Angela Bassett
b. 1958 (age 68)
New York City, New York, USA
Actress
Director
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.
Known For
Filmography
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Wildwood
2026 Actress
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★ 7.0
Zero Day
2025 Actress
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★ 6.1
Damsel
2024 Actress
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★ 7.5
Queens
2024 Actress
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The 14th Annual Governors Awards
2024 Self
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024 Self
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OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024 Self
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Angels of Hope
2024 Self
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★ 3.8
Time100: The Most Influential People 2023
2023 Self
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★ 5.1
54th NAACP Image Awards
2023 Self
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The 14th Annual AAFCA Awards
2023 Self
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Angels of Hope
2023 Self
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etalk presents: Mission: Impossible - All Access
2023 Self
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The 6th Annual HCA Film Awards
2023 Self
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★ 6.4
Wendell & Wild
2022 Actress
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★ 7.7
Good Night Oppy
2022 Self
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★ 3.9
53rd NAACP Image Awards
2022 Self
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★ 7.9
Tina
2021 Self
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★ 6.9
Malika the Lion Queen
2021 Actress
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Spike Lee: American Cinematheque Tribute
2021 Self
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10th Annual NFL Honors
2021 Self
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★ 8.0
Soul
2020 Actress
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★ 6.6
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2020 Actress
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★ 7.4
Between the World and Me
2020 Self
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★ 8.3
Attorneys at Love
2020 Actress
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★ 3.2
The 14th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
2020 Self
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★ 6.1
Otherhood
2019 Actress
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★ 8.9
The Imagineering Story
2019 Actress
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★ 6.8
The Apollo
2019 Self
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★ 7.3
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
2019 Self
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★ 4.7
Black Girls Rock!
2019 Self
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★ 4.0
Black Panther Power
2019 Self
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★ 7.3
Black Panther
2018 Actress
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★ 7.7
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018 Actress
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★ 7.9
9-1-1
2018 Actress
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★ 7.5
The Flood
2018 Actress
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★ 8.0
Tom Cruise: Mission Possible
2018 Self
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★ 2.1
Essence 11th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards
2018 Self
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★ 8.6
Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
2017 Self
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★ 2.2
2017 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2017 Self
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★ 7.6
Remand
2017 Actress
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For Your Sweetheart
2017 Self
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★ 5.9
London Has Fallen
2016 Actress
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★ 5.9
Chi-Raq
2016 Actress
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★ 6.1
Close to the Enemy
2016 Actress
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★ 7.4
The Snowy Day
2016 Actress
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★ 6.0
August 28th
2016 Self
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★ 6.9
2016 EE British Academy Film Awards
2016 Self
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★ 5.8
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016 Self
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★ 5.0
Whitney
2015 Director
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★ 5.5
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015 Actress
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★ 7.5
Breakthrough
2015 Self
Director
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★ 4.8
The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards
2015 Self
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★ 4.6
Ubisoft E3 2015 Conference
2015 Self
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The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House
2015 Self
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★ 6.4
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014 Actress
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★ 8.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 Self
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The Power of Our Presence
2014 Self
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★ 6.5
Olympus Has Fallen
2013 Actress
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★ 4.8
Black Nativity
2013 Actress
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★ 6.3
Betty and Coretta
2013 Actress
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The National Board of Review Awards
2013 Self
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★ 6.3
This Means War
2012 Actress
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★ 8.7
Finding Your Roots
2012 Self
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★ 4.8
Rogue
2012 Actress
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★ 7.9
American Horror Story
2011 Actress
Director
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★ 5.5
Green Lantern
2011 Actress
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★ 5.7
Jumping the Broom
2011 Actress
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★ 8.0
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2011 Self
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★ 5.4
Identity
2011 Actress
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★ 5.3
42nd NAACP Image Awards
2011 Self
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★ 6.9
Tina Turner: Simply the Best
2011 Self
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★ 7.9
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010 Actress
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★ 7.2
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
2010 Actress
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2010 Self
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★ 7.1
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 Actress
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★ 4.8
The 40th NAACP Image Awards
2009 Self
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★ 6.8
The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
2009 Self
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★ 6.1
The 7th Annual TV Land Awards
2009 Self
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★ 2.5
The BET Honors
2009 Self
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★ 7.1
Nothing But the Truth
2008 Actress
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★ 4.6
Meet the Browns
2008 Actress
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★ 5.5
Gospel Hill
2008 Actress
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★ 6.5
Of Boys and Men
2008 Actress
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★ 5.4
Speechless
2008 Self
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★ 3.2
39th NAACP Image Awards
2008 Self
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★ 6.8
Meet the Robinsons
2007 Actress
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★ 3.7
CNN Heroes
2007 Self
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★ 7.4
Akeelah and the Bee
2006 Actress
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★ 4.6
Time Bomb
2006 Actress
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★ 6.1
Legends Ball
2006 Self
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★ 7.5
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies
2006 Self
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★ 3.5
The 2006 Black Movie Awards
2006 Self
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★ 5.9
The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.1
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder
2006 Self
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★ 6.3
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope
2005 Self
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★ 7.4
The 59th Annual Tony Awards
2005 Self
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★ 5.3
36th NAACP Image Awards
2005 Self
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★ 5.6
Mr. 3000
2004 Actress
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★ 4.9
The Lazarus Child
2004 Actress