• Name: Angela Bassett
  
• Height: 5' 4"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: August 16, 1958
  
• Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (majored in Drama)
  
• Husband/Wife: Courtney Vance (aka Courtney B. Vance; actor; engaged in 1997; married on October 12, 1997)
  
• Relationship: Mark Jenkins (cardiologist)
  
• Mother: Betty Bassett (worked for Florida's Health and Human Services Agency; divorced)
  
• Sister: D'nette Bassett (younger)
  
• Claim to fame: as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
  

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• "It wasn't the role for me, but I told her she'd win, and I told her to get what was hers. Of course I want [an Oscar]. But it has to be for something I can sleep with at night." (after turning down the main role in MONSTER'S BALL.
• "There's just not a great deal of diversity in the voting ranks for the Academy Awards, and that has a great deal to do with who wins. If 80 per cent of those who vote are male and white and over 60 years old, that's not a lot of diversity."

• Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, THE ROSA PARKS STORY (2003)
• Black Reel Awards: Best Actress, THE ROSA PARKS STORY (2003)
• Black Reel Awards: Theatrical - Best Actress, SUNSHINE STATE (2003)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, SUNSHINE STATE (2002)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, RUBY'S BUCKET OF BLOOD (2002)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, THE SCORE (2002)
• Black Reel Awards: Network/Cable - Best Actress for RUBY'S BUCKET OF BLOOD (2002)
• Britain's Black film and TV awards: Best Female Screen Personality (2002)
• Lena Horne Award: Outstanding Career Achievements in the Field of Entertainment (2002)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, MUSIC OF THE HEART (2000)
• Acapulco Black Film Festival: Best Actress, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK (1999)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK (1999)
• NAACP Image: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK (1998)
• National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters: Pioneer Award for Entertainer of the Year (1996)
• NAACP Image: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, WAITING TO EXHALE (1996)
• Saturn Award: Best Actress, STRANGE DAYS (1996)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, WAITING TO EXHALE (1996)
• Women in Film Crystal Awards: Crystal Award (1996)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, MALCOLM X (1995)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (1995)
• Golden Apple Awards: Female Discovery of The Year (1994)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (1994)

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