Angela Bassett
Born in New York City, she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pushed by a high school teacher, she applied for Yale and got a scholarship, ultimately spending 7 years there including 3 post-grad years studying drama. She first appeared in a small role in the cult favorite F/X (1986), but it was not until 1990 that a spate of TV roles brought her notice. Her breakthrough role, though, was playing Tina Turner, whom she had never seen perform before taking the role. IMDb Mini Biography By: Dan Hartung
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- Born:
- Aug 16, 1958 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 108
- First Appeared:
- In the series Zero Day
- Latest Project:
- Movie Inside The Dream: Mugler 2024-09-25
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Zero Day | President Mitchell | 2025 |
| Movie | Inside The Dream: Mugler | Self | 2024-09-25 |
| Movie | Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | 2024-02-01 |
| Series | Queens | Narrator (voice) | 2024-03-04 |
| Movie | Butterfly in the Sky | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-17 |
| Movie | Damsel | Lady Bayford | 2024-03-07 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023-02-07 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | 2021-07-14 |
| Movie | TINA | Self | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Movie | Soul | Dorothea (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Movie | Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
| Series | The Imagineering Story | Narrator | 2019-11-12 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Otherhood | Carol Walker | 2019-08-13 |
| Series | 9-1-1 | Athena Grant | 2018-01-03 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Ramonda | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Ramonda | 2018-04-25 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | 2018-12-15 |
| Movie | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self | 2017-08-26 |
| Movie | London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2016-03-02 |
| Movie | National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Self | 2016-09-24 |
| Series | Close to the Enemy | Eva | 2016-11-10 |
| Movie | The Snowy Day | Nana | 2016-11-25 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | 2015-12-04 |
| Movie | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | 2013-03-20 |
| Movie | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | This Means War | Collins | 2012-02-14 |
| Movie | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | 2011-05-06 |
| Movie | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | 2011-06-14 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Marie Laveau | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Notorious | Voletta Wallace | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | 2008-12-19 |
| Movie | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | 2008-10-21 |
| Movie | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| Movie | Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Time Bomb | Jill Greco | 2006-03-19 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | 2004-05-13 |
| Movie | Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | 2003-07-25 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Sunshine State | Desiree Perry | 2002-06-21 |
| Movie | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2002-02-24 |
| Movie | The Score | Diane | 2001-07-13 |
| Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-14 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
| Movie | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | 2000-01-14 |
| Movie | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Movie | Boesman and Lena | Lena | 2000-11-03 |
| Movie | Music of the Heart | Janet | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Contact | Rachel Constantine | 1997-07-11 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 1995-10-13 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | 1995-10-26 |
| Series | ER | Catherine Banfield | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 1993-06-09 |
| Movie | Critters 4 | Fran | 1992-08-20 |
| Series | Nightmare Cafe | Unknown | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 1992-09-25 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Rhonda / Dawn | 1992-12-11 |
| Series | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | 1992-11-15 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | 1992-11-18 |
| Series | Stat | Dr. Willie Burns | 1991-04-16 |
| Movie | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | 1991-02-18 |
| Movie | Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux | 1991-07-12 |
| Movie | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Lois | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | City of Hope | Reesha | 1991-10-11 |
| Series | Family of Spies | Bev Andress | 1990-02-04 |
| Series | Equal Justice | Janet Fields | 1990-03-27 |
| Movie | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | 1990-02-25 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | 1990-05-20 |
| Series | The Flash | Unknown | 1990-09-20 |
| Movie | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | A Man Called Hawk | Unknown | 1989-01-28 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
| Movie | F/X | TV reporter | 1986-02-07 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters | 1985-11-24 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
| Series | Ryan's Hope | Leonie Peach | 1975-07-07 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |