Angela Bassett is an American actress, director and producer. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Honorary Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Actor Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
After debuting in 1980s, she earned recognition for films such as Boyz n the Hood (1991) and Malcolm X (1992). She had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also earned recognition for playing Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. For Black Panther (2018), she won the shared Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. For Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person nominated for an acting Academy Award for the Marvel film. For the role, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2024, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for the documentary television series Queens. Apart from acting, she received critical acclaim for directing the biographical film Whitney (2015), for which she was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series.
She has also won a BET Award, five Black Reel Awards and sixteen NAACP Image Awards. She has received several honorary degrees. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2024, she was inducted to the Disney Legends hall of fame.
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Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Work Result 1994 Best Actress What's Love Got to Do with It 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Governors Awards 2024 Academy Honorary Award
Actor Awards Year Category Work Result 2002 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2014 Betty & Coretta 2019 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Black Panther 2023 Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BAFTA Awards Year Category Work Result British Academy Film Awards 2023 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Critics' Choice Television Awards 2013 Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Betty & Coretta Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 Best Actress in an Action Series 9-1-1 2022 2023 Best Actress in a Superhero Movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Actress in an Action Series 9-1-1 2024 20252026Critics' Choice Documentary Awards2022Best NarrationGood Night Oppy2024Queens
Directors Guild of America Awards Year Category Work Result 2016 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Whitney
Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result Daytime Emmy Awards 1996 Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming Storytime 2003 Outstanding Children's Special Our America Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie 2014 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie American Horror Story: Coven 2015 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie American Horror Story: Freak Show 2017 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Master of None (episode: "Thanksgiving") 2019 Outstanding Narrator The Flood (episode: "First Pulse") 2020 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Narrator 2023 Good Night Oppy 2024 Queens (episode: "African Queens")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result 1994 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy What's Love Got to Do with It 2023 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Miscellaneous awards
+ Award Year Category Work Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther 2023 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever African-American Film Critics Association 2019 Best Female Performance 9-1-1 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever American Black Film Festival 1999 Best Actress How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2026 Excellence in the Arts Award Astra Film Awards 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Acting Achievement Award Astra TV Awards 2024 Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series 9-1-1 2024 2025 Best Actress in a Drama Series Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series Doctor Odyssey 2026 Best Actress in a Drama Series 9-1-1 Best Broadcast Network Drama Ensemble BET Awards 2001 Best Actress 2002 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2018 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025 2026 Black Film Critics Circle 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Girls Rock! 2019 Icon Award Black Movie Awards 2006 Outstanding Performance by an Actress Akeelah and the Bee Black Reel Awards 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actress Music of the Heart 2001 Outstanding Actress Boesman and Lena 2003 Sunshine State 2005 Outstanding Actress – Comedy or Musical Mr. 3000 2007 Outstanding Supporting Actress Akeelah and the Bee 2012 Jumping the Broom 2016 Chi-Raq 2021 Outstanding Voice Performance Soul 2023 Outstanding Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award Black Reel Awards for Television 2002 Outstanding Actress – TV Movie or Limited Series Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2003 2014 Betty & Coretta 2016 Outstanding Supporting Actress – TV Movie or Limited Series American Horror Story: Hotel Outstanding Director – TV Movie or Limited Series Whitney 2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress – TV Movie or Limited Series American Horror Story: Roanoke Outstanding Director – TV Movie or Limited Series American Horror Story: Roanoke (episode: "Chapter 6") Outstanding Guest Performer – Comedy Series Master of None 2018 Outstanding Director – TV Movie or Limited Series American Horror Story: Cult (episode: "Drink the Kool-Aid") 2019 Outstanding Actress – Drama Series 9-1-1 2020 Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance – Drama Series 9-1-1 2026 Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Celebration of Cinema and Television 2022 Career Achievement Award Costume Designers Guild Awards 2023 Spotlight Award Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Denver Film Critics Society 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever DOC LA 2017 DOC LA Icon Award Remand Dorian Awards 2023 Supporting Film Performance of the Year Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2024 Galeca TV Icon Award 2025 Drama League Awards 2012 Distinguished Performance Georgia Film Critics Association 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Golden Apple Awards 1993 Female Discovery of the Year Golden Joystick Awards 2022 Best Performer Horizon Forbidden West Gracie Awards 2016 Director – Lifestyle Breakthrough Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations 2024 Artists of the Year High Falls Film Festival 2005 Susan B. Anthony "Failure is Impossible" Award IDA Documentary Awards 2024 Best Episodic Series Queens LA Femme Film Festival 2010 Pioneer Award MTV Movie & TV Awards 1994 Best Female Performance What's Love Got to Do with It NAACP Image Awards 1994 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture What's Love Got to Do with It Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Malcolm X 1996 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Waiting to Exhale 1998 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Contact 1999 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Music of the Heart 2001 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Boesman and Lena 2002 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2003 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Sunshine State Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2005 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Mr. 3000 2007 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Akeelah and the Bee 2009 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Meet the Browns Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ER 2014 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Black Nativity Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special American Horror Story: Coven Betty & Coretta 2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show 2016 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Chi-Raq Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special American Horror Story: Hotel 2017 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture London Has Fallen 2020 Entertainer of the Year Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 9-1-1 2021 Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture Soul Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 9-1-1 2022 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Television Malika: The Lion Queen 2023 Entertainer of the Year Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture Wendell & Wild Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 9-1-1 2024 2025 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Television Orion and the Dark 2026 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 9-1-1 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie) Zero Day New York Women in Film & Television 1995 Muse Award North Carolina Film Critics Association 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever People's Choice Awards 2021 The Female TV Star of 2021 9-1-1 The Drama TV Star of 2021 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023 Montecito Award Satellite Awards 2003 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Saturn Awards 1996 Best Actress Strange Days 2024 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Seattle Film Critics Society 2023 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Shorty Awards 2020 Actor St. Louis Film Critics Association 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2022 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Women in Film Honors 1996 Crystal Award Women's Image Network Awards 2013 Actress Made for Television Movie / Mini-Series Betty & Coretta 2015 Film Directed by a Woman Whitney
Honors Honorary degrees University Degree Year AFI Conservatory Doctor of Fine Arts 2021 Howard University Doctor of Humane Letters 2000 Old Dominion University Doctor of Humane Letters 2022 Yale University Doctor of Fine Arts 2018
Miscellaneous honors Organization Year Disney Legends 2024 Hollywood Walk of Fame 2008
See also Angela Bassett filmography List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories List of actors with Academy Award nominations
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References
External links Awards and nominations for Angela Bassett on the Internet Movie Database