Angela Bassett
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.
Acted in
Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
Queens
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
as Host
MPower
2023
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
Good Night Oppy
2022
as Narrator (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
TINA
2021
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Queen Ramonda (voice)
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Ramonda (archive footage)
Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Sergeant Athena Grant
Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
The Imagineering Story
2019
as Narrator
Otherhood
2019
as Carol Walker
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Mo
The Apollo
2019
as Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Ramonda
Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
The Flood
2018
as Narrator
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
9-1-1
2018
as Athena Grant
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
Close to the Enemy
2016
as Eva
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
as Self
London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
Master of None
2015
as Catherine
Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Special Guest
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
as Self
This Means War
2012
as Collins
American Horror Story
2011
as Desiree Dupree
American Horror Story
2011
as Ramona Royale
American Horror Story
2011
as Monet Tumissee / Lee Harris
American Horror Story
2011
as Marie Laveau
Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
as Self (voice)
Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Ruby Delacroix
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Angela Bassett
Alias
2001
as Hayden Chase
The Score
2001
as Diane
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
Supernova
2000
as Dr. Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
1998
as Herself
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1996
as Herself - Presenter
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
ER
1994
as Catherine Banfield
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
as Katherine Jackson
Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Critters 4
1992
as Fran
Nightmare Cafe
1992
as Evelyn Wall
One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Devereaux
Stat
1991
as Dr. Willie Burns
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
Kindergarten Cop
1990
as Stewardess
The Flash
1990
as Linda Lake
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
Family of Spies
1990
as Bev Andress
The Simpsons
1989
A Man Called Hawk
1989
thirtysomething
1987
Tour of Duty
1987
as Lt. Camilla Patterson
Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
F/X
1986
as TV reporter
Doubletake
1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
Spenser: For Hire
1985
227
1985
The Cosby Show
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Wildwood
as (voice)
Zero Day
as President Mitchell