Angela Bassett
Birthday
1958/08/16 (66 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know 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 w...Read more
Acting
(1995) Strange Days
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
(2007) Meet the Robinsons
as Mildred (voice)
(1991) Boyz n the Hood
as Reva Styles
(1997) Contact
as Rachel Constantine
(2023) Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
(1992) Malcolm X
as Betty Shabazz
(2000) Supernova
as Dr. Kaela Evers
(2008) Gospel Hill
as Sarah Malcolm
(2001) The Score
as Diane
(1995) Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine
(2003) Masked and Anonymous
as Mistress
(1995) Vampire in Brooklyn
as Detective Rita Veder
(1998) How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Stella Payne
(1999) Music of the Heart
as Janet
(1992) Critters 4
as Fran
(1992) Innocent Blood
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
(2006) Akeelah and the Bee
as Tanya Anderson
(1991) One Special Victory
as Lois
(2009) Notorious
as Voletta Wallace
(1992) Passion Fish
as Rhonda / Dawn
(2008) Nothing But the Truth
as Bonnie Benjamin
(2009) Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2021) 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
(1993) What's Love Got to Do with It
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
(2011) Green Lantern
as Dr. Amanda Waller
(2004) The Lazarus Child
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
(2004) Mr. 3000
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
(2008) Meet the Browns
as Brenda Brown
(2003) Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as ---
(2002) The Rosa Parks Story
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
(2000) Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Groove (voice)
(2002) Sunshine State
as Desiree Perry
(2011) Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Watson
(2012) This Means War
as Collins
(2012) I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
(2022) Wendell & Wild
as Sister Helley (voice)
(1995) Panther
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
(2000) Boesman and Lena
as Lena
(2024) Damsel
as Lady Bayford
(2013) Olympus Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
(2001) Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Ruby Delacroix
(2013) Betty and Coretta
as Coretta Scott King
(1999) Our Friend, Martin
as Miles' Mom (voice)
(2013) Black Nativity
as Aretha Cobbs
(1986) Liberty
as Linda Thornton
(2008) Of Boys and Men
as Rieta Cole
(1985) Doubletake
as Prostitute at Headquarters
(1986) F/X
as TV reporter
(1991) Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Willie
(2023) The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
as Host
(1990) In the Best Interest of the Child
as Lori
Wildwood
as (voice)
(2016) London Has Fallen
as Lynne Jacobs
(2024) Orion and the Dark
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
(2022) Good Night Oppy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022) 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
(2015) Survivor
as Maureen Cranepaul
(2015) Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
(2015) Chi-Raq
as Miss Helen Worthy
(2010) For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
as Self (voice)
(2024) Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Black Panther
as Ramonda
(2024) Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self
(2016) The Snowy Day
as Nana
(1991) The Heroes of Desert Storm
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
(1990) Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Carla Peters
(1990) Kindergarten Cop
as Stewardess
(2018) Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Erika Sloane
(1990) Challenger
as Cheryl McNair
(2017) August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self
(1991) Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Pat
(1991) City of Hope
as Reesha
(2016) BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self
(2019) Otherhood
as Carol Walker
(2006) Time Bomb
as Jill Greco
(2022) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Ramonda
(2016) National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
as Self
(2018) Bumblebee
as Shatter (voice)
(2021) Gunpowder Milkshake
as Anna May
(2018) The Flood
as Narrator
(2020) Attorneys At Love
as Narrator
(2019) The Apollo
as Self
(2019) Avengers: Endgame
as Ramonda
(2014) We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as ---
(2014) Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
(2020) Between the World and Me
as Self
(2020) Soul
as Dorothea (voice)
(2005) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
(2021) TINA
as Self
(2021) Malika the Lion Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1991) Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Allison
(2024) Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self
(2025) Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Erika Sloane
(2014) White Bird in a Blizzard
as Dr. Thaler
(2024) OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as Michelle Obama (voice)
(1990) The Flash
as Linda Lake
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1985) Spenser: For Hire
as ---
(1987) thirtysomething
as ---
(1989) A Man Called Hawk
as ---
(2001) Alias
as Hayden Chase
(2001) The Bernie Mac Show
as Angela Bassett
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Sara
(1985) 227
as ---
(1997) The View
as Self
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(2012) Finding Your Roots
as Self
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(1992) Nightmare Cafe
as Evelyn Wall
(1994) ER
as Catherine Banfield
(2019) A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Mo
(1987) Tour of Duty
as Lt. Camilla Patterson
(1991) Stat
as Dr. Willie Burns
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2011) American Horror Story
as Marie Laveau
(2001) Critics Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2011) American Horror Story
as Desiree Dupree
(2021) What If...?
as Queen Ramonda (voice)
(2021) Marvel Studios Legends
as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2011) American Horror Story
as Ramona Royale
(2016) Close to the Enemy
as Eva
(2018) Red Table Talk
as Self
(2015) The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
(2011) American Horror Story
as Monet Tumissee
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
(2024) Queens
as Narrator (voice)
(2018) 9-1-1
as Athena Grant
(1990) Family of Spies
as Bev Andress
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(1998) Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
as Herself
(2025) Zero Day
as President Evelyn Mitchell
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2020) 9-1-1: Lone Star
as Sergeant Athena Grant
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2012) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Special Guest
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2014) Trailblazer Honors
as Self
(2013) The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(2019) The Imagineering Story
as Narrator
(2014) BoJack Horseman
as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
(2023) MPower
as Self
(1992) The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Katherine Jackson
(2015) Master of None
as Catherine
(2014) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
(1989) Snoops
as Laura Hale
(2023) Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Decoy (voice)