Angela Bassett

Total Box Office:
 $845.1M
Highest Rated:
100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated:
10% Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Birthday:
Aug 16
Birthplace:
New York, New York, USA
Bio:
A respected actress of the stage, screen, and television, Angela Bassett has been one of the few African-American actresses to break Hollywood's color boundary. She has specialized in playing strong women familiar with adversity and has worked in genres from "chick flick" (Waiting to Exhale) to…

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Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Black Nativity
  • Aretha Cobbs
-- 2013
47% Olympus Has Fallen
  • Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
$98.9M 2013
Betty and Coretta
  • Actor
-- 2013
26% This Means War
  • Collins
$54.8M 2012
26% Green Lantern
  • Dr. Amanda Waller
$116.6M 2011
56% Jumping the Broom
  • Mrs. Watson
$37.3M 2011
Green Lantern (Extended Cut)
  • Actor
-- 2011
VIPs
  • Actor
-- 2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
  • Actor
-- 2010
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • Narrator
-- 2009
33% Gospel Hill
  • Sarah Malcolm
-- 2009
51% Notorious
  • Voletta Wallace
$36.7M 2009
80% Nothing But the Truth
  • Bonnie Benjamin
-- 2008
32% Meet The Browns
  • Brenda
$41.9M 2008
66% Meet the Robinsons
  • Mildred
$97.7M 2007
Of Boys and Men
  • Actor
-- 2007
26% Stomp the Yard
  • Actor
$61.4M 2007
Time Bomb
  • Actor
-- 2006
84% Akeelah and the Bee
  • Tanya
$18.8M 2006
59% Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  • Actor
$186.1M 2005
The Lazarus Child
  • Actor
-- 2004
56% Mr. 3000
  • Mo Simmons
$21.8M 2004
24% Masked And Anonymous
  • Mistress
$0.1M 2003
Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives
  • Actor
-- 2002
The Rosa Parks Story
  • Rosa Parks
-- 2002
Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • Actor
-- 2002
80% Sunshine State
  • Desiree Perry
$2.8M 2002
73% The Score
  • Diane
$70.3M 2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
  • Actor
-- 2001
10% Supernova
  • Kaela Evers
-- 2000
50% Boesman & Lena
  • Lena
-- 2000
Whispers - An Elephant's Tale
  • Groove
-- 2000
Our Friend, Martin
  • Actor
-- 1999
63% Music of the Heart
  • Janet Williams
-- 1999
48% How Stella Got Her Groove Back
  • Stella
-- 1998
Africans in America
  • Actor
-- 1998
Africans in America - Part 2 - Revolution
  • Narrator
-- 1998
Africans in America - Part 4: Judgment Day
  • Narrator
-- 1998
63% Contact
  • Rachel Constantine
-- 1997
63% Strange Days
  • Lornette "Mace" Mason
-- 1995
10% Vampire in Brooklyn
  • Rita
-- 1995
52% Waiting to Exhale
  • Bernadine Harris
-- 1995
27% Panther
  • Betty Shabazz
-- 1995
96% What's Love Got To Do With It?
  • Tina Turner
-- 1993
38% Innocent Blood
  • US Attorney Sinclair
-- 1992
100% Passion Fish
  • Dawn/Rhonda
-- 1992
91% Malcolm X
  • Betty Shabazz
-- 1992
The Jacksons: An American Dream
  • Katherine Jackson
-- 1992
94% City of Hope
  • Reesha
-- 1991
Critters 4 - They're Invading Your Space
  • Fran
-- 1991
96% Boyz n the Hood
  • Reva Styles
-- 1991
Heroes of Desert Storm
  • Lt. Jeter
-- 1991
Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (Other Side of Love)
  • Willie
-- 1991
50% Kindergarten Cop
  • Stewardess
-- 1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
  • Carla Peters
-- 1990
Challenger
  • Cheryl McNair
-- 1990
85% F/X
  • TV Reporter
-- 1986


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
American Horror Story
  • Marie Laveau
2011
ER (1994)
  • Actor

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Quotes from Angela Bassett's Characters

    1. Mike Banning: 40 commandos breached the gate, 28 are left.
    2. Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs: How do we know we can trust the information?
    3. Mike Banning: I just asked nicely.
    From Olympus Has Fallen. Submitted by Ryan B (4 months ago)
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