Angela Bassett

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-08-16 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Angela 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...

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

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

1995

Vampire in Brooklyn

as Detective Rita Veder

1999

1992

Critters 4

as Fran

1992

Innocent Blood

as U.S. Attorney Sinclair

2006

Akeelah and the Bee

as Tanya Anderson

2009

Notorious

as Voletta Wallace

1992

Passion Fish

as Rhonda / Dawn

2008

Nothing But the Truth

as Bonnie Benjamin

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

2002

The Rosa Parks Story

as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

2000

2002

Sunshine State

as Desiree Perry

2011

Jumping the Broom

as Mrs. Watson

2012

This Means War

as Collins

2022

Wendell & Wild

as Sister Helley (voice)

1995

Panther

as Dr. Betty Shabazz

2000

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

-

Wildwood

as General (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)

2015

Survivor

as Maureen Cranepaul

2015

2015

Chi-Raq

as Miss Helen Worthy

2024

Butterfly in the Sky

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Black Panther

as Ramonda

2016

The Snowy Day

as Nana (voice)

1991

The Heroes of Desert Storm

as Lt. Phoebe Jeter

1990

Kindergarten Cop

as Stewardess

1990

Challenger

as Cheryl McNair

1991

City of Hope

as Reesha

2019

Otherhood

as Carol Walker

2006

Time Bomb

as Jill Greco

2018

Bumblebee

as Shatter (voice)

2021

2018

The Flood

as Narrator

2020

2019

The Apollo

as Self

2019

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)

2014

2001

Production

2023

Heist 88

as Executive Producer

2001

2015

Whitney

as Director

2002

Our America

as Executive Producer

2019

Otherhood

as Executive Producer

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