Angela Bassett

Biography

Born 08/16/1958

Golden Globe-winning actress Angela Bassett was often associated with notable African-American cultural figures like Rosa Parks, Betty Shabazz, and Tina Turner, all of whom she portrayed on the big and small screens to critical acclaim. But when she was not ably filling the shoes of such important...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2002, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Special
In 2002, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
In 1999, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

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Highlights

In 2009, Portrayed Voletta Wallace, the mother of slain rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in the biopic, "Notorious"
In 2008, Co-starred in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns"
In 2006, Portrayed the mother of a young girl trying to make it to the National Spelling Bee, in "Akeelah and the Bee"

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