Angela Bassett

Biography

Angela Evelyn Bassett, born on August 16, 1958, is a renowned American actress celebrated for her impactful contributions to film and television since the 1980s. Throughout her illustrious career, she has garnered numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, alongside nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2023, she was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people globally and was honored with an Academy Honorary Award.

Bassett's career took off with her iconic performance as Tina Turner in the biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), a role that earned her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She further solidified her status with notable performances in films such as Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). In recent years, she has appeared in significant roles in action films like Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and as Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Black Panther series, earning her yet another Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).

On television, Bassett portrayed Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) and received an Emmy nomination for her performance as Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002). Her work in the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story also earned her Emmy nominations, and since 2018, she has produced and starred as Athena Grant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.