Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. She 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. This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992), as the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious (2009), and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern (2011). Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). She has 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 a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
Strange Days
(Lornette 'Mace' Mason)
Meet the Robinsons
(Mildred (voice))
Boyz n the Hood
(Reva Devereaux)
Contact
(Rachel Constantine)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(Self)
Malcolm X
(Betty Shabazz)
Supernova
(Dr. Kaela Evers)
Gospel Hill
(Sarah Malcolm)
The Score
(Diane)
Waiting to Exhale
(Bernadine)
Masked and Anonymous
(Mistress)
Vampire in Brooklyn
(Detective Rita Veder)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
(Stella Payne)
Music of the Heart
(Janet)
Critters 4
(Fran)
Innocent Blood
(U.S. Attorney Sinclair)
Akeelah and the Bee
(Tanya Anderson)
One Special Victory
(Lois)
Notorious
(Voletta Wallace)
Passion Fish
(Rhonda / Dawn)
Nothing But the Truth
(Bonnie Benjamin)
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
(Narrator (voice))
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
What's Love Got to Do with It
(Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner)
Green Lantern
(Dr. Amanda Waller)
The Lazarus Child
(Dr. Elizabeth Chase)
Mr. 3000
(Maureen "Mo" Simmons)
Meet the Browns
(Brenda Brown)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
The Rosa Parks Story
(Rosa Louise McCauley Parks)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
(Groove (voice))
Sunshine State
(Desiree Perry)
Jumping the Broom
(Mrs. Watson)
This Means War
(Collins)
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
(Self)
Wendell & Wild
(Sister Helley (voice))
Panther
(Dr. Betty Shabazz)
Boesman and Lena
(Lena)
Damsel
(Lady Bayford)
Olympus Has Fallen
(Lynne Jacobs)
White Bird in a Blizzard
(Dr. Thaler)
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
(Ruby Delacroix)
Betty and Coretta
(Coretta Scott King)
Our Friend, Martin
(Miles' Mom (voice))
Black Nativity
(Aretha Cobbs)
Liberty
(Linda Thornton)
Of Boys and Men
(Rieta Cole)
Doubletake
(Prostitute at Headquarters)
F/X
(TV reporter)
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
(Willie)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
(Host)
In the Best Interest of the Child
(Lori)
Wildwood
((voice))
London Has Fallen
(Lynne Jacobs)
Orion and the Dark
(Sweet Dreams (voice))
Good Night Oppy
(Narrator (voice))
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
(Self)
Survivor
(Maureen Cranepaul)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
(Dr. Kulinda (voice))
Chi-Raq
(Miss Helen Worthy)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
(Self (voice))
Butterfly in the Sky
(Self (archive footage))
Black Panther
(Ramonda)
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
(Self)
The Snowy Day
(Nana)
The Heroes of Desert Storm
(Lt. Phoebe Jeter)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
(Carla Peters)
Kindergarten Cop
(Stewardess)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
(Erika Sloane)
Challenger
(Cheryl McNair)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
(Self)
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
(Pat)
City of Hope
(Reesha)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
(Self)
Otherhood
(Carol Walker)
Time Bomb
(Jill Greco)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(Ramonda)
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
(Self)
Bumblebee
(Shatter (voice))
Gunpowder Milkshake
(Anna May)
The Flood
(Narrator)
Attorneys At Love
(Narrator)
The Apollo
(Self)
Avengers: Endgame
(Ramonda)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
(Self)
Between the World and Me
(Self)
Soul
(Dorothea (voice))
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited))
TINA
(Self)
Malika the Lion Queen
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
(Allison)
The Simpsons
(Michelle Obama (voice))
The Flash
(Linda Lake)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Spenser: For Hire
thirtysomething
A Man Called Hawk
Alias
(Hayden Chase)
The Bernie Mac Show
(Angela Bassett)
The Cosby Show
(Sara)
227
The View
(Self)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Nightmare Cafe
(Evelyn Wall)
ER
(Catherine Banfield)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Mo)
Tour of Duty
(Lt. Camilla Patterson)
Stat
(Dr. Willie Burns)
The Oscars
(Self)
American Horror Story
(Marie Laveau)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
(Herself - Presenter)
American Horror Story
(Desiree Dupree)
What If...?
(Queen Ramonda (voice))
Marvel Studios Legends
(Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited))
American Horror Story
(Ramona Royale)
Close to the Enemy
(Eva)
Red Table Talk
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
American Horror Story
(Monet Tumissee / Lee Harris)
Reading Rainbow
(Herself - Narrator (voice))
Queens
(Narrator (voice))
9-1-1
(Athena Grant)
Family of Spies
(Bev Andress)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
(Herself)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Zero Day
(President Mitchell)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
9-1-1: Lone Star
(Sergeant Athena Grant)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
(Self - Special Guest)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Trailblazer Honors
(Self)
The Arsenio Hall Show
(Self)
Sherri
(Self - Guest)
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Imagineering Story
(Narrator)
BoJack Horseman
(Ana Spanakopita (voice))
MPower
(Self)
The Jacksons: An American Dream
(Katherine Jackson)
Master of None
(Catherine)
Heist 88
(Executive Producer)
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
(Producer)
Whitney
(Director)
Our America
(Executive Producer)
Otherhood
(Executive Producer)
Breakthrough
(Director)
American Horror Story
(Director)
9-1-1: Lone Star
(Executive Producer)
9-1-1
(Executive Producer)
Queens
(Executive Producer)
Queens
(Creator)