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Angela Bassett
Age: 51
Height: 5' 4"
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Aug. 16th, 1958
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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:
- Was considered for the role of Oda Mae Brown in _Ghost (1990)_ (qv).
- Graduated from Yale with a B.A. in African-American studies (1980)
- Born on the same day as 'Madonna' (qv).
- Played Muslim activist 'Betty Shabazz' (qv) in two different movies: _Malcolm X (1992)_ (qv) and _Panther (1995/I)_ (qv).
- In 1974 she began to consider acting as a career choice after an 11th-grade class trip to Washington, DC during which she saw actor 'James Earl Jones' (qv) perform in a Kennedy Center production of the play "Of Mice and Men".
- Graduated from Yale drama school with a Master of Fine Arts Degree (1983)
- Graduated from Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport, Florida, Class of 1976.
- 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.
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