Angela Bassett Bio | Wiki
Angela Bassett is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It in 1993. The role garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Angela went on to star in numerous acclaimed and successful films, including as Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X and Panther as Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream. Her other notable film roles include Bernandine Harris in Waiting to Exhale, Stella Payne in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Queen Ramonda in Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Angela Bassett Age
Angela was born on August 16, 1958, in New York, New York, United States. She is 64 years old.
Angela Bassett Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.63 m).
Angela Bassett Family
She was born in New York City, to her parents Betty Jane and Daniel Benjamin Bassett. Angela’s mother was a social worker and her father was a civil servant. Ten months after she was born, her mother became pregnant and had a second child, D’nette.
Her parents sent her to her father’s sister, Golden, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. While her aunt did not have any children of her own, she “loved children, and she was good with them.”
At the age of four, Angela was picked up by her mother after her parents divorced and then relocated with her sister to St. Petersburg, Florida. She did not see her father again for several years until she attended her grandmother’s funeral. There, Angela met her father’s daughter from his first marriage, Jean, who at twelve years old, was several years older than her.
Angela Bassett Husband
Angela married actor Courtney B. Vance in 1997. They first met at Yale School of Drama, then became a couple over a decade later after their paths crossed again in Los Angeles. The couple’s twins – son Slater Josiah Vance and daughter Bronwyn Golden Vance – were carried by a surrogate.
Angela Bassett Education
After graduating from Jordan Park Elementary School, Angela began being bussed out of her neighborhood to attend Disston Middle School for seventh grade. At Boca Ciega High School, she was a cheerleader and a member of the Upward Bound college prep program, the debate team, the student government, the drama club, and the choir.
Angela attended Yale University and received her B.A. degree in African-American studies in 1980. In 1983, she earned an M.F.A. degree from the Yale School of Drama. She was also classmates with actor Charles S. Dutton. In 2018, Angela was awarded an honorary D.F.A. degree from her alma mater, Yale University.
Angela Bassett Movies And Tv Shows
2017 Underground
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse
2018–present 9-1-1
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show
2021 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars
2021 Red Table Talk
2022 9-1-1: Lone Star
2022 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2019 Otherhood
2020 Soul
2021 Tina
2021 Gunpowder Milkshake
2022 Wendell & Wild
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Angela Bassett Black Panther
In February 2018, Angela starred in the acclaimed Marvel superhero film Black Panther as Queen Ramonda, the mother of the titular character. In 2022, she reprised her role as Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Angela Bassett American Horror Story
In 2013, she appeared on the FX TV show American Horror Story: Coven as Marie Laveau, a voodoo witch. Angela praised the writers, calling them “amazing”. Her agent approached Ryan Murphy about her having a role in the series and he told the agent that she was the person he had in mind for Marie Laveau.
Angela watched the previous seasons of the series before meeting with Murphy and found the writing “wonderful” and the characters “so realized”.Her performance earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She returned to the show for its fourth season American Horror Story: Freak Show, playing Desiree Dupree, a three-breasted woman.
Angela Bassett As Tina Turner
Angela was cast as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993). She returned to Los Angeles after Malcolm X filming was completed, and got a call for an audition for a movie based on I, Tina, Tina Turner’s memoir. She won a Golden Globe and earned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Turner. Angela was the first African-American to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Angela Bassett Networth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Angela’s estimated net worth is $25 million.
Who Is Angela Bassett
Angela is a 64-year-old American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It in 1993. The role garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.