Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958 in New York City , New York ) is an American actress .
Life
As a child, she moved from New York to Saint Petersburg , Florida . She and her sister D'nette were raised by their foster mother Betty. She graduated from Yale University and received her Bachelor of Arts in African-American History in 1980. In 1983, she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in the category of drama.
At Yale, Angela Bassett also met her husband Courtney B. Vance , who completed his acting training there in 1986. She now lives with him in California and has had twin children with him since 2006.
From 2004 to 2005 Angela Bassett played the supporting role Hayden Chase in the fourth season of the US television series Alias - The Agent .
From 2008 to 2009 she played the role of head of the emergency department Dr. Catherine Banfield in Emergency Room - The Emergency Room .
She has been part of the American Horror Story anthology series since 2013 .
For the musical film Black Nativity , which was released in Germany in June 2014 , she received the NAACP Image Award for best leading actress.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: In the jungle of evil ( Doubletake , TV movie)
- 1985: Search for Tomorrow (soap opera, unknown number)
- 1987: Ryan's Hope (soap opera, unknown number)
- 1990: Spacecop LA (TV series, episode 1x14)
- 1990: Challenger (TV movie)
- 1990: Equal Justice (TV series, episode 1x08)
- 1990: Perry Mason and the Death of an Idol ( Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer , TV movie)
- 1990: Without witnesses ( In the Best Interest of the Child , TV film)
- 1990: Kindergarten cop
- 1991: Blinder Hass ( Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story , TV movie)
- 1991: Flash - Der Rote Blitz ( The Flash , TV series, episode 1x10)
- 1991: Feuersturm im Skenkratzer ( Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor , TV movie)
- 1991: Stat (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 1991: Boyz n the Hood (Boyz n the Hood)
- 1991: Operation Wüstensturm ( The Heroes of Desert Storm , TV movie)
- 1991: City of Hope
- 1991: Innocent Behind Bars ( Locked Up: A Mother's Rage , Movie made for TV)
- 1991: One Special Victory (TV movie)
- 1992: The Jacksons - An American Dream (The Jacksons: An American Dream)
- 1992: Critters 4 - The Big Eat Goes On (Critters 4)
- 1992: Passion Fish
- 1992: Bloody Marie - A Woman with a Bite (Innocent Blood)
- 1992: Malcolm X
- 1993: Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? (What's Love Got to Do with It)
- 1995: Panther
- 1995: Strange Days
- 1995: Vampires in Brooklyn (Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn)
- 1995: Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale)
- 1997: Contact
- 1998: Stella's Groove - Men are half the battle (Stella's Groove)
- 1999: Music of the Heart
- 2000: Supernova
- 2000: Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
- 2000: Boesman and Lena
- 2001: The Score
- 2001: Ruby's Bucket of Blood (TV movie)
- 2002: The Rosa Parks Story (TV movie)
- 2002: Land of Sunshine - Sunshine State (Sunshine State)
- 2003: Masked and Anonymous
- 2004: Mr 3000
- 2005: The Lazarus Child
- 2005: Alias - Die Agentin ( Alias , TV series, four episodes)
- 2005: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- 2006: Akeelah is the greatest (Akeelah and the Bee)
- 2006: Time Bomb (TV movie)
- 2007: Meet the Robinsons (Meet the Robinsons)
- 2008: Of Boys and Men
- 2008: Meet the Browns
- 2008: Nothing but the Truth (Nothing But the Truth)
- 2008: Gospel Hill
- 2008–2009: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 16 episodes)
- 2009: Notorious BIG
- 2011: Jumping the Broom
- 2011: Green Lantern
- 2012: This Means War (This Means War)
- 2013: Betty and Coretta (TV movie)
- 2013: Olympus Has Fallen - The world in danger (Olympus Has Fallen)
- 2013: Black Nativity
- 2013–2016, 2018: American Horror Story (TV series)
- 2014: As a white bird in a snowstorm (White Bird in a Blizzard)
- 2015: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (video game, voice)
- 2015: Survivor
- 2015: Chi-Raq
- 2015-2018: BoJack Horseman (TV series, ten episodes, voice)
- 2016: London Has Fallen
- 2016: The Snowy Day (TV movie)
- 2016: Close to the Enemy (TV series, episodes 1x01–1x07)
- 2017: Underground (TV series, episode 2x03)
- 2017: Master of None (TV series, episode 2x08)
- 2018: Black Panther
- 2018: Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- 2018: Bumblebee (voice)
- since 2018: 9-1-1: Emergency Call LA ( 9-1-1 , TV series)
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame
- 2019: Otherhood
Awards
- 1993: Oscar nomination for Best Actress for Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It
- It has been awarded a star on the Walk of Fame since March 20, 2008 . The address: 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Web links
- Angela Bassett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Angela Bassett in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angela Bassett - Star portrait, news, pictures. November 30, 2019, accessed June 21, 2020 .
- ^ Motion Picture - Nominees and Winners- The 45th NAACP Image Awards Show. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on March 7, 2014 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassett, Angela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |