Angela Bassett filmography

Bassett in 2015

American actress Angela Bassett has worked in film and television since the late 1980s.

Actress

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	F/X	TV Reporter
1990	Kindergarten Cop	Stewardess
1991	Boyz n the Hood	Reva Devereaux	credited as Reva Styles
	City of Hope	Reesha
1992	Innocent Blood	U.S. Attorney Barbara Sinclair
	Critters 4	Fran
	Malcolm X	Betty Shabazz
	Passion Fish	Dawn / Rhonda
1993	What's Love Got to Do with It	Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
1995	Panther	Betty Shabazz
	Strange Days	Lornette 'Mace' Mason
	Vampire in Brooklyn	Detective Rita Veder
	Waiting to Exhale	Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris
1997	Contact	Rachel Constantine
1998	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Stella Payne
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Miles' Mom (voice)	Direct-to-video [1]
	Music of the Heart	Principal Janet Williams
2000	Supernova	Dr. Kaela Evers
	Whispers: An Elephant's Tale	Groove (voice)	[1]
	Boesman and Lena	Lena
2001	The Score	Diane
2002	Sunshine State	Desiree Stokes Perry
2003	Unchained Memories	Reader (for Elizabeth Sparks' and Mary Reynolds' narratives)
	Masked and Anonymous	Mistress
2004	The Lazarus Child	Dr. Elizabeth Chase
	Mr. 3000	Maureen 'Mo' Simmons
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Atlanta (voice)	Uncredited
2006	Akeelah and the Bee	Tanya Anderson
2007	Meet the Robinsons	Mildred (voice)	[1]
2008	Gospel Hill	Sarah Malcolm
	Of Boys and Men	Rieta Cole
	Meet the Browns	Brenda Brown
	Nothing But the Truth	Bonnie Benjamin
2009	Notorious	Voletta Wallace
2011	Jumping the Broom	Claudine Watson
	Green Lantern	Amanda Waller
2012	This Means War	Collins
	I Ain't Scared of You	Herself
2013	Olympus Has Fallen	Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs
	Black Nativity	Aretha Cobbs
2014	White Bird in a Blizzard	Dr. Thaler
2015	Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	Dr. Kulinda (voice)	Direct-to-video [1]
	Survivor	Ambassador Maureen Crane
	Chi-Raq	Miss Helen
2016	London Has Fallen	Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs
2018	Black Panther	Ramonda	[2]
	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	CIA Director Erika Sloane
	Bumblebee	Shatter (voice)	[3] [1]
2019	Avengers: Endgame	Ramonda	Cameo [4]
	Otherhood	Carol Walker	[5]
2020	Soul	Dorothea Williams (voice)	[6] [1]
2021	Tina	Herself	Documentary
	Gunpowder Milkshake	Anna May	[7]
2022	Wendell & Wild	Sister Helley (voice)	[8]
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Ramonda	[9]
2024	Orion and the Dark	Sweet Dreams (voice)	[10] [1]
	Damsel	Lady Bayford	[11]
2025	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	US President Erika Sloane	[12]
2026	Wildwood †	TBA (voice)	In production [13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Search for Tomorrow	Selina McCulla	Recurring role, 5 episodes
	Spenser: For Hire	Alice	Episode: "The Choice"
	Doubletake	Prostitute at HQ	Television film
1985, 1988	The Cosby Show	Mrs. Mitchell / Sari	Episodes: "Mr. Quiet" / "Bookworm"
1986	Liberty	Linda Thornton	Television film
	My Man Bovanne	Elo	Educational film [14]
1987	Ryan's Hope	Leonie Peach
	Guiding Light	Angela	Recurring
	Leg Work	Dr. Griffin	Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night"
1989	HeartBeat	Jeanette Calder R.N.	Episode: "Gestalt and Battery"
	A Man Called Hawk	Bailey Webster	Episodes: "The Master's Mirror" and "Never My Love"
	Tour of Duty	Lieutenant Camilla Patterson	Episodes: "Hard Stripe" and "The Volunteer"
	227	Amy Burnett	Episode: "A Pampered Tale"
	Thirtysomething	Kate Harriton	Episode: "Legacy"
1990	Alien Nation	Renee Longstreet	Episode: "Eyewitness News"
	Family of Spies	Bev Andress	Episode "2"
	Snoops	Laura Hale	Episode: "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"
	Challenger	Cheryl McNair	Television film
	Equal Justice	Janet Fields	Episode: "Goodbye, Judge Green"
	In the Best Interest of the Child	Lori	Television film
	Perry Mason: In the Case of the Silenced Singer	Carla Peters
1991	Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story	Pat
	The Flash	Linda Lake	Episode: "Beat the Clock"
	Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor	Allison	Television film
	Stat	Dr. Willie Burns	Episode: "Ladyfinger"
	The Heroes of Desert Storm	Lieutenant Phoebe Jeter	Television film
	Locked Up: A Mother's Rage	Willie
	One Special Victory	Lois
1992	Nightmare Cafe	Evelyn Wall	Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child"
	The Jacksons: An American Dream	Katherine Jackson	Episodes: "Part I" and "Part II"
2001	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Ruby Delacroix	Television film
2002	The Rosa Parks Story	Rosa Parks
2003	Freedom: A History of Us	Sheyann Webb / Melba Pattillo (voice)	Episodes: "Marching to Freedom Land" and "Let Freedom Ring"; Documentary series
	The Bernie Mac Show	Herself	Episode: "Laughing Matters"
