Actor

Angela Bassett

August 16, 1958 · New York City, New York, USA

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).

Notable work

8.2
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Ramonda
7.4
Black Panther (2018)
as Ramonda
8.1
Soul (2020)
as Dorothea (voice)
6.7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Michelle Obama (voice)
7.5
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
as Erika Sloane
5.2
Green Lantern (2011)
as Dr. Amanda Waller
7
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
as Ramonda
6.4
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Lynne Jacobs
6.7
Bumblebee (2018)
as Shatter (voice)
8.1
American Horror Story (2011)
as Desiree Dupree and as Ramona Royale and as Monet Tumissee and as Marie Laveau and Director
6.2
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Lynne Jacobs

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