Angela Bassett
Country: United States
Gender: F
Birthday: 1958-08-16
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.
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Actor:
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...Carla Peters
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2. Kindergarten Cop (1990), film...Stewardess
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3. Boyz N the Hood (1991), film...Reva Styles
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4. City of Hope (1991), film...Reesha
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5. Malcolm X (1992), film...Betty Shabazz
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6. Passion Fish (1992), film...Rhonda / Dawn
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7. Critters 4 (1992), film...Fran
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8. The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), series...Katherine Jackson
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9. Strange Days (1995), film...Lornette 'Mace' Mason
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10. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), film...Det. Rita Veder
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11. Waiting to Exhale (1995), film...Bernadine
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12. PANTHER (1995), film...Dr. Betty Shabazz
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13. Contact (1997), film...Rachel Constantine
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14. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), film...Stella Payne
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15. Music of the Heart (1999), film...Janet
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16. Supernova (2000), film...Dr. Kaela Evers
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17. The Score (2001), film...Diane
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18. Sunshine State (2002), film...Desiree Perry
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...Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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20. Masked and Anonymous (2003), film...Mistress
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21. A Century of Black Cinema (2003), film...Self (archive footage)
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22. The Lazarus Child (2004), film...Dr. Elizabeth Chase
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23. Mr. 3000 (2004), film...Mo
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24. Time Bomb (2006), film...Jill Greco
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25. Akeelah and the Bee (2006), film...Tanya
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26. CNN Heroes (2007), series...Shatter
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27. Nothing But the Truth (2008), film...Bonnie Benjamin
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28. Gospel Hill (2008), film...Sarah Malcolm
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29. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008), film...Brenda
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30. Notorious (2009), film...Voletta Wallace
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31. Green Lantern (2011), film...Doctor Waller
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32. Jumping the Broom (2011), film...Mrs. Watson
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33. AHS (2011), series...Desiree Dupree
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34. This Means War (2012), film...Collins
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...Self
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36. Olympus Has Fallen (2013), film...Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
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37. Black Nativity (2013), film...Aretha Cobbs
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38. Betty & Coretta (2013), film...Coretta Scott King
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39. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), film...Dr. Thaler
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40. BoJack Horseman (2014), series...Ana Spanikopita
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41. Survivor (2015), film...Maureen Crane
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42. Chi-Raq (2015), film...Miss Helen
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43. Breakthrough (2015), series...Herself
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44. London Has Fallen (2016), film...Lynne Jacobs
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45. Close to the Enemy (2016), series...Eva
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46. The British Academy Film Awards (2016), film...Herself - Presenter
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47. Black Panther (2018), film...Ramonda
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48. Mission: Impossible VI (2018), film...Erika Sloane
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49. 9-1-1 (2018), series...Athena Grant
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50. The Apollo (2019), film...Self
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51. Otherhood (2019), film...Carol Walker
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52. Between the World and Me (2020), film...Self
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53. The Oscars (2021), film...Self - Presenter
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54. Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), film...Anna May
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55. Tina (2021), film...Self
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...Self
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57. Malika the Lion Queen (2021), film...Narrator
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58. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), film...Ramonda
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59. Good Night Oppy (2022), film...Self - Narrator
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60. Wendell & Wild (2022), film
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61. Orion and the Dark (2024), film...Sweet Dreams (voice)
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62. Damsel (2024), film...Lady Bayford
Director:
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1. AHS (2011), series
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2. Whitney (2015), film
Producer:
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...executive producer
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2. Otherhood (2019), film...executive producer
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...executive producer
Voice:
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1. Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000), film...Groove
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2. Mr & Mrs Smith (2005), film...Mr. Smith's Boss
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3. Meet the Robinsons (2007), film...Mildred
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...Dr. Kulinda
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6. The Snowy Day (2016), film...Nana
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7. Bumblebee (2018), film...Shatter
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8. Soul (2020), film...Dorothea
Narrator:
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1. The Flood (2018), series
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2. The Imagineering Story (2019), series
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3. Malika the Lion Queen (2021), film
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4. Malika: The Lion Queen (2021), series
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5. Queens (2024), series