Angela Bassett Add to My Celebs Age 53 Birthday Aug. 16th, 1958 Born in New York City, New York, USA Height 5' 4"

Angela Bassett's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) A Man Called Hawk Bailey Webs… VH1 Divas Angela Bass…

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Green Lantern 2009 - Notorious 2008 - Meet the Browns 2008 - Nothing But the Truth 2008 - Gospel Hill 2007 - Meet the Robinsons 2006 - Akeelah and the Bee 2005 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2004 - Mr 3000 2003 - Masked and Anonymous 2001 - The Score 1999 - Music of the Heart 1998 - How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1997 - Contact 1995 - Waiting to Exhale 1995 - Vampire in Brooklyn 1995 - Strange Days 1993 - What's Love Got to Do with It 1992 - Innocent Blood 1992 - Malcolm X 1991 - City of Hope 1991 - Boyz n the Hood 1990 - Kindergarten Cop 1986 - FX

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born in New York City, she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pushed by a high school teacher, she applied for Yale and got a scholarship, ultimately spending 7 years there including 3 post-grad years studying drama. She first appeared in a small role in the cult favorite F/X (1986), but it was not until 1990 that a spate of TV roles brought her notice. Her breakthrough role, though, was playing Tina Turner, whom she had never seen perform before taking the role.


TRIVIA:

• Won the 2002 'Lena Horne' (qv) Award for Outstanding Career Achievements in the Field of Entertainment.
• In 1993, she and Jenifer Lewis played daughter and mother in the movie What's Love Got To Do With It, which earned her an Oscar nomination and a golden globe. Nearly fifteen years later, they both teamed up with Oscar nominee Margaret Avery in Meet the Browns, in which Bassett and Lewis played sisters.
• Was considered for the role of Oda Mae Brown in _Ghost (1990)_ (qv).
• She was once employed as a photo researcher at U.S. News & World Report magazine.
• Bassett's line "Right here! Right now!" from Strange Days was sampled as the only 'lyrics' used repeatedly in the song 'Right Here, Right Now' by Fatboy Slim, his best known song.
• Measurements: 34B-25-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Turned down the role of Leticia Musgrove in _Monster's Ball (2001)_ (qv) because she did not want to perform nude.
• As of 2005, she is the first and only African American recipient of the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, as 'Tina Turner' (qv) in _What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)_ (qv).

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