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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildwood (2026) | General (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Erika Sloane | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Butterfly in the Sky (2024) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 4 | Orion and the Dark (2024) | Sweet Dreams (voice) | 7 | |
| 5 | Damsel (2024) | Lady Bayford | 6 | |
| 6 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023) | Self | 6.8 | |
| 7 | Good Night Oppy (2022) | Self - Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 8 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Ramonda | 6.9 | |
| 9 | Wendell & Wild (2022) | Sister Helley (voice) | 7 | |
| 10 | TINA (2021) | Self | 7.8 | |
| 11 | Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) | Anna May | 6.1 | |
| 12 | Soul (2020) Top 100 by FilmGator | Dorothea (voice) | 8.1 | |
| 13 | Between the World and Me (2020) | Self | - | - |
| 14 | The Apollo (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 15 | Otherhood (2019) | Carol Walker | 6 | |
| 16 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Ramonda | 8.7 | |
| 17 | Black Panther (2018) Top 100 by FilmGator | Ramonda | 7.9 | |
| 18 | The Flood (2018) | Self - Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 19 | Bumblebee (2018) | Shatter (voice) | 7.3 | |
| 20 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) | Erika Sloane | 7.8 | |
| 21 | The Snowy Day (2016) | Nana (voice) | - | - |
| 22 | London Has Fallen (2016) | Lynne Jacobs | 6.5 | |
| 23 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 24 | Chi-Raq (2015) | Miss Helen Worthy | 6.3 | |
| 25 | Survivor (2015) | Maureen Cranepaul | 6 | |
| 26 | Whitney (2015) | Director / Writer | 5.7 | |
| 27 | White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) | Dr. Thaler | 5.7 | |
| 28 | Olympus Has Fallen (2013) | Lynne Jacobs | 6.9 | |
| 29 | Betty and Coretta (2013) | Coretta Scott King | - | - |
| 30 | Black Nativity (2013) | Aretha Cobbs | 6.5 | |
| 31 | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012) | Self | 6 | |
| 32 | This Means War (2012) | Collins | 6.7 | |
| 33 | Green Lantern (2011) | Dr. Amanda Waller | 5.6 | |
| 34 | Jumping the Broom (2011) | Mrs. Watson | 5.3 | |
| 35 | Notorious (2009) | Voletta Wallace | 7.4 | |
| 36 | Meet the Browns (2008) | Brenda Brown | 6.5 | |
| 37 | Gospel Hill (2008) | Sarah Malcolm | - | - |
| 38 | Nothing but the Truth (2008) | Bonnie Benjamin | 6.9 | |
| 39 | Meet the Robinsons (2007) | Mildred (voice) | 6.6 | |
| 40 | Akeelah and the Bee (2006) | Tanya Anderson | 6.6 | |
| 41 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 6.6 | |
| 42 | The Lazarus Child (2004) | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | - | - |
| 43 | Mr. 3000 (2004) | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | - | - |
| 44 | Sunshine State (2002) | Desiree Perry | 3 | |
| 45 | The Score (2001) | Diane | 6.8 | |
| 46 | Supernova (2000) | Kaela Evers | 6.1 | |
| 47 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) | Groove (voice) | - | - |
| 48 | Boesman and Lena (2000) | Lena | - | - |
| 49 | Music of the Heart (1999) Oscars 2000 | Janet | 6.5 | |
| 50 | Our Friend, Martin (1999) | Miles' Mom (voice) | - | - |
| 51 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | Stella Payne | 1 | |
| 52 | Contact (1997) Oscars 1998 | Rachel Constantine | 7.5 | |
| 53 | Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) | Detective Rita Veder | 5.7 | |
| 54 | Waiting to Exhale (1995) | Bernadine | 6 | |
| 55 | Strange Days (1995) | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | 6.7 | |
| 56 | What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | 7.3 | |
| 57 | Passion Fish (1992) | Rhonda / Dawn | 5 | |
| 58 | Innocent Blood (1992) | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | 6 | |
| 59 | Malcolm X (1992) | Betty Shabazz | 7.8 | |
| 60 | Critters 4 (1992) | Fran | 5.8 | |
| 61 | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991) | Allison | - | - |
| 62 | Boyz n the Hood (1991) | Reva Styles | 7.2 | |
| 63 | City of Hope (1991) | Reesha | 6 | |
| 64 | Challenger (1990) | Cheryl McNair | - | - |
| 65 | Kindergarten Cop (1990) | Stewardess | 5.9 | |
| 66 | F/X (1986) | TV reporter | 7 |
