Angela Bassett

Q: Has Angela Bassett won any major awards?

Angela Bassett has won several awards including a Golden Globe for her role in "The Rosa Parks Story" and multiple NAACP Image Awards for her performances in film and television.

Q: What was Angela Bassett's first film?

Angela Bassett made her film debut in 1990 with a role in "Fried Green Tomatoes," where she played a supporting character that showcased her talent.

Q: Which films is Angela Bassett most successful for?

Angela Bassett is most successful for her roles in "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Black Panther," and "The Best Man," all of which received critical acclaim and box office success.

Q: What is known about Angela Bassett's personal life?

Angela Bassett is married to actor Courtney B. Vance and they have two children together. She is known for maintaining a private personal life while being active in charity work.

Q: What is Angela Bassett's estimated net worth?

Angela Bassett's estimated net worth is approximately $25 million, reflecting her successful career in film and television over the years.

Q: Can you list some milestones in Angela Bassett's filmography?

Milestones in Angela Bassett's filmography include her Oscar nomination for "What's Love Got to Do with It," her role in "Black Panther," and her recurring role in the "American Horror Story" series.

Q: What is Angela Bassett's acting style?

Angela Bassett's acting style is characterized by her strong emotional range and her ability to portray powerful, complex characters, often drawing from real-life figures.

Known for

9-1-1 (2018–)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2018– / Action, Drama / 43 min

Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders...

Black Panther (2018)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

2018 / Action, Adventure / 134 min

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds...

London Has Fallen (2016)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2016 / Action, Thriller / 99 min

In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

Name

Angela Bassett

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Born

16 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Courtney B. Vance (1997–present)

Children

2: Bronwyn Golden Vance, Slater Josiah Vance

Parents

Betty Jane (mother), Angelo Bassett (father)

