarah Malcolm
- Of Boys and Men as Rieta Cole
2007
- Meet the Robinsons as Mildred (voice)
2006
- Akeelah and the Bee as Tanya Anderson
- Time Bomb as Jill Greco
2005
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2004
- Mr. 3000 as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
- The Lazarus Child as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
2003
2002
- The Rosa Parks Story as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
- Sunshine State as Desiree Perry
- Our America ... (Executive Producer)
2001
- The Bernie Mac Show as Angela Bassett
- Alias as Hayden Chase
- The Score as Diane
- Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- Making "The Score" as Herself
- Ruby's Bucket of Blood as Ruby Delacroix
2000
- Supernova as Kaela Evers
- Whispers: An Elephant's Tale as Groove (voice)
- Boesman and Lena as Lena
1999
- Music of the Heart as Janet
- Our Friend, Martin as Miles' Mom (voice)
1998
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Stella Payne
- Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery as Herself
1995
- Strange Days as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
- Waiting to Exhale as Bernadine
- Vampire in Brooklyn as Detective Rita Veder
- 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
- The Jacksons: An American Dream as Katherine Jackson
- Malcolm X as Betty Shabazz
- Critters 4 as Fran
- Nightmare Cafe as Evelyn Wall
- Innocent Blood as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
- Passion Fish as Rhonda / Dawn
1991
- Boyz n the Hood as Reva Styles
- Stat as Dr. Willie Burns
- City of Hope as Reesha
- Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor as Allison
- Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage as Willie
- One Special Victory as Lois
- The Heroes of Desert Storm as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
- Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Pat
1990
- The Flash as Linda Lake
- Kindergarten Cop as Stewardess
- Family of Spies as Bev Andress
- In the Best Interest of the Child as Lori
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Carla Peters
- Challenger as Cheryl McNair
1989
- The Simpsons as Michelle Obama (voice)
- Alien Nation as Renee Longstreet
- Snoops as Laura Hale
- A Man Called Hawk
1987
- thirtysomething
- Tour of Duty as Lt. Camilla Patterson
1985
- 227
- Spenser: For Hire
- Doubletake as Prostitute at Headquarters
1984
- The Cosby Show as Sara
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter