Biography
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 w...
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Complete Filmography

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
as Self
10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop chats with Tom Cruise for all the ...

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Erika Sloane
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...

Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
as Self
Revolutionary fragrances, Haute Couture and spectacular shows: in the world of luxury, Thierry Mugler broke every code. Enter into the backstage of th...

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
Since 1987, the Disney Legends Awards program has honored individuals for the significant impact they've had on the Disney legacy. See the 2024 honore...

Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved ...

Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.

OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
as Self
Oprah invites legendary actress Angela Bassett to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to discuss her recent, well-deserved honorary Academy Award.

Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Da...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
2023
as Host
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated di...

Heist 88
2023
Executive Producer
A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the incredible challenge of remembering T’Challa with a chapter...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

Good Night Oppy
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunit...

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; ...

Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands i...

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carol...

TINA
2021
as Self
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superst...

Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its...

Malika the Lion Queen
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive.

Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an acciden...

Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of tha...

Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
What if after meeting "the one", you get to know what happens before you commit?

Otherhood
2019
as Carol Walker
Feeling forgotten on Mother's Day, three best friends leave the suburbs and drive to New York City to surprise their adult sons.

Otherhood
2019
Executive Producer
Feeling forgotten on Mother's Day, three best friends leave the suburbs and drive to New York City to surprise their adult sons.

The Apollo
2019
as Self
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Ramonda
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaini...

The Flood
2018
as Narrator
Surrounded by the unforgiving Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is a lush, vibrant oasis that pulses with life each year as the great flood rejuvena...

Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to ...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the C...

Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana (voice)
Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
as Self
The grand opening dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for cri...

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
When Curious George is offered a special space mission, Ted (The Man in the Yellow Hat) can't deny his little friend this exciting journey, especially...

Whitney
2015
Director
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious...

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks.

Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged re...

Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former President...

Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
as Self
I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in H...

This Means War
2012
as Collins
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a...

Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
as Self (voice)
This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and ackn...

Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (...

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of ...

Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her sourc...

Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family me...

Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she'...

Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain...

Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when h...

Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classm...

Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignm...

Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he'...

The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on ...

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors wer...

Our America
2002
Executive Producer
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estat...

The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Making "The Score"
2001
as Herself
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Score (2001).

Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Ruby Delacroix
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
Producer
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

The Score
2001
as Diane
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
Whispers, an innocent and adorable baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his loving mother, Gen...

Supernova
2000
as Dr. Kaela Evers
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. Wha...

Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really li...

Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and ...

Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...

Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she me...

Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ...

Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Pa...

What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nur...

Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than s...

Critters 4
1992
as Fran
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.

One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He i...

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing),...

The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
The first Iraq war saw many tragedies and acts of heroism. This is the story seen through the eyes of the men and women involved.

City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Styles
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre...

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th floo...

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an armed bodyguard.

Kindergarten Cop
1990
as Stewardess
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord wh...

In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on her that the child may be being sexually abused by her father. What is she ...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her m...

Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its e...

Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

F/X
1986
as TV reporter
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross hi...

Doubletake
1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investiga...

Wildwood
N/A
as General (voice)
Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about ...