Angela Bassett
Known for Acting · 154 credits
- Born
- 1958-08-16 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Angela Evelyn Bassett
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (58)
The Simpsons
1989
as Michelle Obama (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
9-1-1
2018
as Athena Grant
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
American Horror Story
2011
as Desiree Dupree / Ramona Royale / Monet Tumissee / Marie Laveau
ER
1994
as Catherine Banfield
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
The Cosby Show
1984
as Sara
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Steve
2017
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Sergeant Athena Grant
What If...?
2021
as Queen Ramonda (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Special Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
thirtysomething
1987
Tour of Duty
1987
as Lt. Camilla Patterson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Decoy (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Master of None
2015
as Catherine
227
1985
Red Table Talk
2018
as Self
Doctor Odyssey
2024
as Athena Grant
Zero Day
2025
as President Evelyn Mitchell
Spenser: For Hire
1985
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Mo
The Flash
1990
as Linda Lake
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Angela Bassett
Alias
2001
as Hayden Chase
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
as Katherine Jackson
Alien Nation
1989
as Renee Longstreet
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
as Self
Snoops
1989
as Laura Hale
Close to the Enemy
2016
as Eva
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
MPower
2023
as Self
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Critics Choice Awards
2001
as Self - Presenter
Queens
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Imagineering Story
2019
as Narrator (voice)
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Nightmare Cafe
1992
as Evelyn Wall
Family of Spies
1990
as Bev Andress
Stat
1991
as Dr. Willie Burns
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
1998
as Herself
Movies (96)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Erika Sloane
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Ramonda
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
Wildwood
2026
as General (voice)
Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Styles
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
The Score
2001
as Diane
This Means War
2012
as Collins
Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Kindergarten Cop
1990
as Stewardess
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
TINA
2021
as Self
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Nothing but the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
F/X
1986
as TV reporter
Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Ruby Delacroix
Supernova
2000
as Kaela Evers
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
Otherhood
2019
as Carol Walker
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
Critters 4
1992
as Fran
Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Good Night Oppy
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
as Self
Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
Making "The Score"
2001
as Herself
The Flood
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
as Self
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
The Apollo
2019
as Self
Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana (voice)
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Doubletake
1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
as Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
as Host
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
as Self
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
as Self
About Angela Bassett
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… With 154 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Angela Bassett has appeared in 96 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Angela Bassett Movies
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — as Erika Sloane
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as Ramonda
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — as Ramonda
- Black Panther (2018) — as Ramonda
- Soul (2020) — as Dorothea (voice)
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