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Angela Bassett
Highest Rated: 100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated: 8% Survivor (2015)
Birthday: Aug 16, 1958
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Golden Globe-winning actress Angela Bassett is often associated with her notable roles as African-American cultural figures like Rosa Parks, Betty Shabazz, and Tina Turner, all of whom she portrayed on the big and small screens to critical acclaim. But when she was not ably filling the shoes of such important, multi-dimensional female icons in films like "What's Love Got to Do With It" (1992) and "Malcolm X" (1992), Bassett created equally compelling portraits of independent modern women audiences could relate to in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" (1998) and "Meet the Browns" (2008). Bassett's stage training and open, expressive face - not to mention her sheer beauty - made her one of Hollywood's most versatile African-American actresses, admired by the black community to the tune of nearly a dozen NAACP Image Award nominations, and a universal appeal that saw her navigate between film and television and comedy and drama seemingly without effort, leaving a lasting impact with the powerful, purposeful women she left behind on screen. Aging gracefully, Bassett began doing character work in films ranging from romantic comedy "This Means War" (2012) to action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen" (2013) and its sequel "London Has Fallen" (2016) to Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther" (2018) while delivering scares in the anthology series "American Horror Story" (FX, 2011- ).
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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56% |
|
Damsel | Lady Bayford (Character) | - | 2024 |
91% |
|
Orion and the Dark | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wildwood | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2024 |
33% |
|
Heist 88 | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
84% |
|
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda (Character) | $453.8M | 2022 |
81% |
|
Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (Voice) | - | 2022 |
60% |
|
Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
|
Malika the Lion Queen | Narrator (Character) | - | 2021 |
92% |
|
Tina | Self | - | 2021 |
95% |
|
Soul | Dorothea (Voice) | $870.6K | 2020 |
95% |
|
Between the World and Me | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
96% |
|
The Apollo | Self | - | 2019 |
29% |
|
Otherhood |
Carol Walker (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2019 |
90% |
|
Bumblebee | Shatter (Voice) | $127.2M | 2018 |
97% |
|
Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane (Character) | $220.1M | 2018 |
96% |
|
Black Panther | Ramonda (Character) | $700.2M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
28% |
|
London Has Fallen | Lynn Jacobs (Character) | $62.5M | 2016 |
82% |
|
Chi-Raq | Miss Helen (Character) | $2.6M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (Voice) | - | 2015 |
8% |
|
Survivor | Maureen Crane (Character) | - | 2015 |
47% |
|
Whitney | Director | - | 2015 |
57% |
|
White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler (Character) | $33.5K | 2014 |
51% |
|
Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs (Character) | $7.0M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Betty & Coretta | Coretta Scott King (Character) | - | 2013 |
50% |
|
Olympus Has Fallen | Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs (Character) | $98.9M | 2013 |
26% |
|
This Means War | Collins (Character) | $54.8M | 2012 |
57% |
|
Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson (Character) | $37.3M | 2011 |
25% |
|
Green Lantern | Dr. Waller (Character) | $116.6M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Identity | Martha Adams (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator | - | 2009 |
52% |
|
Notorious | Voletta Wallace (Character) | $36.8M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
|
Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole (Character) | - | 2008 |
33% |
|
Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm (Character) | - | 2008 |
82% |
|
Nothing but the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin (Character) | $3.0K | 2008 |
33% |
|
Meet the Browns | Brenda (Character) | $41.9M | 2008 |
67% |
|
Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (Voice) | - | 2007 |
86% |
|
Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya (Character) | $18.8M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
|
Time Bomb | Jill Greco (Character) | - | 2006 |
60% |
|
Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (Voice) | $186.3M | 2005 |
55% |
|
Mr. 3000 | Mo (Character) | $21.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase (Character) | - | 2004 |
25% |
|
Masked and Anonymous | Mistress (Character) | $533.3K | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Century of Black Cinema | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
|
Our America | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Rosa Parks Story |
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2002 |
80% |
|
Sunshine State | Desiree Perry (Character) | $3.1M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
Ruby's Bucket of Blood |
Ruby Delacroix (Character), Producer |
- | 2001 |
74% |
|
The Score | Diane (Character) | $71.1M | 2001 |
50% |
|
Boesman & Lena | Lena (Character) | $32.1K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (Voice) | - | 2000 |
11% |
|
Supernova | Kaela Evers (Character) | $14.2M | 2000 |
64% |
|
Music of the Heart | Janet Williams (Character) | $14.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
|
Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (Voice) | - | 1999 |
50% |
|
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne (Character) | $37.7M | 1998 |
68% |
|
Contact | Rachel Constantine (Character) | $100.9M | 1997 |
11% |
|
Vampire in Brooklyn | Det. Rita Veder (Character) | $18.7M | 1995 |
68% |
|
Strange Days | Lornette "Mace" Mason (Character) | $7.3M | 1995 |
56% |
|
Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris (Character) | $64.2M | 1995 |
97% |
|
What's Love Got to Do With It | Tina Turner (Character) | $38.9M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
|
Critters 4 | Fran (Character) | - | 1992 |
100% |
|
Passion Fish |
Rhonda / |
$2.4M | 1992 |
88% |
|
Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz (Character) | $47.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Other Side of Love | Willie (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter (Character) | - | 1991 |
95% |
|
City of Hope | Reesha (Character) | $1.3M | 1991 |
96% |
|
Boyz N the Hood | Reva Devereaux (Character) | $55.1M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Willie (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Challenger | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 75% | 9-1-1 |
Athena Grant (Character), Executive Producer |
2018-2024 |
No Score Yet | 71% | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Executive Producer | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011 2013 2016 2018-2019 2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2018 2020-2021 2024 |
80% | 79% | Queens | Narrator | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 56% | MPower | Self | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018-2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Thousand Years of Slavery | Executive Producer | 2022 |
89% | 79% | What If...? | Ramonda (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 53% | RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars | Guest | 2021 |
100% | 95% | The Imagineering Story | Narrator | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2013 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 |
77% | 67% | American Horror Story |
Marie Laveau (Character), Ramona Royale (Guest Star), Director |
2013-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breakthrough |
Director, Narrator |
2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2014 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Michelle Obama (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Dr. Cate Banfield (Character) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2007 |
86% | 88% | Alias | Hayden Chase (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Challenger | Cheryl McNair (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | Lt. Camilla Patterson (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |