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 name ... d 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 with It (1993), which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She 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 another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, Bassett 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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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9-1-1
as Athena Grant
Episodes: 115
First Aired: Jan 03, 2018
ER
as Catherine Banfield
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
American Horror Story
as Desiree Dupree
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
American Horror Story
as Ramona Royale
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
American Horror Story
as Marie Laveau
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
American Horror Story
as Monet Tumissee
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
BoJack Horseman
as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Aug 22, 2014
Close to the Enemy
as Eva
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Nov 10, 2016
Queens
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Mar 04, 2024
Stat
as Dr. Willie Burns
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 16, 1991
Zero Day
as President Evelyn Mitchell
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 20, 2025
The Imagineering Story
as Narrator
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 12, 2019
Alias
as Hayden Chase
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 30, 2001
The Cosby Show
as Sara
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 1984
Tour of Duty
as Lt. Camilla Patterson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1987
Marvel Studios Legends
as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 08, 2021
Family of Spies
as Bev Andress
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 04, 1990
The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Katherine Jackson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 15, 1992
Master of None
as Catherine
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 06, 2015
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Decoy (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 10, 2023
The Simpsons
as Michelle Obama (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Flash
as Linda Lake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1990
The Bernie Mac Show
as Angela Bassett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 2001
Nightmare Cafe
as Evelyn Wall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 29, 1992
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Mo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2019
What If...?
as Queen Ramonda (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 2021
9-1-1: Lone Star
as Sergeant Athena Grant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 2020
Snoops
as Laura Hale
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1989
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The View
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
as Herself
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 19, 1998
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 24, 2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Spenser: For Hire
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1985
thirtysomething
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1987
A Man Called Hawk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1989
227
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1985
Critics Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2001
Red Table Talk
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 07, 2018
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 2015
Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1983
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Special Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 22, 2012
Trailblazer Honors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 27, 2014
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2013
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The View
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
MPower
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 08, 2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
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