Angela Bassett is known for her role as Anna Mae Bullock (a.k.a. Tina Turner) in the movie "What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)".
She played Reva Styles in the movie "Boyz in the Hood (1991)", Betty Shabazz in the movies "Malcolm X (1992)" and "Panther (1995)", Detective Rita Veder in "Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)", Bernadine "Bernie" Harris in "Waiting to Exhale (1995)", Rosa Louise McCauley Parks in "The Rosa Parks Story (2002)" and Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs in the movies "Olympus Has Fallen (2013)" and "London Has Fallen (2016)".
Some other movies she appeared in are "Challenger (1990)", "Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)", "In the Best Interest of the Child (1990)", "Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)", "The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)", "City of Hope (1991)", "Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (1991)", "One Special Victory (1991)", "Critters 4 (1992)", "Passion Fish (1992)", "Innocent Blood (1992)", "Strange Days (1995)", "Contact (1997)", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)", "Music of the Heart (1999)", "Supernova (2000)", "Boesman and Lena (2000)", "The Score (2001)", "Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)", "Sunshine State (2002)", "Masked and Anonymous (2003)", "Mr 3000 (2004)", "The Lazarus Child (2005)", "Akeelah and the Bee (2006)", "Time Bomb (2006)", "Of Boys and Men (2008)", "Meet the Browns (2008)", "Nothing But the Truth (2008)", "Gospel Hill (2008)", "Notorious (2009)", "Identity (2011)", "Jumping the Broom (2011)", "Green Lantern (2011)", "Rogue (2012)", "This Means War (2012)", "Betty and Coretta (2013)", "Black Nativivty (2013)", "White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)", "Survivor (2015)", "Chi-Raq (2015)" and "The Snowy Day (2016)".
She played Marie Laveau on the FX TV horror show "American Horror Story: Coven (2013-2014)", Desiree Dupree on the FX TV horror show "American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014-2015)", Ramona Royale on the FX TV horror show "American Horror Story: Hotel (2015-2016)", Lee Harris and Monet Tumusiime on the FX TV horror show "American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016)".
Some other TV shows she appeared on are "Search for Tomorrow", "Spenser: For Hire", "The Cosby Show", "Heartbeat", "A Man Called Hawk", "Tour of Duty", "227", "Thirtysomething", "Family of Spies", "Alien Nation", "Equal Justice", "The Flash", "Stat", "The Jacksons: An American Dream", "Nightmare Cafe", "The Bernie Mac Show", "Alias", "ER", "Close to the Enemy" and "Master of None".
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