Angela Bassett
Known for: Acting
Born: August 16, 1958
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 w…
Known for
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Meet the Browns
2008
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Betty and Coretta
2013
Good Night Oppy
2022
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
Otherhood
2019
The Flood
2018
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
Strange Days
1995
Malcolm X
1992
Supernova
2000
Gospel Hill
2008
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
Mr. 3000
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Boesman and Lena
2000
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Black Nativity
2013
Of Boys and Men
2008
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
Between the World and Me
2020
Making "The Score"
2001
Music of the Heart
1999
Critters 4
1992
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
Nothing But the Truth
2008
The Lazarus Child
2004
Sunshine State
2002
Jumping the Broom
2011
London Has Fallen
2016
Orion and the Dark
2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
The Score
2001
Survivor
2015
Chi-Raq
2015
Time Bomb
2006
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
The Snowy Day
2016
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
Attorneys At Love
2020
The Apollo
2019
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
Notorious
2009
Green Lantern
2011
Wendell & Wild
2022
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
Wildwood
2026
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
Damsel
2024
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
Contact
1997
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Passion Fish
1992
This Means War
2012
City of Hope
1991
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
TINA
2021
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
Meet the Robinsons
2007
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Black Panther
2018
Challenger
1990
Soul
2020
One Special Victory
1991
Bumblebee
2018
Innocent Blood
1992
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
Liberty
1986
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
Panther
1995
F/X
1986
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Doubletake
1985
Kindergarten Cop
1990
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
The Simpsons
1989
The Flash
1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Spenser: For Hire
1985
thirtysomething
1987
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Alias
2001
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
The Cosby Show
1984
227
1985
The View
1997
Tamron Hall
2019
Finding Your Roots
2012
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Nightmare Cafe
1992
ER
1994
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Tour of Duty
1987
Stat
1991
The Oscars
1953
Critics Choice Awards
2001
American Horror Story
2011
What If...?
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Red Table Talk
2018
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Reading Rainbow
1983
Queens
2024
9-1-1
2018
Family of Spies
1990
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
1998
Zero Day
2025
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Golden Globe Awards
1944
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Trailblazer Honors
2014
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
Sherri
2022
The Imagineering Story
2019
BoJack Horseman
2014
MPower
2023
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Master of None
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Snoops
1989
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Doctor Odyssey
2024
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Emmy Awards
1949
Alien Nation
1989
Close to the Enemy
2016
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Hollywood Black
2024
Steve
2017