Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett Movies and TV Shows

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best 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 a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995), Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story (2002), Voletta Wallace in Notorious (2009) and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 8/16/1958 (66 years old)
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.63 m
  • Net worth: $25,000,000
  • twitter: ImAngelaBassett
  • instagram: Im.AngelaBassett
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
role:
Erika Sloane
Not available
2025

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Not available
Damsel
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Lady Bayford
2024

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
71%
Orion and the Dark
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 67%
role:
Sweet Dreams (voice)
2024

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
67%
Heist 88
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Executive Producer
2023

Crime

Drama

5.3
69%
2022

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
71%
Good Night Oppy
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 75%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2022

Documentary

7.7
75%
Wendell & Wild
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 68%
role:
Sister Helley (voice)
2022

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
68%
TINA
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Self
2021

Documentary

Music

7.9
78%
2021

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.1
64%
Soul
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 81%
role:
Dorothea (voice)
2020

Animation

Comedy

Drama

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
81%
9-1-1: Lone Star
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 81%
role:
Executive Producer
2020

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

7.3
81%
2019

Documentary

8.9
82%
Otherhood
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 62%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2019

Comedy

6.1
62%
2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
82%
Bumblebee
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
Shatter (voice)
2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
67%
2018

Action

Adventure

7.7
74%
Black Panther
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Ramonda
2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
74%
9-1-1
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 82%
role:
Athena Grant
2018

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

7.9
82%
London Has Fallen
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 61%
role:
Lynne Jacobs
2016

Action

Thriller

5.9
61%
Chi-Raq
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 58%
role:
Miss Helen Worthy
2015

Comedy

Crime

Drama

5.9
58%
Survivor
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 56%
role:
Maureen Cranepaul
2015

Action

Crime

Thriller

5.6
56%
Whitney
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 54%
role:
Director
2015

Drama

Music

Romance

5.0
54%
2014

Drama

Thriller

6.4
62%
Black Nativity
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 54%
role:
Aretha Cobbs
2013

Drama

Music

4.8
54%
Olympus Has Fallen
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Lynne Jacobs
2013

Action

Thriller

6.5
64%
This Means War
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Collins
2012

Action

Comedy

Romance

6.3
61%
Green Lantern
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 52%
role:
Dr. Amanda Waller
2011

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
52%
Jumping the Broom
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 61%
role:
Mrs. Watson
2011

Comedy

5.7
61%
Notorious
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 69%
role:
Voletta Wallace
2009

Drama

History

Music

6.7
69%
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 84%
role:
Narrator (voice)
Not available
2009

Comedy

Documentary

7.2
84%
Not available
Nothing But the Truth
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Bonnie Benjamin
2008

Drama

Thriller

7.1
69%
Meet the Browns
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 67%
role:
Brenda Brown
2008

Comedy

Drama

Romance

4.5
67%
Gospel Hill
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 49%
role:
Sarah Malcolm
2008

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.5
49%
Lust, Caution
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Catherine Banfield
2007

Action

Drama

Romance

Thriller

7.5
72%
Meet the Robinsons
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Mildred (voice)
2007

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.8
69%
2006

Drama

7.4
70%
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 67%
role:
Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
2005

Action

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

6.5
67%
Mr. 3000
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 54%
role:
Maureen "Mo" Simmons
2004

Comedy

Drama

5.6
54%
The Score
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Diane
2001

Action

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

6.8
67%
Supernova
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 50%
role:
Dr. Kaela Evers
2000

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.8
50%
Music of the Heart
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Janet Williams
1999

Drama

6.7
68%
1998

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.7
58%
Contact
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Rachel Constantine
1997

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
74%
Waiting to Exhale
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 63%
role:
Bernie Harris
1995

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.0
63%
Vampire in Brooklyn
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 50%
role:
Detective Rita Veder
1995

Comedy

Horror

Romance

4.7
50%
Strange Days
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
1995

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
70%
ER
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Catherine Banfield
1994

Drama

7.9
78%
What's Love Got to Do with It
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
1993

Drama

7.3
70%
Malcolm X
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 75%
role:
Betty Shabazz
1992

Drama

History

7.7
75%
Innocent Blood
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 62%
role:
U.S. Attorney Sinclair
1992

Comedy

Crime

Horror

Thriller

6.2
62%
Critters 4
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 50%
role:
Fran
1992

Comedy

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.1
50%
Boyz n the Hood
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 76%
role:
Reva Devereaux
1991

Crime

Drama

7.8
76%
Kindergarten Cop
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Stewardess
1990

Comedy

6.2
61%
F/X
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
TV reporter
1986

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.7
64%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Angela Bassett are, for example, Damsel, Orion and the Dark and Heist 88.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The Imagineering Story (8.6), Avengers: Endgame (8.3) and Soul (8.1).