08/16/1958
New York City, New York, USA:
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angela Bassett licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Black Panther II (2022) as Ramonda |
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Soul (2020) as Dorothea (voice) |
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Between the World and Me (2020) as Self |
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Attorneys At Love (2020) as Narrator |
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Otherhood (2019) as Carol Walker |
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Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Ramonda |
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The Apollo (2019) as Herself |
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Bumblebee (2018) as Shatter (voice) |
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The Flood (2018) as Narrator |
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) as Erika Sloane |
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Black Panther (2018) as Ramonda |
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017) as Herself |
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The Snowy Day (2016) as Nana |
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016) as Herself |
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony (2016) as Self |
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London Has Fallen (2016) as Lynne Jacobs |
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Chi-Raq (2015) as Miss Helen Worthy |
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Survivor (2015) as Maureen Cranepaul |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) as Dr. Kulinda (voice) |
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White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) as Dr. Thaler |
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014) as Self |
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014) as |
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Black Nativity (2013) as Aretha Cobbs |
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) as Lynne Jacobs |
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Betty and Coretta (2013) as Coretta Scott King |
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012) as Herself |
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This Means War (2012) as Collins |
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Green Lantern (2011) as Dr. Amanda Waller |
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Jumping the Broom (2011) as Mrs. Watson |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) as (voice) |
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Notorious (2009) as Voletta Wallace |
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) as Narrator (voice) |
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Nothing But the Truth (2008) as Bonnie Benjamin |
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Of Boys and Men (2008) as Rieta Cole |
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Meet the Browns (2008) as Brenda Brown |
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Gospel Hill (2008) as Sarah Malcolm |
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Inventing the Robinsons: The Making of 'Meet the Robinsons' (2007) as Herself |
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Meet the Robinsons (2007) as Mildred (voice) |
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The Lazarus Child (2006) as Dr. Elizabeth Chase |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) as Tanya |
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Time Bomb (2006) as Jill Greco |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) |
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Mr. 3000 (2004) as Maureen "Mo" Simmons |
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Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Mistress |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) as |
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Sunshine State (2002) as Desiree Perry |
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The Rosa Parks Story (2002) as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
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Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001) as Ruby Delacroix |
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The Score (2001) as Diane |
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Boesman and Lena (2000) as Lena |
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) as Groove (voice) |
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Supernova (2000) as Dr. Kaela Evers |
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Music of the Heart (1999) as Principal Janet Williams |
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Our Friend, Martin (1999) as Miles' Mom (voice) |
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) as Stella Payne |
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Contact (1997) as Rachel Constantine |
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Waiting to Exhale (1995) as Bernie Harris |
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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) as Detective Rita Veder |
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Strange Days (1995) as Lornette 'Mace' Mason |
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Panther (1995) as Dr. Betty Shabazz |
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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
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Passion Fish (1992) as Rhonda / Dawn |
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Malcolm X (1992) as Betty Shabazz |
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Innocent Blood (1992) as U.S. Attorney Sinclair |
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Critters 4 (1992) as Fran |
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991) as Willie |
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City of Hope (1991) as Reesha |
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The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991) as Lt. Phoebe Jeter |
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Boyz n the Hood (1991) as Reva Devereaux |
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991) as Pat |
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Kindergarten Cop (1990) as Stewardess |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990) as Carla Peters |
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Challenger (1990) as Cheryl McNair |
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F/X (1986) as TV reporter |
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Gunpowder Milkshake () as Anna May |
