Welcome to Adoring Angela Bassett. Best known for her performances in What's Love Got To Do With It, American Horror Story, Wakanda Forever, 9-1-1, and many more, this site is determined to bring you the most up to date information & photos on this talented actress and her career. Enjoy your stay!
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Featuring Angela's Oscar-nominated performance as Queen Ramonda, the people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
9-1-1 explores the high-pressure experiences of the first responders who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping situations.
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a preacher's son. Bassett and her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother. As a single mother, Betty stressed the importance of education for her children. With the assistance of an academic scholarship, Bassett matriculated into Yale University. In 1980, she received her B.A. in African-American studies from Yale University. In 1983, she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama. It was at Yale that Bassett met her husband, Courtney B. Vance, a 1986 graduate of the Drama School.