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Angela Bassett

Highest Rated:: 100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated:: 10% Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Birthday:: Aug 16, 1958
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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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 10% - 100%

Number of Movies: 57

Box Office Since 2001: $841.6M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013	48%	Olympus Has Fallen	Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs	$95.4M
2013		Betty and Coretta	Actor	--
2013		Black Nativity	Aretha Cobbs	--
2012	26%	This Means War	Collins	$54.8M
2011	26%	Green Lantern	Dr. Amanda Waller	$116.6M
2011	55%	Jumping the Broom	Mrs. Watson	$37.3M
2011		Green Lantern (Extended Cut)	Actor	--
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Actor	--
2010		VIPs	Actor	--
2009	33%	Gospel Hill	Sarah Malcolm	--
2009	51%	Notorious	Voletta Wallace	$36.7M
2009		Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Narrator	--
2008	32%	Meet The Browns	Brenda	$41.9M
2008	80%	Nothing But the Truth	Bonnie Benjamin	--
2007	26%	Stomp the Yard	Actor	$61.4M
2007	66%	Meet the Robinsons	Mildred	$97.7M
2007		Of Boys and Men	Actor	--
2006		Time Bomb	Actor	--
2006	84%	Akeelah and the Bee	Tanya	$18.8M
2005	59%	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Actor	$186.1M
2004	56%	Mr. 3000	Mo Simmons	$21.8M
2004		The Lazarus Child	Actor	--
2003	24%	Masked And Anonymous	Mistress	$0.1M
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		Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2001		Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Actor	--
2001	73%	The Score	Diane	$70.3M
2000	50%	Boesman & Lena	Lena	--
2000		Whispers - An Elephant's Tale	Groove	--
2000	10%	Supernova	Kaela Evers	--
1999		Our Friend, Martin	Actor	--
1999	63%	Music of the Heart	Janet Williams	--
1998	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	--
1997	63%	Contact	Rachel Constantine	--
1995	10%	Vampire in Brooklyn	Rita	--
1995	52%	Waiting to Exhale	Bernadine Harris	--
1995	27%	Panther	Betty Shabazz	--
1995	63%	Strange Days	Lornette "Mace" Mason	--
1993	97%	What's Love Got To Do With It?	Tina Turner	--
1992	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	--
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	94%	City of Hope	Reesha	--
1990		Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer	Carla Peters	--
1990		Challenger	Cheryl McNair	--
1990	50%	Kindergarten Cop	Stewardess	--
1986	85%	F/X	TV Reporter	--

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1. Mike Banning: Hashtag? What the fuck is that?
2. Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs: Shift 3! Shift 3!
From Olympus Has Fallen. Submitted by Matt F (43 days ago)