Angela Bassett first appeared in the American television soap opera, ‘Search for Tomorrow’ in 1985. She played the role of ‘Salina McCulla’ and starred in 10 episodes of the show. The following year, she made her big-screen debut in the American action thriller film ‘F/X’ directed by Robert Mandel. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a financial success, grossing over $20.6 million on a budget of $10 million. Following her debut, she went on to star in films like ‘Kindergarten Cop’ (1990), ‘Critters 4’ (1991), ‘Boyz n the Hood’ (1991), ‘City of Hope’ (1991), and ‘Innocent Blood’ (1992). In 1992, she portrayed ‘Betty Shabazz’ in the American epic biographical drama film ‘Malcolm X’ directed by Spike Lee. The film opened to wide critical acclaim and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2010. Bassett received an Academy Award nomination for her performance as ‘Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner’ in the 1993 American biographical film ‘What's Love Got to Do with It’ directed by Brian Gibson. The film opened to critical acclaim and did decent business at the box office. She continued to star in films like ‘Panther’ (1995), ‘Strange Days’ (1995), ‘Contact’ (1997), ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’ (1998), ‘Our Friend, Martin’ (1999), ‘Supernova’ (2000), ‘The Score’ (2001), ‘Sunshine State’ (2002), ‘Unchained Memories’ (2003), ‘The Lazarus Child’ (2004), ‘Akeelah and the Bee’ (2006), ‘Meet the Robinsons’ (2007), ‘Meet the Browns’ (2008), ‘Nothing But the Truth’ (2008), and ‘Notorious’ (2009).
In 2011, she played the role of ‘Amanda Waller’ in the American superhero film ‘Green Lantern’ directed by Martin Campbell. The film was panned by critics and was a box office disappointment. The following year, she starred as ‘Sarah Collins’ in the McG-directed American romantic comedy spy film ‘This Means War.’ Despite receiving a lukewarm response from critics, the film managed to gross over $156.5 million on a $65 million budget. In 2013, she portrayed ‘Marie Laveau’ in ‘American Horror Story: Coven,’ the third season of the FX horror anthology television series ‘American Horror Story.’ The season lasted 13 episodes and aired its finale in 2014. Bassett continued to appear in television series like ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ (2014-2015), ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ (2015-2016), ‘BoJack Horseman’ (2015-2018), ‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’ (2016), ‘Underground’ (2017), ‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ (2018), ‘9-1-1’ (2018-present), ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ (2019), ‘What If...?’ (2021), and ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ (2022). She last appeared on the American daytime television variety talk show ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ in 2022.
The intergalactic warlord from Titan, Thanos, is on a quest to collect the six Infinity Stones that will empower him to destroy half of all life in the universe. The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy must come together to stop Thanos and save the world.
After getting into a fight, Tre Styles is sent to live with his strict father Furious Styles, who instills in him values like self-respect and responsibility despite living in a crime-filled neighborhood. He is friends with less fortunate half-brothers Ricky, an aspiring athlete, and hotheaded Doughboy who gradually succumbs to a life of violence, dragging his friends along.
After failing to secure three plutonium cores from the Syndicate, who are now known as the Apostles, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is forced to team up with Special Agent August Walker. Walker betrays Ethan and team and they must stop him and Solomon Lane from detonating nuclear bombs over the Siachen Glacier.
The movie is a dramatization of different events of the life of controversial African-American icon, Malcolm X. The film focuses on his early criminal endeavors, his imprisonment, his conversion to Islam, his joining and leaving the Nation of Islam, his marriage, his experiences with racial violence against blacks, his fight for racial unity and his assassination.
As hope in extraterrestrial life exploration dwindles, a SETI scientist stumbles upon a sequenced signal. She is faced with the challenge of deciphering the message under massive global scrutiny. This science-fiction drama is an adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name.
As T'Challa prepares to assume the kingship of isolated but technologically superior Wakanda, he is challenged by an old foe, Killmonger. T'Challa, as the Black Panther, must now rise to the occasion and confront a situation that threatens the safety of Wakanda as well as the world.
Akeelah is an 11-year old girl who discovers her talent in spelling. Despite her mother’s objections, she starts aiming to participate and win the National Spelling Bee. She soon finds help in the form of a mysterious teacher.
Anna Mae Bullock has been raised in an unhappy and uncomfortable environment. After moving to St Louis, she tries to achieve success as a professional singer, but this worsens her married life.
Nothing But the Truth is a mystery drama film, which revolves around Rachel Armstrong, a journalist, who pens a story that divulges the identity of a secret CIA agent. She also refuses to reveal her source, and therefore she is eventually put in jail.
Ex-cop, Lenny Nero, now deals in illegal recordings that allow the viewers to experience the memories and sensations of the recorder. In one of the discs he finds recordings of a brutal rape and murder of a prostitute known to him. As he decides to investigate with help of friend Mace, they get drawn into dark depths of murder, blackmail and conspiracy.
The Score centres around an expert thief who is about to hang up his boots when his aide offers him a job with a huge payout that he must accomplish with the help of a young thief. Robert DeNiro, Marlon Brando and Edward Norton star in this film that offers many thrilling moments as the two thieves attempt to steal a French sceptre.
