Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett
Bassett at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International
Born	Angela Evelyn Bassett (1958-08-16) August 16, 1958 (age 58) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University (BA; MFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Courtney B. Vance (m. 1997)
Children	2

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. 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 and Coretta (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Bassett began her film career in the mid-1980s, after earning a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and a master of fine arts degree from drama school. In the 1990s, she appeared in films nearly every year. The 2000s saw a succession of films starring Bassett, with her appearing in at least one film every year. Bassett's success has continued into the 2010s. Bassett earned nominations for her roles in films such as The Score (2001), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Meet the Browns (2008) and Jumping the Broom (2011) and won awards for her performances in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) and Music of the Heart (1999) among others.