Angela Bassett filmography
Appearance
American actress Angela Bassett has worked in film and television since the late 1980s.
Actress
[edit]Film
[edit]† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | F/X | TV Reporter | |
1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | |
1991 | Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux (credited as Reva Styles) | |
City of Hope | Reesha | ||
1992 | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Barbara Sinclair | |
Critters 4 | Fran | ||
Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | ||
Passion Fish | Dawn / Rhonda | ||
1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | |
1995 | Panther | Betty Shabazz | |
Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | ||
Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | ||
Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris | ||
1997 | Contact | Rachel Constantine | |
1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | |
1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | Direct-to-video[1] |
Music of the Heart | Principal Janet Williams | ||
2000 | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | |
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | [1] | |
Boesman and Lena | Lena | ||
2001 | The Score | Diane | |
2002 | Sunshine State | Desiree Stokes Perry | |
2003 | Unchained Memories | Reader (for Elizabeth Sparks' and Mary Reynolds' narratives) | |
Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | ||
2004 | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | |
Mr. 3000 | Maureen 'Mo' Simmons | ||
2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Atlanta (voice) | Uncredited |
2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | |
2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | [1] |
2008 | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | |
Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | ||
Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | ||
Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | ||
2009 | Notorious | Voletta Wallace | |
2011 | Jumping the Broom | Claudine Watson | |
Green Lantern | Amanda Waller | ||
2012 | This Means War | Collins | |
I Ain't Scared of You | Herself | ||
2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs | |
Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | ||
2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | |
2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | Direct-to-video[1] |
Survivor | Ambassador Maureen Crane | ||
Chi-Raq | Miss Helen | ||
2016 | London Has Fallen | Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs | |
2018 | Black Panther | Ramonda | [2] |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | CIA Director Erika Sloane | ||
Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | [3][1] | |
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | Cameo[4] |
Otherhood | Carol Walker | [5] | |
2020 | Soul | Dorothea Williams (voice) | [6][1] |
2021 | Tina | Herself | Documentary |
Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | [7] | |
2022 | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | [8] |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | [9] | |
2024 | Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | [10][1] |
Damsel | Lady Bayford | [11] | |
2025 | Wildwood † | Iphigenia (voice) | In production[12] |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Search for Tomorrow | Selina McCulla | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
Spenser: For Hire | Alice | Episode: "The Choice" | |
Doubletake | Prostitute at HQ | Television film | |
1985, 1988 | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Mitchell / Sari | Episodes: "Mr. Quiet" / "Bookworm" |
1986 | Liberty | Linda Thornton | Television film |
My Man Bovanne | Elo | Educational film[13] | |
1987 | Ryan's Hope | Leonie Peach | |
Guiding Light | Angela | Episode: "1.103" | |
Leg Work | Dr. Griffin | Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" | |
1989 | HeartBeat | Jeanette Calder R.N. | Episode: "Gestalt and Battery" |
A Man Called Hawk | Bailey Webster | Episodes: "The Master's Mirror" and "Never My Love" | |
Tour of Duty | Lieutenant Camilla Patterson | Episodes: "Hard Stripe" and "The Volunteer" | |
227 | Amy Burnett | Episode: "A Pampered Tale" | |
Thirtysomething | Kate Harriton | Episode: "Legacy" | |
1990 | Alien Nation | Renee Longstreet | Episode: "Eyewitness News" |
Family of Spies | Bev Andress | Episode "2" | |
Snoops | Laura Hale | Episode: "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" | |
Challenger | Cheryl McNair | Television film | |
Equal Justice | Janet Fields | Episode: "Goodbye, Judge Green" | |
In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori | Television film | |
Perry Mason: In the Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | ||
1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | |
The Flash | Linda Lake | Episode: "Beat the Clock" | |
Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | Television film | |
Stat | Dr. Willie Burns | Episode: "Ladyfinger" | |
The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lieutenant Phoebe Jeter | Television film | |
Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Willie | ||
One Special Victory | Lois | ||
1992 | Nightmare Cafe | Evelyn Wall | Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child" |
The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | Episodes: "Part I" and "Part II" | |
2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | Television film |
2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Parks | |
2003 | Freedom: A History of Us | Sheyann Webb / Melba Pattillo (voice) | Episodes: "Marching to Freedom Land" and "Let Freedom Ring"; Documentary series |
The Bernie Mac Show | Herself | Episode: "Laughing Matters" | |
2005 | Alias | CIA Director Hayden Chase | Episodes: "Authorized Personnel Only: Part I", "The Index", "Search and Rescue" and "The Descent" |
2006 | Time Bomb | Jill Greco | Television film |
2008–09 | ER | Dr. Cate Banfield | Main role, 16 episodes |
2010 | The Simpsons | First Lady Michelle Obama (voice) | Episode: "Stealing First Base" |
2011 | Identity | Martha Adams | Television pilot that did not get picked up |
2012 | Rogue | Alice Vargas | |
2013 | Betty & Coretta | Coretta Scott King | Television film |
2013–14 | American Horror Story: Coven | Marie Laveau | Recurring role, 12 episodes |
2014–15 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Desiree Dupree | Main role, 11 episodes |
2015–16 | American Horror Story: Hotel | Ramona Royale | Main role, 7 episodes |
