Angela Bassett
Age: 65 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1958-08-16 15:30:57
Aliases: Angela Evelyn Bassett , Άντζελα Μπάσετ
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 73
TV Involvements: 33
Most Famous Work
Biography
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angela Bassett licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
9-1-1
(2018) Athena Grant
American Horror Story
(2011) Marie Laveau
9-1-1: Lone Star
(2020) Sergeant Athena Grant
Finding Your Roots
(2012) Self
What If...?
(2021) Queen Ramonda (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
(2021) Ramonda (archive footage)
ER
(1994) Catherine Banfield
Tour of Duty
(1987) Lt. Camilla PattersonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lady Bayford | |
| Dreams (voice) | ||
| 2023 | Host | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2022 | Ramonda | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Sister Helley (voice) | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Queen Ramonda (voice) | ||
| Anna May | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Ramonda (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | Dorothea (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Sergeant Athena Grant | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2019 | Narrator | |
| N/A | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Carol Walker | ||
| Mo | ||
| Ramonda | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Shatter (voice) | |
| Narrator | ||
| Erika Sloane | ||
| Self | ||
| Ramonda | ||
| Athena Grant | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2016 | Nana | |
| Self | ||
| Eva | ||
| Self | ||
| Lynne Jacobs | ||
| 2015 | Miss Helen Worthy | |
| Catherine | ||
| Self | ||
| Maureen Cranepaul | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Dr. Kulinda (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Ana Spanakopita (voice) | ||
| Dr. Thaler | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2013 | Aretha Cobbs | |
| Lynne Jacobs | ||
| Coretta Scott King | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Collins | ||
| 2011 | Desiree Dupree | |
| Ramona Royale | ||
| Marie Laveau | ||
| Monet Tumissee / Lee Harris | ||
| Dr. Amanda Waller | ||
| Mrs. Watson | ||
| 2010 | Self (voice) | |
| 2009 | Voletta Wallace | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Bonnie Benjamin | |
| Rieta Cole | ||
| Brenda Brown | ||
| Sarah Malcolm | ||
| 2007 | Mildred (voice) | |
| 2006 | Tanya Anderson | |
| Jill Greco | ||
| 2005 | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Chase | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Mistress | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Desiree Perry | |
| Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | ||
| 2001 | Ruby Delacroix | |
| N/A | ||
| Hayden Chase | ||
| Diane | ||
| 2000 | Lena | |
| Groove (voice) | ||
| Dr. Kaela Evers | ||
| 1999 | Janet | |
| Miles' Mom (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Herself | |
| Stella Payne | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Rachel Constantine | ||
| 1996 | Herself - Presenter | |
| 1995 | Bernadine | |
| Detective Rita Veder | ||
| Lornette 'Mace' Mason | ||
| Dr. Betty Shabazz | ||
| 1994 | Catherine Banfield | |
| 1993 | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | |
| 1992 | Rhonda / Dawn | |
| Betty Shabazz | ||
| Katherine Jackson | ||
| U.S. Attorney Sinclair | ||
| Fran | ||
| Evelyn Wall | ||
| 1991 | Lois | |
| Willie | ||
| Reesha | ||
| Lt. Phoebe Jeter | ||
| Reva Devereaux | ||
| Dr. Willie Burns | ||
| Allison | ||
| Pat | ||
| 1990 | Stewardess | |
| Linda Lake | ||
| Carla Peters | ||
| Lori | ||
| Janet Fields | ||
| Cheryl McNair | ||
| Bev Andress | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Lt. Camilla Patterson | ||
| 1986 | Linda Thornton | |
| TV reporter | ||
| 1985 | Prostitute at Headquarters | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| 1983 | Herself - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1944 | Self - Presenter | |
| (voice) | ||
| President Mitchell | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2011 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
