Cast & creator
Angela Bassett
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Angela Evelyn Bassett
100
film credits
74
television credits
161
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (174)
Showing 174 of 174 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Michelle Obama (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
American Horror Story
Desiree Dupree
2011American Horror Story
Ramona Royale
2011American Horror Story
Monet Tumissee
2011American Horror Story
Marie Laveau
2011American Horror Story
Director
2011
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Avengers: Endgame
Ramonda
2019
9-1-1
Athena Grant
20189-1-1
Executive Producer
20189-1-1
Co-Executive Producer
2018
ER
Catherine Banfield
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
BoJack Horseman
Ana Spanakopita (voice)
2014
The Cosby Show
Sara
1984
9-1-1: Lone Star
Sergeant Athena Grant
20209-1-1: Lone Star
Executive Producer
2020
What If...?
Queen Ramonda (voice)
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Bernie Mac Show
Angela Bassett
2001
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Erika Sloane
2025
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest
2012Film '72
Self
1971
Steve
Self
2017
Black Panther
Ramonda
2018
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Decoy (voice)
2023
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ramonda
2022
The Oscars
Self
1953
thirtysomething
1987
Tour of Duty
Lt. Camilla Patterson
1987
Marvel Studios Legends
Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
9-1-1: Nashville
Executive Producer
2025
Soul
Dorothea (voice)
2020
The Imagineering Story
Narrator (voice)
2019
Doctor Odyssey
Athena Grant
2024
The Flash
Linda Lake
1990
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025Number One on the Call Sheet
Executive Producer
2025
227
1985
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Erika Sloane
2018
Olympus Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
2013
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self
2013
Meet the Robinsons
Mildred (voice)
2007
Green Lantern
Dr. Amanda Waller
2011
Damsel
Lady Bayford
2024
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Mo
2019
Master of None
Catherine
2015
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Zero Day
President Evelyn Mitchell
2025
Red Table Talk
Self
2018
Alias
Hayden Chase
2001
Alien Nation
Renee Longstreet
1989
Wildwood
The General (voice)
2026
Contact
Rachel Constantine
1997
Bumblebee
Shatter (voice)
2018
Boyz n the Hood
Reva Styles
1991
London Has Fallen
Lynne Jacobs
2016
Orion and the Dark
Sweet Dreams (voice)
2024
This Means War
Collins
2012
Gunpowder Milkshake
Anna May
2021
Snoops
Laura Hale
1989
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
2001
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
Trailblazer Honors
Self
2014
The Score
Diane
2001
Kindergarten Cop
Stewardess
1990
Survivor
Maureen Cranepaul
2015
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Katherine Jackson
1992
Close to the Enemy
Eva
2016
Strange Days
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
1995
Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz
1992
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Queens
Narrator (voice)
2024Queens
Executive Producer
2024
MPower
Self
2023
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Self - Honoree
2024
White Bird in a Blizzard
Dr. Thaler
2014
Akeelah and the Bee
Tanya Anderson
2006
Waiting to Exhale
Bernadine
1995
Wendell & Wild
Sister Helley (voice)
2022
Supernova
Kaela Evers
2000
Nightmare Cafe
Evelyn Wall
1992
Nothing But the Truth
Bonnie Benjamin
2008
Innocent Blood
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
1992
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
2023
What's Love Got to Do with It
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
1993
Breakthrough
Director
2015
Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder
1995
Critters 4
Fran
1992
Notorious
Voletta Wallace
2009
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Dr. Kulinda (voice)
2015
Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Watson
2011
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella Payne
1998
Family of Spies
Bev Andress
1990
Stat
Dr. Willie Burns
1991
Music of the Heart
Janet
1999
F/X
TV reporter
1986
Mr. 3000
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
2004
Otherhood
Carol Walker
2019Otherhood
Executive Producer
2019
TINA
Self
2021
Panther
Dr. Betty Shabazz
1995
Meet the Browns
Brenda Brown
2008
Passion Fish
Rhonda / Dawn
1992
Our Friend, Martin
Miles' Mom (voice)
1999
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Good Night Oppy
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Heist 88
Executive Producer
2023
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
2024
Chi-Raq
Miss Helen Worthy
2015
Masked and Anonymous
Mistress
2003
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
2017
In the Best Interest of the Child
Lori
1990
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Flood
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Carla Peters
1990
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
2024
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Groove (voice)
2000
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Narrator (voice)
2009
The Rosa Parks Story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
2002
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
Allison
1991
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Ruby Delacroix
2001Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Producer
2001
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
2016
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Willie
1991
Between the World and Me
Self
2020
The Lazarus Child
Dr. Elizabeth Chase
2004
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self
2012
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Self
2025
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
2016
Of Boys and Men
Rieta Cole
2008
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1991
City of Hope
Reesha
1991
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Herself
1998
The Snowy Day
Nana (voice)
2016
The Apollo
Self
2019
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
2014
Black Nativity
Aretha Cobbs
2013
Gospel Hill
Sarah Malcolm
2008
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Pat
1991
Challenger
Cheryl McNair
1990
Malika the Lion Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King
2013
Sunshine State
Desiree Perry
2002
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Self
2014
One Special Victory
Lois
1991
Making "The Score"
Herself
2001
Boesman and Lena
Lena
2000
Liberty
Linda Thornton
1986
Whitney
Director
2015
Attorneys At Love
Narrator
2020
Doubletake
Prostitute at Headquarters
1985
The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Host
2023
Time Bomb
Jill Greco
2006
Our America
Executive Producer
2002
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Self
2024
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
2022