Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress and activist 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 the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Bassett has additionally portrayed real life figures Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Her other notable film roles include Reva Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Bernie Harris in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Rachel Constantine in Contact (1997), Lynne Jacobs in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), and Queen Ramonda in Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Angela Bassett
Active - 1986 - Present |
Birth - Aug 16, 1958 |
Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Thriller
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Subgenres - Biographical Film, Comedy Drama, African- Biographical Dramas, Musical, Romantic Comedy
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Biographical Film, Comedy Drama, African- Biographical Dramas, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Comedy Horror, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Political Thriller Film, Superhero Film, Chase, Dark Fantasy, Female Buddy Film, LGBT-Related Film, Political Drama, Spy Film, Teen Film, Vampire Film, 3D Animated, Animated Film, Baseball, Black Comedy Film, Buddy Cop Film, Christmas Film, Comedy Thriller, Courtroom, Cyberpunk, Disaster Film, Drama Fiction, Dystopian Film, Epic Film, Experimental Film, Ghost Film, Girls with Guns, Heist Film, Satanic Film, Satire, Sports Comedy, Teen Drama