08/16/1958
New York City, New York, USA:
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.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) |
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Black Panther (2018) Ramonda |
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August 28: A Day In The Life Of A People (2017) |
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The Snowy Day (2016) Nana |
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London Has Fallen (2016) Lynne Jacobs |
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Chi-Raq (2015) Miss Helen |
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Survivor (2015) Maureen Cranepaul |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) Dr. Kulinda |
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White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) Dr. Thaler |
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Black Nativity (2013) Aretha Cobbs |
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Lynne Jacobs |
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Betty and Coretta (2013) Coretta Scott King |
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012) Herself |
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This Means War (2012) Collins |
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Green Lantern (2011) Dr. Amanda Walker |
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Jumping the Broom (2011) |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) (voice) |
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Notorious (2009) Voletta Wallace |
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) Narrator |
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Nothing But the Truth (2008) Bonnie Benjamin |
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Meet the Browns (2008) Brenda Brown |
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Gospel Hill (2008) Sarah Malcolm |
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Of Boys and Men (2008) Rieta Cole |
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Inventing the Robinsons: The Making of 'Meet the Robinsons' (2007) Herself |
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Meet the Robinsons (2007) Mildred (voice) |
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The Lazarus Child (2006) Dr. Elizabeth Chase |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Tanya |
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Mr. 3000 (2004) Maureen "Mo" Simmons |
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Masked and Anonymous (2003) Mistress |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) |
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Sunshine State (2002) Desiree Perry |
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The Rosa Parks Story (2002) Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
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Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001) Ruby Delacroix |
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The Score (2001) Diane |
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Boesman and Lena (2000) Lena |
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Whispers: An Elephant Tale (2000) Groove (voice) |
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Supernova (2000) Dr. Kaela Evers |
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Music of the Heart (1999) Principal Janet Williams |
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Our Friend, Martin (1999) Miles' Mom (voice) |
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) Stella Payne |
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Contact (1997) Rachel Constantine |
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Waiting to Exhale (1995) Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris |
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Panther (1995) Dr. Betty Shabazz |
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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Detective Rita Veder |
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Strange Days (1995) Lornette 'Mace' Mason |
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1994) Willie |
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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
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Passion Fish (1992) Rhonda / Dawn |
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Malcolm X (1992) Dr. Betty Shabazz |
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Innocent Blood (1992) U.S. Attorney Sinclair |
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Critters 4 (1992) Fran |
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The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991) Lt. Phoebe Jeter |
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Boyz n the Hood (1991) Reva Devereaux |
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991) Pat |
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Kindergarten Cop (1990) Stewardess |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990) Carla Peters |
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Challenger (1990) Cheryl McNair |
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F/X (1986) TV reporter |
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Whitney (2015) Director |
