Acting
Angela Bassett
- Titles
- 97movies64TV shows
- Career
Active from 1990 to 2026, busiest in 1991 and 2015 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 35top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Mission: Impossible - Fallout86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wholesome4.3average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.5average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism6.0average 5.2
- Wonder4.1average 3.4
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Coming of Age3.4average 2.9
- Politics3.1average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.1average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Mystery3.4, average 4.1
- Dark Humor2.2, average 2.9
- Uncanny1.8, average 2.5
- Cringe Humor1.6, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Action Thriller 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Psychological Tension 3
- Social Justice 3
- Fast-Paced 3
- Heartwarming 3
- Female Empowerment 3
- Feel-Good Movie 3
- Intense Action 2
- Contemporary Realism 2
- Spectacular Cinematography 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Laurence FishburneActorBoyz n the Hood, Akeelah and the Bee, What's Love Got to Do with It, The Snowy Day
Regina KingActorBoyz n the Hood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Snowy Day
Danny GloverActorOur Friend, Martin, Gospel Hill, Boesman and Lena
Robert ForsterActorLondon Has Fallen, Survivor, Supernova
Mason DaringComposerMusic of the Heart, Ruby's Bucket of Blood, Sunshine State
Terence BlanchardComposerMalcolm X, Chi-Raq, Betty and Coretta
Ronald BassWriterHow Stella Got Her Groove Back, Waiting to Exhale, The Lazarus Child
Anastas N. MichosCinematographerJumping the Broom, Black Nativity, Whitney
Jacob TremblayActorWildwood, Orion and the Dark
Whoopi GoldbergActorHow Stella Got Her Groove Back, Our Friend, Martin
Mary J. BligeActorBlack Nativity, Betty and Coretta
Loretta DevineActorWaiting to Exhale, Jumping the Broom
Movies and TV shows
1072020s
17 titles · average score 66
73
as Erika Sloane
56
TV show · as President Evelyn Mitchell
71
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
69
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
52
as Lady Bayford
71
as Ramonda
68
as Sister Helley (voice)
53
as Anna May
73
TV show · as Queen Ramonda (voice)
70
TV show · as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
68
TV show · as Sergeant Athena Grant
81
as Dorothea (voice)
2010s
25 titles · average score 63
74
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
46
as Carol Walker
74
TV show · as Athena Grant
86
as Erika Sloane
42
as Lynne Jacobs
55
TV show · as Eva
57
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
32
as Maureen Cranepaul
47
Director
49
as Aretha Cobbs
72
TV show · as Marie Laveau / Ramona Royale
55
as Mrs. Watson
2000s
23 titles · average score 59
72
as Narrator (voice)
71
as Bonnie Benjamin
51
as Brenda Brown
39
as Sarah Malcolm
76
as Tanya Anderson
52
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
61
as Desiree Perry
71
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
70
as Diane
68
as Ruby Delacroix
29
as Kaela Evers
42
as Groove (voice)
1990s
30 titles · average score 65
64
as Janet
69
as Miles' Mom (voice)
59
as Stella Payne
70
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
32
as Detective Rita Veder
61
as Bernadine
81
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
80
as Betty Shabazz
72
TV show · as Katherine Jackson
35
as Fran
83
as Reva Styles
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1980s
12 titles · average score 68
83
TV show · as Michelle Obama (voice)
63
TV show · as Renee Longstreet
46
TV show
TV show · as Laura Hale
82
TV show · as Lt. Camilla Patterson
64
TV show
71
as TV reporter
as Linda Thornton
78
TV show
50
TV show
as Prostitute at Headquarters
74
TV show · as Sara