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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Angela Bassett .
Bassett is an American film, television, and stage actress who garnered critical acclaim for portraying Tina Turner in the film What's Love Got to Do with It , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She won a Golden Globe again, this time the Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture one, for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , which also garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has also received nine Emmy Award nominations as of 2024.
Throughout her career, Bassett has appeared in several motion pictures portraying real-life women, most recently as Coretta Scott King in the television movie Betty and Coretta. This role gave Bassett her second Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie nomination. As part of the cast of Black Panther , she would go on to win a SAG award, and would later be nominated again for her role in its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . While mainly acting in film, she has appeared in numerous guest roles on television. She began acting in her first regular role on television during the final season of the long-running series ER . And in 2013, Bassett co-starred in American Horror Story: Coven , portraying Voodoo high priestess Marie Laveau.
Her exceptional achievement in the film industry for her collective body of work was recognized with the presentation of the Academy Honorary Award, also known as the honorary Oscar, in January 2024.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Best Actress | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated | [1] |
2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [2] |
2024 | Academy Honorary Award | Honored | [3] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Award | ||||
2023 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [4] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
2002 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Rosa Parks Story | Nominated | [5] |
2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | American Horror Story: Coven | Nominated | |
2015 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | |
2017 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Master of None: Thanksgiving | Nominated | |
2019 | Outstanding Narrator | The Flood: First Pulse | Nominated | |
2020 | The Imagineering Story: The Happiest Place on Earth | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Nominated | ||
2023 | Outstanding Narrator | Good Night Oppy | Nominated | |
2024 | Queens: African Queens | Won | ||
Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
1996 | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Storytime | Nominated | [6] |
2003 | Outstanding Children's Special | Our America | Nominated | [7] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | What's Love Got to Do with It | Won | [8] |
2022 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [9] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Nominated | [10] |
2014 | Betty & Coretta | Nominated | [11] | |
2019 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Black Panther | Won | [12] |
2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [13] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Best Actress | Boesman and Lena | Nominated | [14] |
2002 | The Score , The Rosa Parks Story | Nominated | [15] | |
2007 | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated | [16] | |
2008 | Meet the Browns | Nominated | [17] | |
2009 | Notorious , ER | Nominated | [18] | |
2012 | Jumping the Broom | Nominated | [19] | |
2013 | Olympus Has Fallen , Betty and Coretta | Nominated | [20] | |
2014 | American Horror Story: Coven | Nominated | [21] | |
2018 | 9-1-1 , Black Panther | Nominated | [22] | |
2020 | 9-1-1, A Black Lady Sketch Show | Nominated | [23] | |
2021 | 9-1-1, Soul | Nominated | [24] | |
2023 | 9-1-1 , Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [25] | |
2024 | 9-1-1 , Damsel | Nominated | [26] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Outstanding Supporting Actress | Music of the Heart | Nominated | [27] |
2001 | Outstanding Actress | Boesman and Lena | Nominated | [28] |
2002 | Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Won | [29] |
2003 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Sunshine State | Won | [30] |
Outstanding Actress - TV Movie or Limited Series | The Rosa Parks Story | Won | [30] | |
2005 | Outstanding Actress - Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Mr. 3000 | Nominated | [31] |
2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated | [32] |
2012 | Jumping the Broom | Nominated | [33] | |
2014 | Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Betty & Coretta | Nominated | [34] |
2016 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Chi-Raq | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actress - TV Movie or Limited Series | American Horror Story: Hotel | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Director - TV Movie or Limited Series | Whitney | Nominated | ||
2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actress - TV Movie or Limited Series | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Nominated | |
Outstanding Director - TV Movie or Limited Series | Nominated | |||
2021 | Outstanding Voice Performance | Soul | Nominated | |
2023 | Outstanding Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | |
Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award | Herself | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Outstanding Guest Performer, Comedy Series | Master of None | Nominated | |
Outstanding Director - TV Movie or Limited Series | American Horror Story: Cult | Nominated | ||
2019 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Nominated | |
2020 | Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Nominated | |
2023 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1995 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Malcolm X | Won | [35] |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | What's Love Got to Do with It | Won | [35] | |
1996 | Waiting to Exhale | Won | [36] | |
1997 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Contact | Nominated | [37] |
1999 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Won | [38] |
2000 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Music of the Heart | Won | [39] |
2001 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Boesman and Lena | Nominated | [40] |
2002 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | The Score | Won | [41] |
Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Won | [41] | |
2003 | The Rosa Parks Story | Won | ||
2005 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Mr. 3000 | Nominated | [42] |
2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated | [43] |
2009 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Meet the Browns | Nominated | [44] |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | ER | Won | [44] | |
2014 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Black Nativity | Won | [45] |
Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | American Horror Story: Coven | Nominated | [45] | |
Betty and Coretta | Nominated | [45] | ||
2015 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | [46] | |
2016 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Chi-Raq | Nominated | [47] |
Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie | American Horror Story: Hotel | Nominated | [47] | |
2019 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Black Panther | Won | |
2020 | Entertainer of the Year | Herself | Nominated | [48] |
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Won | ||
2021 | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture | Soul | Nominated | ||
2022 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Won | [49] |
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – Television | Malika the Lion Queen | Nominated | [50] | |
2023 | NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year | Herself | Won | [51] |
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Won | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | ||
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | |||
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance - Motion Picture | Wendell & Wild | Nominated | ||
2024 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Nominated | [52] |
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Heist 88 | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [53] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Most Promising Actress | Malcolm X | Nominated | |
1994 | Best Actress | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated | [54] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Best Acting Ensemble | Black Panther | Nominated | [55] |
2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [56] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Best Actress in a Miniseries/Movie | Betty & Coretta | Nominated | [57] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Best Actress in an Action Series | 9-1-1 | Won | |
2022 | Nominated | |||
2023 | Nominated | [58] | ||
Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | ||
2024 | Best Actress in an Action Series | 9-1-1 | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Best Narration | Good Night Oppy | Won | [59] |
2024 | Queens | Nominated | [60] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Best Actress | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated | [61] |
2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [62] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | Whitney | Nominated | . [63] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [64] |
Acting Achievement Award | Herself | Won | [65] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [66] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series | 9-1-1 | Nominated | [67] |
2024 | Nominated | [68] |
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Won | [69] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Best Female Performance | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated | [70] |
2023 | Best Kick-Ass Cast | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [71] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Best Actress | Strange Days | Won | [72] |
2024 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Nominated | [73] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Artist of the Year | Herself | Won [a] | [74] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Icon Award | Herself | Won | [75] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Disney Legend | Herself | Won | [76] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Acting | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Career Achievement Award | Herself | Won | [77] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Spotlight Award | Herself | Won | [78] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Montecito Award | Herself | Won | [79] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | All film work | Motion Pictures | Inducted | [80] |
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