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 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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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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2018-11-22 | 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 (voice) |
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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 Styles |
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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 |