Angela Bassett

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Born: 8/16/1958

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" (W …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

Notorious [Movie] as Voletta Wallace

2009

Gospel Hill [Movie]

2008

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns [Movie] as Brenda

2008

Nothing but the Truth [Movie] as Bonnie Benjamin

2008

Meet the Robinsons [Movie] as Mildred

2007

Akeelah and the Bee [Movie] as Tanya,Wanda Palmer

2006

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Our America [Movie]

2002

The Rosa Parks Story [Movie]

2002

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Michael Jackson's Most Memorable TV Moments

06/26/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Michael Jackson 's pop culture reach stretched far beyond music videos and outrageous concert performances. | Inside TV
Dr. Greene returns to 'ER"

06/02/09 Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to "ER," but he's not coming back from the dead. | The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ
TV Movies for the week of May 31

05/30/09 Johnny Depp. A poor boy and four spoiled children win a tour through the incredible factory of an odd candy-maker. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
As Emmy voters consider picks, Deggans recommends a few dark horses

05/28/09 You may have noticed the ads touting various TV shows plastered with the phrase "for your consideration." | St Petersburg Times - St Petersburg FL
Apollo Theater Turns 75 With Gala Concert, Ceremony

05/13/09 The Apollo Theater will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a benefit tribute concert and an awards ceremony, among other festivities, on Monday, June 8h beginning at 6:30 p.m., to be held at the historic venue. | Billboard
DVD Review: Notorious

05/10/09 The Notorious B.I.G. Few of the people who buy his albums and anything connected to him know the real person underneath. | Blogcritics.org Video
Sarah & Matthew Join a Roster of Celebs Using Surrogates

05/02/09 Expanding their brood, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick announced this week they are welcoming twin girls via a surrogate. | People
Anthony Anderson Lands TV Show On Golf Channel

04/23/09 Comedian/Actor Anthony Anderson has been tapped by the Golf Channel to host a new magazine-style program focusing on the lives of golf players across the country. | AllHipHop.com
Why Biopics Just Don't Work (Short Ends and Leader)

04/21/09 There are so many pre and post production hazards to overcome that the moviemaking winds up the easiest part - some of the time. | PopMatters
Notorious

04/20/09 User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation. | Metacritic
New on DVD | "Notorious"

04/20/09 Jamal Woolard has the rap skills and physique to impersonate the Notorious B.I.G., but his acting in "Notorious" never makes us empathize with the late hip-hop star's story.
Thankfully, director George Tillman Jr. has surrounded Woolard with a great cast. | The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
Festival honors work of women in film

04/16/09 Two actors will receive a top honor this year at the High Falls International Film Festival. | Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester NY
Zap2it casts HBO's election '08 movie

04/14/09 HBO has just ordered a script from "Blood Diamond" writer Charles Leavitt for a film about the election, Variety reports. | Zap2it
'ER' Series Finale Poll

03/26/09 ON AOL TELEVISION ER Courtney B. Vance as Russell Banfield and Angela Bassett as Dr. Cate Banfield star in the episode "Heal Thyself." | Inside TV
Is Big-Deal Movie Star George Clooney On Tonight?s ER??

03/11/09 We're down to the final four episodes of "ER," which concludes April 2 with Gilmore girl Alexis Bleidel joining the cast as County General's newest intern in an episode expected to mirror the series' pilot. | Ain't It Cool News
Black History Month haiku winners

02/23/09 To celebrate, we asked readers to pen us a haiku about a famous black American. | Time Out NY
Angela Bassett Grateful for the ?Ebb and Flow? of Career

02/16/09 For actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance ? whose 3-year-old fraternal twins Slater Josiah and Bronwyn Golden were born in 2006, via surrogate ? the line between work and family has been blurred. | Celebrity Baby Blog

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2006
Won
Black Reel Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Akeelah and the Bee

2001
Won
Screen Actors Guild
Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

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