EuphoricVibez 9 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 I did Kathy Bates yesterday, and today, I'm doing the legendary, and underrated queen of movies, Angela Bassett! Now if you don't know who she is, sit back, relax, eat some popcorn, and drink some Coca-Cola. Who exactly is Angela Bassett? Angela Evelyn Bassett Vance (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress, director, producer, and activist. She is known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Bassett has additionally portrayed real life figures Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Her other notable film roles include Reva Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Bernie Harris in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Rachel Constantine in Contact (1997), Lynne Jacobs in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), and Queen Ramonda in Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Bassett began her film career in the 1980s, after earning a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and a master of fine arts degree from the Yale School of Drama. In the 1990s, she appeared in films nearly every year. The 2000s saw a succession of films starring Bassett, with her appearing in at least one film every year. Bassett's success has continued into the 2010s. Bassett earned nominations for her roles in films such as The Score (2001), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Meet the Browns (2008) and Jumping the Broom (2011) and won awards for her performances in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) and Music of the Heart (1999), among others. Bassett's performance as Rosa Parks in the 2002 film The Rosa Parks Story was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 2013, Bassett had a recurring role on the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story: Coven, earning her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. She returned as a series regular for Freak Show, the series' fourth season, portraying Desiree Dupree, for which she received another Emmy Award nomination. For the fifth season, Hotel, she portrayed Ramona Royale, a famous movie star. Bassett returned to the series's sixth cycle, Roanoke, portraying an alcoholic actress named Monet Tumusiime, who plays struggling mother and former police officer Lee Harris in the My Roanoke Nightmare documentary, and she reprised her role as Marie Laveau in a guest role in the eighth season Apocalypse. In 2018, Bassett began producing, and starring in the Fox first responder drama series 9-1-1, playing LAPD patrol sergeant Athena Grant. Since you know a little about who she is already, why don't we list her most prominent roles? Notable roles: What's Love Got to Do With it? (biopic) -- Tina Turner (1993) Malcolm X -- Dr. Betty Shabazz (1992) Panther -- Dr. Betty Shabazz (1995) The Jacksons: An American Dream -- Katherine Jackson (1992) Notorious -- Voletta Wallace (2009) Betty & Coretta -- Coretta Scott King (2013) Boyz n The Hood -- Reva Styles (1991) Waiting to Exhale -- Bernie Harris (1995) Contact -- Rachel Constantine (1997) Olympus Has Fallen -- Lynne Jacobs (2013) London Has Fallen -- Lynne Jacobs (2016) Black Panther -- Queen Ramonda (2018) Avengers: Endgame -- Queen Ramonda (2019) AHS roles: AHS: Coven - Marie Laveau (2013) AHS: Freak Show -- Desiree Dupree (2014) AHS: Hotel -- Ramona Royale (2015) AHS: Roanoke -- Lee Harris on "My Roanoke Nightmare", and Monet Tumusiime, the actress who played Lee Harris (2016) AHS: Apocalypse -- The voodoo queen herself, Marie Laveau (2018) He/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borislshere 52,615 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Love this woman so much. She deserves the world and so much more honestly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeasgeorge 9,427 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 she deserves her own leading season in AHS preferrably as the Voodoo queen live and let live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Love her and love that GagaDaily just discovered the Actor tag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaSine 7,464 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Yesss I adore her Steange Days is a movie I particularly enjoy, her role is amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG 7 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 A living legend and one of the greatest actors of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 105,168 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 She's also in 911. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunir 7,510 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, SamanthaC said: She's also in 911. She doing background vocals or what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 A phenomenal Black actress in Hollywood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, Curunir said: She doing background vocals or what? The television show 911. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunir 7,510 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, Twitter said: The television show 911. I know, I was kidding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 105,168 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Curunir said: She doing background vocals or what? Â she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunir 7,510 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Literal chills during this scene. And it's only because of Angela Bassett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 You missed out Akeela and the Bee  she played Akeela's mum. Angela is so diverse, wow End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustTea 3,017 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Ah, one of my favourites! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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