Estimated Net Worth

$25 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Wildwood Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a forbidden magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable...	General (voice)	Not rated
2025	Movie Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special 10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop...	Self	Not rated
2025	Movie Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence...	Erika Sloane	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2025	TV Number One on the Call Sheet Some of Hollywood's biggest stars reveal their journeys to game-changing leading roles. In candid interviews, they shine a light on...	Self	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2025	TV Zero Day A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover...	President Evelyn Mitchell	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	TV Doctor Odyssey Max is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the small but mighty medical team navigate unique...	Athena Grant	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2024	Movie Inside the Dream: Mugler Revolutionary fragrances, Haute Couture and spectacular shows: in the world of luxury, Thierry Mugler broke every code. Enter into the...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2024	Movie Disney Legends Awards Ceremony Since 1987, the Disney Legends Awards program has honored individuals for the significant impact they've had on the Disney legacy....	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	TV Hollywood Black The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2024	Movie Butterfly in the Sky Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2024	Movie Damsel A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as...	Lady Bayford	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	TV Queens In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2024	Movie OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett Oprah invites legendary actress Angela Bassett to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to discuss her recent, well-deserved honorary Academy...	Self	Not rated
2024	Movie Orion and the Dark A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend:...	Sweet Dreams (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and...	Host	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2023	TV MPower From Carol Danvers and Wanda Maximoff to the women of Wakanda and The Guardians of the Galaxy, this series unpacks...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	TV Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the...	Decoy (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2023	Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the incredible challenge of remembering...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2022	Movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the...	Ramonda	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Good Night Oppy The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2022	Movie 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2022	Movie Wendell & Wild Two scheming demons strike a deal with a punk rock-loving teen so they can leave the Underworld and live out...	Sister Helley (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2021	Movie 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2021	Movie TINA Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience....	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2021	TV What If...? Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and...	Queen Ramonda (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	Movie Gunpowder Milkshake To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a...	Anna May	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	Movie Malika the Lion Queen Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive.	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2021	TV Marvel Studios Legends Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each...	Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie Soul Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half...	Dorothea (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2020	Movie Between the World and Me Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2020	TV 9-1-1: Lone Star Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of...	Sergeant Athena Grant	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Attorneys At Love What if after meeting "the one", you get to know what happens before you commit?	Narrator	Not rated
2019	TV The Imagineering Story Explore the past, present and future of Walt Disney Imagineering with noted filmmaker Leslie Iwerks. Ms. Iwerks comes from a...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	TV Tamron Hall Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2019	Movie Otherhood Feeling forgotten on Mother's Day, three best friends leave the suburbs and drive to New York City to surprise their...	Carol Walker	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	TV A Black Lady Sketch Show A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed...	Mo	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Avengers: Endgame After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad...	Ramonda	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2019	Movie The Apollo The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie The Flood Surrounded by the unforgiving Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is a lush, vibrant oasis that pulses with life each year...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie Bumblebee On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie,...	Shatter (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	Movie Mission: Impossible - Fallout When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself...	Erika Sloane	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	TV Red Table Talk Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow, and mother Adrienne – three generations of women open their home for a series...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie Black Panther King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader....	Ramonda	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	TV 9-1-1 Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping...	Athena Grant	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2017	TV Steve After ending his Chicago-based show, Steve Harvey heads to Los Angeles to host a new weekday syndicated program aiming to...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie August 28: A Day in the Life of a People Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Snowy Day Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house...	Nana (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2016	TV Close to the Enemy A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.	Eva	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2016	Movie National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony The grand opening dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2016	Movie London Has Fallen In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.	Lynne Jacobs	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Chi-Raq A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in...	Miss Helen Worthy	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	TV Master of None 30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and...	Catherine	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Survivor A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced...	Maureen Cranepaul	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	TV The Late Late Show with James Corden Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2015	Movie Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle When Curious George is offered a special space mission, Ted (The Man in the Yellow Hat) can't deny his little...	Dr. Kulinda (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie White Bird in a Blizzard In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.	Dr. Thaler	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	TV BoJack Horseman Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not...	Ana Spanakopita (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV Trailblazer Honors One-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	Movie Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to...	Self	TMDB 1.5 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus...	Unknown character	Not rated
2013	Movie Black Nativity A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend...	Aretha Cobbs	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	TV The Arsenio Hall Show	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	Movie Olympus Has Fallen When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced...	Lynne Jacobs	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2013	Movie Betty and Coretta The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination...	Coretta Scott King	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	TV RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag...	Self - Special Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	TV Finding Your Roots Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2012	Movie This Means War Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.	Collins	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Monet Tumissee	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Ramona Royale	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Desiree Dupree	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Marie Laveau	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	Movie Green Lantern For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order....	Dr. Amanda Waller	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2011	Movie Jumping the Broom Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.	Mrs. Watson	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Notorious "Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler...	Voletta Wallace	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Nothing but the Truth When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that...	Bonnie Benjamin	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2008	Movie Of Boys and Men Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident....	Rieta Cole	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2008	Movie Meet the Browns A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep...	