Angela Bassett

Biography

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 named 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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

9-1-1

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

All Movies (96)

• Wildwood2026 · as General (voice)
• Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special2025 · as Self
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025 · as Erika Sloane
• Inside the Dream: Mugler2024 · as Self
• Disney Legends Awards Ceremony2024 · as Self
• Butterfly in the Sky2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Damsel2024 · as Lady Bayford
• OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett2024 · as Self
• Orion and the Dark2024 · as Sweet Dreams (voice)
• The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X2023 · as Host
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2023 · as Self
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022 · as Ramonda
• Good Night Oppy2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda2022 · as Self
• Wendell & Wild2022 · as Sister Helley (voice)
• 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2021 · as Self
• TINA2021 · as Self
• Gunpowder Milkshake2021 · as Anna May
• Malika the Lion Queen2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Soul2020 · as Dorothea (voice)
• Between the World and Me2020 · as Self
• Attorneys At Love2020 · as Narrator
• Otherhood2019 · as Carol Walker
• The Apollo2019 · as Self
• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Ramonda
• The Flood2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Bumblebee2018 · as Shatter (voice)
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018 · as Erika Sloane
• Black Panther2018 · as Ramonda
• August 28: A Day in the Life of a People2017 · as Self
• The Snowy Day2016 · as Nana (voice)
• BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration2016 · as Self
• National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony2016 · as Self
• London Has Fallen2016 · as Lynne Jacobs
• Chi-Raq2015 · as Miss Helen Worthy
• Survivor2015 · as Maureen Cranepaul
• Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle2015 · as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
• White Bird in a Blizzard2014 · as Dr. Thaler
• Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee2014 · as Self
• We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama2014
• Black Nativity2013 · as Aretha Cobbs
• Olympus Has Fallen2013 · as Lynne Jacobs
• Betty and Coretta2013 · as Coretta Scott King
• I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac2012 · as Self
• This Means War2012 · as Collins
• Green Lantern2011 · as Dr. Amanda Waller
• Jumping the Broom2011 · as Mrs. Watson
• Notorious2009 · as Voletta Wallace
• Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy2009 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nothing But the Truth2008 · as Bonnie Benjamin
• Of Boys and Men2008 · as Rieta Cole
• Meet the Browns2008 · as Brenda Brown
• Gospel Hill2008 · as Sarah Malcolm
• Meet the Robinsons2007 · as Mildred (voice)
• Akeelah and the Bee2006 · as Tanya Anderson
• Time Bomb2006 · as Jill Greco
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith2005 · as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
• Mr. 30002004 · as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
• The Lazarus Child2004 · as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
• Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Mistress
• Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003
• Sunshine State2002 · as Desiree Perry
• The Rosa Parks Story2002 · as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
• Making "The Score"2001 · as Herself
• Ruby's Bucket of Blood2001 · as Ruby Delacroix
• The Score2001 · as Diane
• Boesman and Lena2000 · as Lena
• Whispers: An Elephant's Tale2000 · as Groove (voice)
• Supernova2000 · as Kaela Evers
• Music of the Heart1999 · as Janet
• Our Friend, Martin1999 · as Miles' Mom (voice)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back1998 · as Stella Payne
• Contact1997 · as Rachel Constantine
• Waiting to Exhale1995 · as Bernadine
• Vampire in Brooklyn1995 · as Detective Rita Veder
• Strange Days1995 · as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
• Panther1995 · as Dr. Betty Shabazz
• What's Love Got to Do with It1993 · as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
• Passion Fish1992 · as Rhonda / Dawn
• Malcolm X1992 · as Betty Shabazz
• Innocent Blood1992 · as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
• Critters 41992 · as Fran
• One Special Victory1991 · as Lois
• Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage1991 · as Willie
• The Heroes of Desert Storm1991 · as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
• City of Hope1991 · as Reesha
• Boyz n the Hood1991 · as Reva Styles
• Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor1991 · as Allison
• Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story1991 · as Pat
• Kindergarten Cop1990 · as Stewardess
• In the Best Interest of the Child1990 · as Lori
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer1990 · as Carla Peters
• Challenger1990 · as Cheryl McNair
• Liberty1986 · as Linda Thornton
• F/X1986 · as TV reporter
• Doubletake1985 · as Prostitute at Headquarters

All TV Shows (63)

• Number One on the Call Sheet2025 · as Self
• Zero Day2025 · as President Evelyn Mitchell
• Doctor Odyssey2024 · as Athena Grant
• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Queens2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• MPower2023 · as Self
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Decoy (voice)
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• What If...?2021 · as Queen Ramonda (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 9-1-1: Lone Star2020 · as Sergeant Athena Grant
• The Imagineering Story2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• A Black Lady Sketch Show2019 · as Mo
• Red Table Talk2018 · as Self
• 9-1-12018 · as Athena Grant
• Steve2017 · as Self
• Close to the Enemy2016 · as Eva
• Master of None2015 · as Catherine
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
• Trailblazer Honors2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Arsenio Hall Show2013 · as Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars2012 · as Self - Special Guest
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• American Horror Story2011 · as Desiree Dupree
• American Horror Story2011 · as Ramona Royale
• American Horror Story2011 · as Monet Tumissee
• American Horror Story2011 · as Marie Laveau
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Bernie Mac Show2001 · as Angela Bassett
• Alias2001 · as Hayden Chase
• Critics Choice Awards2001 · as Self - Presenter
• Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery1998 · as Herself
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• ER1994 · as Catherine Banfield
• The Jacksons: An American Dream1992 · as Katherine Jackson
• Nightmare Cafe1992 · as Evelyn Wall
• Stat1991 · as Dr. Willie Burns
• The Flash1990 · as Linda Lake
• Family of Spies1990 · as Bev Andress
• The Simpsons1989 · as Michelle Obama (voice)
• Snoops1989 · as Laura Hale
• Alien Nation1989 · as Renee Longstreet
• A Man Called Hawk1989
• thirtysomething1987
• Tour of Duty1987 · as Lt. Camilla Patterson
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• 2271985
• The Cosby Show1984 · as Sara
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee