Acting
Angela Bassett
- Titles
- 96movies63TV 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 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics5.9average 4.8
- Wholesome4.5average 3.4
- Wonder4.1average 3.4
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Coming of Age3.5average 3.0
- Wit & Wordplay4.1average 3.7
- Contemporary Realism5.8average 5.4
- Politics3.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Mystery3.2, average 4.0
- Cringe Humor1.6, average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor1.4, average 2.0
- Dark Humor2.2, average 2.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Psychological Tension 3
- Biographical Drama 3
- Coming-of-Age Story 3
- Social Justice 3
- Feel-Good Movie 3
- Legal Thriller 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Courtroom Drama 2
- 90s Nostalgia 2
- Campy 2
- Educational 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
Robert ForsterActorLondon Has Fallen, Survivor, Supernova
Danny GloverActorOur Friend, Martin, Gospel Hill, Boesman and Lena
Regina KingActorBoyz n the Hood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Snowy Day
Ronald BassWriterWaiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Lazarus Child
Mason DaringComposerMusic of the Heart, Sunshine State, Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Anastas N. MichosCinematographerJumping the Broom, Black Nativity, Whitney
Terence BlanchardComposerMalcolm X, Chi-Raq, Betty and Coretta
Richard T. JonesActorWhat's Love Got to Do with It, Time Bomb
Samuel L. JacksonActorOur Friend, Martin, Chi-Raq
Jennifer HudsonActorChi-Raq, Black Nativity
Mary J. BligeActorBlack Nativity, Betty and Coretta
Movies and TV shows
1072020s
17 titles · average score 66
as The General (voice)
as Erika Sloane
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Lady Bayford
Executive Producer
as Ramonda
as Sister Helley (voice)
as Anna May
TV show · as Queen Ramonda (voice)
TV show · as Sergeant Athena Grant
as Dorothea (voice)
2010s
25 titles · average score 63
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Carol Walker
TV show · as Athena Grant
as Erika Sloane
as Lynne Jacobs
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
as Maureen Cranepaul
Director
as Dr. Thaler
as Aretha Cobbs
TV show · as Ramona Royale / Desiree Dupree
as Mrs. Watson
2000s
23 titles · average score 59
as Voletta Wallace
as Bonnie Benjamin
as Brenda Brown
as Sarah Malcolm
as Tanya Anderson
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
as Desiree Perry
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
as Diane
as Kaela Evers
as Groove (voice)
1990s
30 titles · average score 65
as Janet
as Miles' Mom (voice)
as Stella Payne
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
as Bernadine
as Detective Rita Veder
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
as Betty Shabazz
TV show · as Katherine Jackson
as Fran
as Reva Styles
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
1980s
12 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Michelle Obama (voice)
TV show · as Renee Longstreet
TV show
TV show · as Laura Hale
TV show · as Lt. Camilla Patterson
TV show
as TV reporter
as Linda Thornton
TV show
TV show
as Prostitute at Headquarters
TV show · as Sara