Angela Bassett was the first African American woman to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her role in "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993).

She played the role of Rosa Parks in the made-for-TV movie "The Rosa Parks Story" (2002) and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance.

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Bassett also voiced the character of Shatter in the 2018 film "Bumblebee."

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She was offered the role of Leticia Musgrove in "Monster's Ball" (2001), which ultimately went to Halle Berry.

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Bassett was the first actress to play a female United States Secret Service agent in the film "Olympus Has Fallen" (2013).

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She starred alongside Whitney Houston in the film "Waiting to Exhale" (1995), which was based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan.

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Bassett appeared in the popular television series "American Horror Story" in seasons 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.

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She played the role of Ramonda, the mother of T'Challa in "Black Panther" (2018) and its sequel.

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Bassett was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "What's Love Got to Do with It."

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She also starred in the biographical drama film "Malcolm X" (1992) as Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X.

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Bassett played the role of Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson, in the made-for-TV movie "Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland" (2017).

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She played the role of Amanda Waller in the DC Comics film "Green Lantern" (2011).

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