Acting
Angela Bassett
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Wildwood
Film · 2026
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Film · 2025
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Film · 2025
Zero Day
Series · 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Series · 2025
Damsel
Film · 2024
Orion and the Dark
Film · 2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Film · 2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Film · 2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Film · 2024
Queens
Series · 2024
Doctor Odyssey
Series · 2024
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Series · 2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Film · 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Film · 2023
MPower
Series · 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Series · 2023
Wendell & Wild
Film · 2022
Good Night Oppy
Film · 2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Film · 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Film · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Film · 2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
Film · 2021
TINA
Film · 2021
Malika the Lion Queen
Film · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Series · 2021
Attorneys At Love
Film · 2020
Between the World and Me
Film · 2020
Soul
Film · 2020
9-1-1: Lone Star
Series · 2020
Otherhood
Film · 2019
The Apollo
Film · 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Film · 2019
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Imagineering Story
Series · 2019
Black Panther
Film · 2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Film · 2018
Bumblebee
Film · 2018
The Flood
Film · 2018
Red Table Talk
Series · 2018
9-1-1
Series · 2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Film · 2017
Steve
Series · 2017
London Has Fallen
Film · 2016
The Snowy Day
Film · 2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Film · 2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Film · 2016
Close to the Enemy
Series · 2016
Survivor
Film · 2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Film · 2015
Chi-Raq
Film · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Master of None
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Film · 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Film · 2014
White Bird in a Blizzard
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Trailblazer Honors
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Olympus Has Fallen
Film · 2013
Betty and Coretta
Film · 2013
Black Nativity
Film · 2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
Series · 2013
This Means War
Film · 2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Film · 2012
Finding Your Roots
Series · 2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Series · 2012
Green Lantern
Film · 2011
Jumping the Broom
Film · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
Notorious
Film · 2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Gospel Hill
Film · 2008
Nothing But the Truth
Film · 2008
Meet the Browns
Film · 2008
Of Boys and Men
Film · 2008
Meet the Robinsons
Film · 2007
Akeelah and the Bee
Film · 2006
Time Bomb
Film · 2006
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Film · 2005
The Lazarus Child
Film · 2004
Mr. 3000
Film · 2004
Masked and Anonymous
Film · 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
The Rosa Parks Story
Film · 2002
Sunshine State
Film · 2002
The Score
Film · 2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Film · 2001
Making "The Score"
Film · 2001
Alias
Series · 2001
The Bernie Mac Show
Series · 2001
Critics Choice Awards
Series · 2001
Supernova
Film · 2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Film · 2000
Boesman and Lena
Film · 2000
Music of the Heart
Film · 1999
Our Friend, Martin
Film · 1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Film · 1998
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Series · 1998
Contact
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Strange Days
Film · 1995
Waiting to Exhale
Film · 1995
Vampire in Brooklyn
Film · 1995
Panther
Film · 1995
ER
Series · 1994
What's Love Got to Do with It
Film · 1993
Malcolm X
Film · 1992
Critters 4
Film · 1992
Innocent Blood
Film · 1992
Passion Fish
Film · 1992
Nightmare Cafe
Series · 1992
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Series · 1992
Boyz n the Hood
Film · 1991
One Special Victory
Film · 1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Film · 1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Film · 1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Film · 1991
City of Hope
Film · 1991
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Film · 1991
Stat
Series · 1991
In the Best Interest of the Child
Film · 1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Film · 1990
Kindergarten Cop
Film · 1990
Challenger
Film · 1990
The Flash
Series · 1990
Family of Spies
Series · 1990
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
A Man Called Hawk
Series · 1989
Snoops
Series · 1989
Alien Nation
Series · 1989
thirtysomething
Series · 1987
Tour of Duty
Series · 1987
Liberty
Film · 1986
F/X
Film · 1986
Doubletake
Film · 1985
Spenser: For Hire
Series · 1985
227
Series · 1985
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984
Reading Rainbow
Series · 1983
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Emmy Awards
Series · 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944