Angela Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She studied drama at Yale University.
Angela started out in tv shows such as "Spenser: For Hire," "The Cosby Show," "A Man Called Hawk" and "Alien Nation." She eventually moved on to films.
Angela made her feature film debut in "F/X." She was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, won the Best Actress Golden Globe Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a motion picture for her performance in "What's Love Got To Do With It."
Angela has gone on to appear in such films as "Strange Days," "Waiting to Exhale," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "Sunshine State," "Akeelah & The Bee" and "Notorious."
Angela has been married to actor Courtney B. Vance since 1997. They are the parents of twins Bronwyn and Slater.
Angela's film credits include the following:
- Notorious (2009)
- Nothing But The Truth (2008)
- Meet The Browns (2008)
- Of Men & Boys (2008)
- Gospel Hill (2008)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007)
- Akeelah & The Bee (2006)
- Time Bomb (2006)(Tv Movie)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
- Mr. 3000 (2004)
- The Lazarus Child (2004)
- Masked & Anonymous (2003)
- Sunshine State (2002)
- The Rosa Parks Story (2002) (Tv Movie)
- Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001) (Showtime Movie)
- The Score (2001)
- Boesman and Lena (2000)
- Supernova (2000)
- Music of the Heart (1999)
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
- Contact (1997)
- Waiting to Exhale (1995)
- Strange Days (1995)
- Panther (1995)
- Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
- What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
- Malcolm X (1992)
- The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) (Tv Movie)
- Innocent Blood (1992)
- Passion Fish (1992)
- Critters 4 (1991)
- One Special Victory (1991) (Tv Movie)
- Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (1991) (Tv Movie)
- City of Hope (1991)
- The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
- Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991 (Tv Movie)
- Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991) (Tv Movie)
- Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- In The Best Interest of the Child (1990) (Tv Movie)
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990) (Tv Movie)
- Challenger (1990) (Tv Movie)
- Family of Spies (1990) (Tv Movie)
- Liberty (1986) (Tv Movie)
- F/X (1986)
- Doubletake (1985) (Tv Movie)
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Angela Bassett@Wikipedia
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