2015–18 | BoJack Horseman | Ana Spanakopita (voice) | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2016 | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Lee Harris/Monet Tumusiime | Main role, 4 episodes (Harris) / 5 episodes (Tumusiime) |
The Snowy Day | Nana/Ms. Cora (voice) | Television special[1] | |
Close to the Enemy | Eva | Miniseries; 7 episodes | |
2017 | Underground | The Root Woman | Episode: "Ache"; uncredited |
2017, 2021 | Master of None | Catherine | Episodes: "Thanksgiving" and "Moments in Love, Chapter 3" (voice only) |
2018 | American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Marie Laveau | Episode: "Apocalypse Then" |
The Flood | Narrator | Television film | |
2018–present | 9-1-1 | Athena Grant-Nash | Main role; also executive producer |
2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Mo | Episode: "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest Bitch" |
The Imagineering Story | Narrator | Documentary series | |
2021 | Malika the Lion Queen | Malika (voice) | Television film |
What If...? | Ramonda (voice) | Episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?"[1] | |
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars | Herself | Special guest; Episode: "Rumerican Horror Story: Coven Girls" | |
Red Table Talk | Episode: "Jada's Surprise 50th Birthday Celebration" | ||
2022 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Sergeant Athena Grant-Nash | Episode: "Prince Albert in a Can" |
Good Night Oppy | Narrator | Documentary | |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett/Kel Mitchell/Nyesha Arrington" | |
2024 | Queens | Narrator | Episodes: "African Queens" and "Rainforest Queens"[14] |
Sherri | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett" | |
The Talk | Episode: "Angela Bassett/Paul Scheer" | ||
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Episode: "Angela Bassett" | ||
Tamron Hall | |||
The Jennifer Hudson Show | Opening episode of season 3 | ||
TBA | Zero Day | President Mitchell | Upcoming series[15] |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Beef, No Chicken | Drusilla | Yale Repertory Theatre |
1982 | Colored People's Time | Understudy | covered for Carol Maillard for two performances |
1983 | Antigone | Antigone | |
1983 | Fried Chicken and Invisibility | Conductor Dixon | |
1984 | The Mystery Plays | Eve, Noah's wife, Mary, and Gill | |
1985 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Dussie Mae | Broadway |
1986 | Black Girl | Ruth Ann | |
1987 | Pericles | Thaisa | |
1987 | Henry IV Part 1 | Lady Percy | |
1988 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Martha Pentecost | Broadway |
1998 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | |
2005 | His Girl Friday | Hildy Johnson | |
2006 | Fences | Rose Maxson | |
2011–12 | The Mountaintop | Camae | Broadway |
Video games
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Aurelia Arnot / Six | Voice and motion capture[1] |
2022 | Horizon Forbidden West | Regalla |
Director
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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2015 | Whitney | Television film |
Breakthrough | Television documentary series; episode: "Water Apocalypse" | |
2016 | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Television series; episode: "Chapter 6" |
2017 | American Horror Story: Cult | Television series; episode: "Drink the Kool-Aid" |
Producer
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Television film |
2002 | Our America | Television movie; executive producer |
The Rosa Parks Story | ||
2017 | Remand | Documentary; executive producer |
2018–present | 9-1-1 | Television series; executive producer |
2019 | Otherhood | Movie; executive producer |
2020–present | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Television series; executive producer |
2023 | Heist 88 | Television Movie; executive producer[16] |
2024 | Queens | Limited Series; executive producer[17] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Angela Bassett (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 1, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ Morse, Ben (November 22, 2016). "Angela Bassett Boards Marvel's Black Panther". Marvel. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (July 13, 2018). "Exclusive: Bumblebee unveils two new Decepticon trackers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Hood, Cooper (April 27, 2019). "Every Returning Character In Avengers: Endgame". ScreenRant. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (April 16, 2018). "Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett in Talks for Netflix Comedy Otherhood". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Sanders, Sam (December 22, 2020). "Angela Bassett Draws On Her Love Of Drama And Music In Pixar's Soul". NPR. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (April 25, 2019). "Angela Bassett Joins Lena Headey & Karen Gillan In Gunpowder Milkshake". Deadline. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ King, Jack (March 14, 2022). "'Wendell & Wild' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast". Collider. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ Jones, Marcus (November 14, 2022). "Angela Bassett Had Mixed Feelings About Queen Ramonda's Arc in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". IndieWire. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (January 11, 2024). "Ike Barinholtz Brings the Light in Latest Orion and the Dark Trailer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Angela Bassett Joins Millie Bobby Brown In Netflix's 'Damsel'". outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (August 25, 2022). "Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee Among Voice Cast For Laika's Wildwood". Deadline. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ King, Jack (2001). "My Man Bovanne". Library Media Project. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ Queens (Documentary), Angela Bassett, National Geographic, Wildstar Films, 2024-03-04, archived from the original on 2024-04-01, retrieved 2024-03-13
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Cordero, Rosy (December 19, 2023). "Zero Day Adds Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens & Matthew Modine As Production Begins In NY". Deadline. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (2023-09-15). "'Heist 88' Trailer Sets Up Action-Packed Crime Drama Starring Courtney B. Vance". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Queens". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.