2005	Alias	CIA Director Hayden Chase	Episodes: "Authorized Personnel Only: Part I", "The Index", "Search and Rescue" and "The Descent"
2006	Time Bomb	Jill Greco	Television film
2008–09	ER	Dr. Cate Banfield	Main role, 16 episodes
2010	The Simpsons	First Lady Michelle Obama (voice)	Episode: "Stealing First Base"
2011	Identity	Martha Adams	Television pilot that did not get picked up
2012	Rogue	Alice Vargas
2013	Betty & Coretta	Coretta Scott King	Television film
2013–14	American Horror Story: Coven	Marie Laveau	Recurring role, 12 episodes
2014–15	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Desiree Dupree	Main role, 11 episodes
2015–16	American Horror Story: Hotel	Ramona Royale	Main role, 7 episodes
2015–18	BoJack Horseman	Ana Spanakopita (voice)	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2016	American Horror Story: Roanoke	Lee Harris/Monet Tumusiime	Main role, 4 episodes (Harris) / 5 episodes (Tumusiime)
	The Snowy Day	Nana/Ms. Cora (voice)	Television special [1]
	Close to the Enemy	Eva	Miniseries; 7 episodes
2017	Underground	The Root Woman	Episode: "Ache"; uncredited
2017, 2021	Master of None	Catherine	Episodes: "Thanksgiving" and "Moments in Love, Chapter 3" (voice only)
2018	American Horror Story: Apocalypse	Marie Laveau	Episode: "Apocalypse Then"
	The Flood	Narrator	Television film
2018–present	9-1-1	Athena Grant-Nash	Lead role; also executive producer
2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Mo	Episode: "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest Bitch"
	The Imagineering Story	Narrator	Documentary series
2021	Malika the Lion Queen	Malika (voice)	Television film
	What If...?	Ramonda (voice)	Episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" [1]
	RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars	Herself	Special guest; Episode: "Rumerican Horror Story: Coven Girls"
	Red Table Talk		Episode: "Jada's Surprise 50th Birthday Celebration"
2022	9-1-1: Lone Star	Sergeant Athena Grant-Nash	Special guest star; Episode: "Prince Albert in a Can"
	Good Night Oppy	Narrator	Documentary
	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Herself	Episode: "Angela Bassett/Kel Mitchell/Nyesha Arrington"
2024	Queens	Narrator	Episodes: "African Queens" and "Rainforest Queens" [15]
	Sherri	Herself	Episode: "Angela Bassett"
	The Talk		Episode: "Angela Bassett/Paul Scheer"
	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		Episode: "Angela Bassett"
	Tamron Hall
	The Jennifer Hudson Show		Opening episode of season 3
2025	Zero Day	President Evelyn Mitchell	Miniseries; 6 episodes [16]
	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Decoy (voice)	Episodes: "Full Moon" and "Shoot for the Moon"
	Doctor Odyssey	Athena Grant-Nash	Episode: "Casino Week"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Beef, No Chicken	Drusilla	Yale Repertory Theatre
1982	Colored People's Time	Understudy	covered for Carol Maillard for two performances
1983	Antigone	Antigone
1983	Fried Chicken and Invisibility	Conductor Dixon
1984	The Mystery Plays	Eve, Noah's wife, Mary, and Gill
1985	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Dussie Mae	Broadway
1986	Black Girl	Ruth Ann
1987	Pericles	Thaisa
1987	Henry IV Part 1	Lady Percy
1988	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Martha Pentecost	Broadway
1998	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth
2005	His Girl Friday	Hildy Johnson
2006	Fences	Rose Maxson
2011–12	The Mountaintop	Camae	Broadway

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Aurelia Arnot / Six	Voice and motion capture [1]
2022	Horizon Forbidden West	Regalla

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2015	Whitney	Television film
	Breakthrough	Television documentary series; episode: "Water Apocalypse"
2016	American Horror Story: Roanoke	Television series; episode: "Chapter 6"
2017	American Horror Story: Cult	Television series; episode: "Drink the Kool-Aid"

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2001	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Television film; producer
2002	Our America	Television movie; executive producer
	The Rosa Parks Story
2017	Remand	Documentary; executive producer
2018–present	9-1-1	Television series; executive producer
2019	Otherhood	Movie; executive producer
2020–2025	9-1-1: Lone Star	Television series; executive producer
2021	For Armetta	Short; executive producer
2023	Heist 88	Television Movie; executive producer [17]
2024	Queens	Limited Documentary Series; executive producer [18]
2025	Number One on the Call Sheet	Documentary; executive producer
2025–present	9-1-1: Nashville	Television Series; executive producer
TBA	Keats	Television Series; executive producer [19]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Angela Bassett

References

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14. King, Jack (2001). "My Man Bovanne". Library Media Project. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
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