Brenda Brown	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Gospel Hill Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays...	Sarah Malcolm	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2007	Movie Meet the Robinsons Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in...	Mildred (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Akeelah and the Bee 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition,...	Tanya Anderson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie Time Bomb The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event...	Jill Greco	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	Movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins....	Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie Mr. 3000 Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite...	Maureen "Mo" Simmons	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2004	Movie The Lazarus Child A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.	Dr. Elizabeth Chase	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie Masked and Anonymous A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart,...	Mistress	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	Movie Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2002	Movie Sunshine State A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family,...	Desiree Perry	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	Movie The Rosa Parks Story A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.	Rosa Louise McCauley Parks	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2001	Movie Making "The Score" A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Score (2001).	Herself	Not rated
2001	Movie Ruby's Bucket of Blood A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.	Ruby Delacroix	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	TV The Bernie Mac Show The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to...	Angela Bassett	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	TV Alias Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working...	Hayden Chase	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie The Score An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing...	Diane	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	TV Critics Choice Awards The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2000	Movie Boesman and Lena Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.	Lena	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	Movie Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Whispers, an innocent and adorable baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated...	Groove (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2000	Movie Supernova Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the...	Kaela Evers	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1999	Movie Music of the Heart After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a...	Janet	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	Movie Our Friend, Martin Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.	Miles' Mom (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1998	TV Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery is...	Herself	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1998	Movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life...	Stella Payne	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	Movie Contact A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to...	Rachel Constantine	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1995	Movie Waiting to Exhale Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break...	Bernadine	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Vampire in Brooklyn Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship...	Detective Rita Veder	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1995	Movie Strange Days In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of...	Lornette 'Mace' Mason	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Panther In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for...	Dr. Betty Shabazz	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Catherine Banfield	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	Movie What's Love Got to Do with It Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.	Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1992	Movie Passion Fish After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until...	Rhonda / Dawn	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Betty Shabazz	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	TV The Jacksons: An American Dream The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father Joseph discovers the kids have an...	Katherine Jackson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie Innocent Blood Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her...	U.S. Attorney Sinclair	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1992	Movie Critters 4 A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with...	Fran	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1992	TV Nightmare Cafe Nightmare Cafe is a short-lived American telefantasy program which aired on NBC for an abridged first season from January to...	Evelyn Wall	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie One Special Victory A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is...	Lois	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for...	Willie	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie City of Hope This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned...	Reesha	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1991	Movie The Heroes of Desert Storm The first Iraq war saw many tragedies and acts of heroism. This is the story seen through the eyes of...	Lt. Phoebe Jeter	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1991	Movie Boyz n the Hood In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries...	Reva Styles	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	TV Stat Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday...	Dr. Willie Burns	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1991	Movie Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and...	Allison	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1991	Movie Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an...	Pat	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Kindergarten Cop Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get...	Stewardess	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1990	TV The Flash When a bolt of lightning crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry...	Linda Lake	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1990	Movie Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous...	Carla Peters	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie In the Best Interest of the Child Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on her that the child may be being sexually abused...	Lori	TMDB 2.7 / 10
1990	Movie Challenger A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship,...	Cheryl McNair	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	TV Family of Spies In the late 1960s, a US Navy petty officer, with access to major state secrets and large debts, begins selling...	Bev Andress	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Michelle Obama (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV Snoops Snoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on...	Laura Hale	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1989	TV Alien Nation Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on...	Renee Longstreet	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	TV A Man Called Hawk A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	TV thirtysomething Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1987	TV Tour of Duty The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.	Lt. Camilla Patterson	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1986	Movie Liberty Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and...	Linda Thornton	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	Movie F/X A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known...	TV reporter	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1985	Movie Doubletake Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head...	Prostitute at Headquarters	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1985	TV Spenser: For Hire Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1985	TV 227 A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1984	TV The Cosby Show The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from...	Sara	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1983	TV Reading Rainbow Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1949	TV The Emmy Awards An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.1 / 10

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2025	TV 9-1-1: Nashville Follow heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour, in one of America's most diverse...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2025	TV Number One on the Call Sheet Some of Hollywood's biggest stars reveal their journeys to game-changing leading roles. In candid interviews, they shine a light on...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2024	TV Queens In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	Movie Heist 88 A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2020	TV 9-1-1: Lone Star Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2019	Movie Otherhood Feeling forgotten on Mother's Day, three best friends leave the suburbs and drive to New York City to surprise their...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	TV 9-1-1 Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2018	TV 9-1-1 Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping...	Co-Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2015	TV Breakthrough Providing a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds, each episode follows scientific explorers working on cutting-edge...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie Whitney Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2002	Movie Our America The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	Movie Ruby's Bucket of Blood A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10

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9-1-1 (2018–)

Black Panther (2018)

London Has Fallen (2016)

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