A New York City native (born Aug. 16, 1958), Angela Bassett studied drama at Yale and acted in several TV movies. Her first film role was a small part in F/X (1986), but her big break came as Cuba Gooding's mother in Boyz N the Hood (1991).Bassett took on a string of roles playing real-life famous women, including Jackson family matriarch Katherine in the TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992) and Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which Bassett received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. She also played Rosa Parks in the 2002 television movie The Rosa Parks Story.
Bassett has proved she can deftly adapt to science fiction films (1995's Strange Days and 1997's Contact), dramas (1995's Waiting to Exhale and 1998's How Stella Got Her Groove Back), comedies (2004's Mr. 3000) and action films (2005's Mr. and Mrs. Smith).
Jumping the BroomIt's a comedic clash of African-American cultures when the hoity-toity clan of bride Sabrina Watson and the proudly blue-collar family of groom Jason Taylor gather on Martha's Vineyard to celebrate the couple's nuptials. Read More
Akeelah and the BeeWith an aptitude for words, 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles, entering scores of local contests and eventually landing a chance to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Despite discouragement from her mother... Read More
Tyler Perry's Meet the BrownsWhen Brenda (Angela Bassett), a struggling single mom in Chicago's inner city, learns that the father she never knew has died, she heads to Georgia with her three kids in tow for the funeral and meets her dad's raucous family. Despite their boisterous manner, Brenda finds them a comforting presence... Read More
The Rosa Parks StoryAngela Bassett stars in the story that sparked the birth of the modern civil rights movement in the late 1950s. Parks took the only available seat in the first row of the "colored" section on a city bus. But when a white woman boarded and the driver demanded that the black riders in her row move,... Read More
What's Love Got to Do with ItAnna Mae Bullock (Angela Bassett) is a little girl with a man's voice, whose life changes forever when she meets slick musician Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne). Ike grooms his budding star, marries her and renames her Tina. But repeated run-ins with his fists shatter her spirit. With nothing left... Read More
This Means War (2012) | PG-13 | |
Green Lantern (2011) | PG-13 | |
Jumping the Broom (2011) | PG-13 | |
Notorious (2009) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Nothing But the Truth (2008) | R | |
Gospel Hill (2008) | NR | |
Of Boys and Men (2008) | PG-13 | |
Meet the Robinsons (2007) | G | |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) | PG | |
PG-13 | ||
Mr. 3000 (2004) | PG-13 | |
Masked & Anonymous (2003) | PG-13 | |
The Rosa Parks Story (2002) | NR | |
NR | ||
Sunshine State (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Score (2001) | R | |
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001) | PG-13 | |
Boesman and Lena (2000) | NR | |
Supernova (2000) | R | |
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) | G | |
PG | ||
Our Friend Martin (1999) | NR | |
R | ||
Africans in America (1998) | NR | |
Contact (1997) | PG | |
Waiting to Exhale (1995) | R | |
Strange Days (1995) | R | |
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) | R | |
R | ||
Malcolm X (1992) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
NR | ||
R | ||
Critters 4 (1991) | PG-13 | |
City of Hope (1991) | R | |
TV-PG | ||
Kindergarten Cop (1990) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
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