Angela Bassett
Also known as Angela Evelyn Bassett
American actress (born 1958)
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Angela Bassett is an American actress born in 1958 who has had a prominent career in film and television. She matters as a notable figure in entertainment and a respected performer in the industry.
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- 1958-08-16
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- Friends: A Love Story
- Disney's Whispers:An Elephant's Tale
- Crowns
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Acting · New York City, New York, USA
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…
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- Wildwood — General (voice)2026
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Erika Sloane2025
- Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special — Self2025
- Zero Day — President Evelyn Mitchell2025
- Number One on the Call Sheet — Self2025
- Damsel — Lady Bayford2024
- Orion and the Dark — Sweet Dreams (voice)
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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 1980s, she has received various accolades, including an 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), Strange Days, Vampire in Brooklyn, Waiting to Exhale (all 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.
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