Angela Bassett

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Birth Name: Angela Evelyn Bassett

Age: 62, born 16 August 1958

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Courtney B. Vance

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Famous Vegans/Vegetarians (158 items)
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Published 11 years, 7 months ago

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Faces of the 90's: Women (31 items)
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Published 9 years, 4 months ago

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Actors Portraying Musicians (23 items)
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Published 10 years, 4 months ago

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People...Celebrity Black Actresses (743 items)
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Published 7 years, 1 month ago

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American Horror Story's Characters (108 items)
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Published 6 years, 6 months ago

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Angela Bassett on American Horror Story and Shooting Love Scenes with Lady Gaga

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Description: Born on August 16, 1958, in New York City, Angela Bassett attended the Yale School of Drama and went on to star in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It, for which the actress received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. Other films have included Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Strange Days, Supernova and Mr. 3000. She wed fellow actor Courtney B. Vance in 1997. The couple welcomed twins in 2006. Son Slater and daughter Bronwyn were delivered by a surrogate. [Link removed - login to see] ... (more)

Tags: Actress (26), American (18), Female (7), Beautiful (5), Black (3), Born 1958 (3), Yale (3), Vegetarian (3), Yale University (2), Ebony (2), Boyz N The Hood (2), American Horror Story (2), 1958 (2), Master's Degree (1), Amanda Waller (1), Israelite (1), I Would Do Her (1), Born In 1958 (1), Brown Eyes (1)

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1. American Horror Story (2011)

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3. Breakthrough

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Cinematic Faces of the 90's [Female Edition] (169 person items)

" Noteworthy roles of the 90's: Boyz 'N the Hood (1991, John Singleton) | Malcolm X (1992, Spike Lee) | What's Love Got To Do With It (1993, Brian Gibson) | Strange Days (1995, Kathryn Bigelow) | Vampire In Brooklyn (1995, Wes Craven) | Contact (1997, Robert Zemeckis) | Music of the Heart (1999, Wes Craven). Angela Bassett's most famous role must be her impressive performance as Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Be"

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"Angela has 2 children:• Bronwyn Golden Vance• Slater Josiah Vance"

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"Played Tina Turner in What's Love Got to do with it (1993, dir: Brian Gibson) Bassett Tina Turner"

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[Screen World's] Promising new actors of 1992 (12 person items)

"Born: 16 August 1958. Then Now The Year 1992: Malcolm X (1992, dir: Spike Lee) Passion Fish (1992, dir: John Sayles) Mostly known for: Boyz N the Hood (1991) What's Love Got To Do With It (1993) Strange Days (1995) Contact (1997) The Score (2001) Notorious (2009) Olympus has Fallen (2013) Black Panther (2018) Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) "

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