Angela Bassett
Birthday: 1958-08-16
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 530
Drafted By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 1
Nom Bonus: 1
Total Points: 4
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
She 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. This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992), as the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious (2009), and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern (2011).
Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). She has 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 a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, she 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1994 | 36 | What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 2023 | 65 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) | Supporting Actress | Nom | 4 | |
| Career | 4 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2025-05-21 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Erika Sloane |
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2024-03-07 | Damsel | Lady Bayford |
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2024-02-01 | Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) |
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2023-11-18 | The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Host |
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2022-11-09 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda |
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2022-10-21 | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) |
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2021-07-14 | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May |
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2020-12-25 | Soul | Dorothea (voice) |
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2019-08-13 | Otherhood | Carol Walker |
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2019-04-24 | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda |
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2018-12-15 | Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) |
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2018-07-13 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane |
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2018-02-13 | Black Panther | Ramonda |
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2016-11-25 | The Snowy Day | Nana |
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2016-03-02 | London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs |
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2015-12-04 | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy |
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2015-05-21 | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul |
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2015-01-26 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) |
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2014-08-14 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler |
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2014-02-11 | We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | |
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2013-11-27 | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs |
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2013-03-20 | Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs |
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2013-02-02 | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King |
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2012-02-14 | This Means War | Collins |
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2011-06-14 | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller |
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2011-05-06 | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson |
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2009-01-16 | Notorious | Voletta Wallace |
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2008-12-19 | Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin |
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2008-10-21 | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole |
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2008-03-21 | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown |
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2008-02-09 | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm |
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2007-03-23 | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) |
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2006-04-28 | Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson |
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2006-03-19 | Time Bomb | Jill Greco |
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2005-06-07 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) |
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2004-06-15 | Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons |
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2004-05-13 | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase |
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2003-07-25 | Masked and Anonymous | Mistress |
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2003-02-10 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | |
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2002-06-21 | Sunshine State | Desiree Perry |
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2002-02-24 | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
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2001-12-01 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix |
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2001-07-13 | The Score | Diane |
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2000-11-03 | Boesman and Lena | Lena |
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2000-10-03 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) |
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2000-01-14 | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers |
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1999-10-29 | Music of the Heart | Janet |
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1999-01-12 | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) |
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1998-08-14 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne |
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1997-07-11 | Contact | Rachel Constantine |
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1995-12-22 | Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine |
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1995-10-26 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder |
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1995-10-13 | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason |
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1995-05-03 | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz |
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1993-06-09 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
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1992-12-11 | Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn |
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1992-11-18 | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz |
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1992-09-25 | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair |
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1992-08-20 | Critters 4 | Fran |
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1991-12-08 | One Special Victory | Lois |
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1991-10-29 | Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie |
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1991-10-11 | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter |
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1991-10-11 | City of Hope | Reesha |
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1991-07-12 | Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux |
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1991-02-18 | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison |
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1991-01-21 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat |
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1990-12-21 | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess |
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1990-05-20 | In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori |
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1990-05-20 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters |
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1990-02-25 | Challenger | Cheryl McNair |
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1986-06-23 | Liberty | Linda Thornton |
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1986-02-07 | F/X | TV reporter |
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1985-11-24 | Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters |