Birthday
1958-08-16Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USABiography
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.Free Trial Channels
All Movies List
Master of None Presents: Moments in Love
2021
10
as Catherine (voice)
2021Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
5.5
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
2015I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
8
as Herself
2012For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
8.1
as Self (voice)
2010Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
7.2
as Narrator (voice)
2009
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