Angela Bassett

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.

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Angela Bassett, Actress: Meet the Robinsons. Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters, stages, and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a preacher's son. Bassett and her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother. As a single ...

Read about Academy Award-nominated actress Angela Bassett—star of films like What's Love Got to Do With It and How Stella Got Her Groove Back—at Biography.com.

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Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett has played many roles. Not only does she have a role in 'Black Panther', she has a role in diabetes awareness.

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Lena Waithe explains how the episode was adapted from her real-life experiences.

“The Mountaintop,” with Samuel L. Jackson as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., takes place the day before Dr. King was assassinated in the motel where he spent his last night.

Ever since Angela Bassett announced she would direct a Lifetime film on beloved singer Whitney Houston, diehard fans—and most of the Internet—have speculated on nearly every aspect of the film. Who would play Houston, with her prodigious voice and winning smile? Would her daughter Bobbi Kristina appear in the movie? Would her family be involved? How would her ex-husband, singer-songwriter Bobby Brown, be depicted? And what of Houston's death in 2012—would that make it to the small screen?

The actress would be more than happy to return to Ryan Murphy's twisted universe for the anticipated Murder House-Coven crossover season.

Actor Courtney B. Vance proved he and wife Angela Bassett are the best couple ever! Vance, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or...

Saturday, May 21, 2017 - Angela Bassett shows of her incredibly muscular arms and wears no makeup as she heads through TSA, sporting an Adidas tracksuit as s...

Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney B. Vance love turning their visits to Walt Disney World into an adventure for the whole family. In this video, we hea...

EXCLUSIVE: Angela Bassett has signed on to Paramount's Mission: Impossible 6 in which she'll play the C.I.A. director. The Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner for What's Love Got to Do With It starts work next week and joins Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirky and Ale...

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