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