Angela Bassett

About Angela Bassett

She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Tina Turner in the 1993 movie What's Love Got to Do with It. Waiting to Exhale, Notorious, The Jacksons: An American Dream, Malcolm X, and Black Panther are among her other cinematic credits. She also appears in FX's American Horror Story as Desiree Dupree.

Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress, director, producer and social activist. She is known for her biographical movie roles, including her role as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Comedy or Musical. Bassett featured actual characters Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X and Panther, Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream, Voletta Wallace in Notorious, and Coretta Scott King in Betty & Coretta. Other notable film roles include Reva Styles in Boyz n the Hood, Bernie Harris in Waiting to Exhale, Rachel Constantine in Contact, Lynne Jacobs in Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen and Queen Ramonda in Black. Panther and Avengers: Endgame.

Years active	1985–present
Education	Yale University (BA, MFA)
Born	Angela Evelyn Bassett, August 16, 1958, New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, director, producer, activist
Children	2

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Trivia

She made brief appearances in the films F/X and Kindergarten Cop, then had one of her first prominent film roles in the 1991 drama Boyz n the Hood, playing the character Reva Devereaux. 

Angela Bassett before fame

In 1983, she graduated from Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts degree. She worked as a receptionist at a beauty salon after graduating before getting roles in a variety of New York theatre musicals.

Achievement of Angela Bassett

She made cameo appearances in the films F/X and Kindergarten Cop before starring in the 1991 drama Boyz n the Hood as Reva Devereaux, which was one of her first major cinematic roles.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$25 Million

Angela Bassett family life

In 1997, she married Courtney B. Vance, and the couple welcomed twins Bronwyn and Slater into the world in 2006.

Associations of Angela Bassett

For her work as Rosa Parks in the 2002 film The Rosa Parks Story, she was nominated for a BET Award for Best Actress.

Angela Bassett Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	55 kg
Height	163 cm
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black