Angela Bassett
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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 w...
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Michelle Obama (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
The View
Self
Filmography
Wildwood
2026
as The General (voice)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Erika Sloane
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
as Self
Zero Day
2025
as President Evelyn Mitchell
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
as Self
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
as Self
Queens
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Odyssey
2024
as Athena Grant
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
2024
as Self - Honoree
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
as Host
MPower
2023
as Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Decoy (voice)
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
Good Night Oppy
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
TINA
2021
as Self
Malika the Lion Queen
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
What If...?
2021
as Queen Ramonda (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Sergeant Athena Grant
Otherhood
2019
as Carol Walker
The Apollo
2019
as Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Ramonda
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Mo
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
The Imagineering Story
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
The Flood
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Red Table Talk
2018
as Self
9-1-1
2018
as Athena Grant
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
Steve
2017
as Self
London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
as Self
Close to the Enemy
2016
as Eva
Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Master of None
2015
as Catherine
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
as Self
This Means War
2012
as Collins
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Special Guest
Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
American Horror Story
2011
as Desiree Dupree
American Horror Story
2011
as Ramona Royale
American Horror Story
2011
as Monet Tumissee
American Horror Story
2011
as Marie Laveau
Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
The Score
2001
as Diane
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Ruby Delacroix
Making "The Score"
2001
as Herself
Alias
2001
as Hayden Chase
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Angela Bassett
Critics Choice Awards
2001
as Self - Presenter
Supernova
2000
as Kaela Evers
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
1998
as Herself
Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
The View
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
ER
1994
as Catherine Banfield
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
Critters 4
1992
as Fran
Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
Nightmare Cafe
1992
as Evelyn Wall
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
as Katherine Jackson
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Styles
One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
Stat
1991
as Dr. Willie Burns
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
Kindergarten Cop
1990
as Stewardess
Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
The Flash
1990
as Linda Lake
Family of Spies
1990
as Bev Andress
The Simpsons
1989
as Michelle Obama (voice)
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Snoops
1989
as Laura Hale
Alien Nation
1989
as Renee Longstreet
thirtysomething
1987
Tour of Duty
1987
as Lt. Camilla Patterson
Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
F/X
1986
as TV reporter
Doubletake
1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
Spenser: For Hire
1985
227
1985
The Cosby Show
1984
as Sara
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee