Angela Evelyn Bassett born August 16 1958 is an American actress Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s she has received various accolades including two Golden Globe Awards in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards She had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic Whats Love Got to Do with It 1993 which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X 1992 as the mother of The Notorious BIG in Notorious 2009 and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern 2011 Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood 1991 Waiting to Exhale 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn 1995 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 Music of the Heart 1999 Olympus Has Fallen 2013 and London Has Fallen 2016 She has 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 a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress On television she 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015 In 2018 she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 911
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