Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett
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August 16, 1958 in New York City, NY
Biography:A respected actress of the stage, screen, and television, "Angela Bassett" has been one of the few African-American actresses to break Hollywood's color boundary. She has specialized in playing strong women familiar with adversity and has worked in genres from "chick flick" ("Waiting to Exhale") to sci-fi action ("Strange Days") to biography ("What's Love Got to Do with It?"), the last of which featured her in a star-making performance as "Tina Turner".

Born in New York City on August 16, 1958, Bassett was raised in St. Petersburg, Florida by her mother. Growing up in a household where money was tight, she was taught determination and independence. These values were called into service after an eleventh grade Upward Bound trip to Washington, D.C., when Bassett saw "James Earl Jones" in a Kennedy Center production of Of Mice and Men. Deciding that acting was her calling, she became involved in a... Full Biography

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Kiefer Sutherland and Angela Bassett honor Forest Whitaker as he receives a star on the Hollywood...
Lance Gross, left, and Angela Bassett in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
Rick Fox, left, and Angela Bassett in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
Sofia Vergara, left, and Angela Bassett in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
Jennifer Lewis, left, and Angela Bassett in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
Angela Bassett, left, Mariana Tolbert, Lance Gross and Rick Fox in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns"...
Angela Bassett, left, and Tamela Mann in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
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