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Angela Bassett

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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 TV Show
A Man Called Hawk
VH1 Divas TV Show
VH1 Divas
 

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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