Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett has appeared in 45 movies on CringeMDb. 16 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 29 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
- Most recent with adult content: Otherhood (2019)
Born August 16, 1958 · Known for acting
35.6% Featured Movie Cringe Score (45 movies)
Angela Bassett Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Boyz n the Hood
...as Reva Styles
Contact
...as Rachel Constantine
Malcolm X
...as Betty Shabazz
The Score
...as Diane
Masked and Anonymous
...as Mistress
Vampire in Brooklyn
...as Detective Rita Veder
Music of the Heart
...as Janet
Akeelah and the Bee
...as Tanya Anderson
Passion Fish
...as Rhonda / Dawn
Green Lantern
...as Dr. Amanda Waller
Wendell & Wild
...as Sister Helley (voice)
Panther
...as Dr. Betty Shabazz
Damsel
...as Lady Bayford
Olympus Has Fallen
...as Lynne Jacobs
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
...as Ruby Delacroix
Black Nativity
...as Aretha Cobbs
Of Boys and Men
...as Rieta Cole
London Has Fallen
...as Lynne Jacobs
Good Night Oppy
...as Self - Narrator (voice)
Survivor
...as Maureen Cranepaul
Black Panther
...as Ramonda
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
...as Erika Sloane
City of Hope
...as Reesha
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
...as Ramonda
Bumblebee
...as Shatter (voice)
Gunpowder Milkshake
...as Anna May
Avengers: Endgame
...as Ramonda
Soul
...as Dorothea (voice)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
...as Erika Sloane
Certified Cringeworthy
Strange Days
...as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Waiting to Exhale
...as Bernadine
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
...as Stella Payne
Innocent Blood
...as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Notorious
...as Voletta Wallace
Nothing But the Truth
...as Bonnie Benjamin
What's Love Got to Do with It
...as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Mr. 3000
...as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Meet the Browns
...as Brenda Brown
Sunshine State
...as Desiree Perry
Jumping the Broom
...as Mrs. Watson
Wildwood
...as The General (voice)
Chi-Raq
...as Miss Helen Worthy
Otherhood
...as Carol Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
...as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
White Bird in a Blizzard
...as Dr. Thaler
About Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she received an Academy Honorary Award.
Bassett had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She also played Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For the latter, she won another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, Bassett has starred as Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Her portrayal of Rosa Parks in the television film The Rosa Parks Story (2002) gained her a nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.
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