Roberta starts afresh after being abandoned by her husband. She starts teaching violin to underprivileged children in New York. Though, initially principal Janet and the students resist the learning, yet the program becomes a hit and gets recognition from the public. However, after a decade the program is suddenly shut due to budget crunch and Roberta along with Janet and her former pupils work towards holding a concert in order to raise funds.
A special effects expert is hired by the Justice Department, in order to fake a mob killing for a witness protection plan. However, he soon finds his own life in danger. Meanwhile, a New York City detective starts investigating the fake murder and is unable to understand why the Justice Department is not showing interest in it.
Notorious is a biographical drama film, which tells the story of Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. The film portrays his harsh life, and how he rose from being a street drug dealer, to one of the most respected rap artists.
A United States Secret Service agent, who was removed from the presidential detail after a failure, fights to save the president when the White House is attacked by a North Korean guerilla outfit. Olympus Has Fallen is the first of the Fallen film series.
White Bird in a Blizzard is a mystery drama film which tells the story of a teenage girl who relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother disappears. However, soon she starts being haunted by strange facts regarding the disappearance, and her life descends into chaos.
Two CIA agents who are also best friends end up dating the same woman. On finding out, they turn the best of their combat skills against each other.
Massive brawny cop, John Kimble, is forced to pose as a kindergarten teacher to bring drug lord Cullen Crisp to justice. To do that he must convince Cullen’s ex-wife Joyce, who has been hiding as a teacher to cooperate. However, Kimble must first survive the unruly children and Cullen’s criminal mother Eleanor.
Marie is a vampire with a conscience who only sucks the blood of criminals. And there is no shortage of victims on the streets of Pittsburgh, where a gang war is taking place. When she is unable to properly dispose of one of her victims, who is a gangster named Sal, he becomes a vampire himself. Therefore, she joins forces with an undercover cop, in order to bring Sal down.
Otherhood is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Carol, Gillian and Helen, three suburban women, who decide to drive to New York City, hoping to reconnect with their adult sons, after feeling forgotten on Mother’s Day. After realizing that their sons are not the only ones whose lives need a change, the women are forced to redefine their relationships with their children, spouses, friends as well as with themselves.
Following the sudden death of the British Prime Minister, the G7 leaders attend his funeral in London, but become the target of a coordinated attack by terrorists that only the US President survives. Still being pursued by the terrorists, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning must work together with an MI-6 agent to ensure the safety of the President.
Based on a best-selling novel of the same name, this romantic comedy drama film tells the story of four different African-American women and their various relationships, as well as the struggles that they face in the modern world.
After a stray bullet kills a child, a group of women decide to organize against the on-going violence and crime going on in Southern Chicago. Eventually, this becomes a big movement that gains nationwide attention.
Survivor is an action thriller film which tells the story of a Foreign Service officer in London, who tries to prevent a terrorist attack which is set to hit New York City. However, she is forced to run, after she gets framed for crimes which she didn’t commit. Eventually, she teams up with a colleague to prove her innocence.
Stan Rose is a successful and popular baseball player who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. He decides to selfishly retire after recording his 3000th hit, leaving his team and teammates without their best player, in the middle of the 1995 playoff race. However, after nine years he learns that he had retired with 2997 hits instead of 3000 due to a clerical error, making him want to return to the game to get three more hits.
Two families get to know one another on Martha's Vineyard for a wedding and try to settle their differences over a weekend.
Adapted from a best-selling novel of the same name, this romantic comedy drama film tells the story of Stella, a stock broker, who gets so busy with her work, that she has forgotten to actually experience life. She is soon persuaded by her friend to go on a vacation, where she finds love in a man younger than her by 20 years.
A dying Abin Sur appoints Hal Jordan, a confident test pilot, his successor in the intergalactic police force, Green Lantern Corps, and gives him the ring with superpowers. Hal now has to face a sinister villain Parallax, save the earth from destruction and in process earn the respect of the other Green Lanterns.
After being released from prison, Jack Fate, a legendary singer tries to revive his career, by performing at a benefit concert.
This science fiction horror film tells the story of a medical and recovery spaceship in outer space which receives a distress call from light years away. However, going there might lead them to a black hole that may destroy both the ships.
The last vampire alive is looking for a partner to prevent the end of his lineage. He soon meets and develops a liking for Rita, a police officer, who is investigating multiple killings.
This sci-fi action film tells the story of the robot superhero Bumblebee, who finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. She is eventually found by a girl named Charlie Watson, who is trying to deal with the death of her father.
John and Jane Smith, an apparently normal couple with a dull married life, suddenly discover that both are working as assassins for rival firms after being assigned the same target. Their target escapes in the ensuing confusion, and they are given one final assignment by their respective agencies: to kill the other Smith.
12-year-old orphan inventor, Lewis, has been trying to locate his birth mother using a memory scanner but it gets sabotaged and stolen by a mysterious Bowler Hat Guy. When 13-year-old Wilbur Robinson, from the future, offers to help him, Lewis undertakes a journey through time that will change his life forever.
Angela Bassett Awards
| What's Love Got to Do with It | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | 1994 |
