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Angela Bassett |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Angela Bassett
Height: 5' 4"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: August 16, 1958
Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Profession: Actress
Education: Boca Ciega High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, Class of 1976
Received B.A. in African-American studies from Yale in 1980
Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1983
Husband/Wife: Courtney Vance (aka Courtney B. Vance; actor; b. March 12, 1960; engaged in 1997; married on October 12, 1997)
Relationship: Mark Jenkins (cardiologist)
Mother: Betty Bassett (worked for Florida's Health and Human Services Agency; divorced)
Sister: D'nette Bassett (younger)
Claim to fame: As Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
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- Became mother of twins - a boy and a girl - who were born through a surrogate mother on January 28, 2006
- She has come out swinging against Halle Berry and her Oscar-winning performance in MONSTER'S BALL - saying it's demeaning for black actresses to play sluts. She turned down a chance to play the lead because I wasn't going to be a prostitute on film.
- Has joined American preacher Jesse Jackson in branding the Academy Awards racially lopsided. Angela has launched her attack on the Oscars in the first year to see two black men - Will Smith for ALI and Denzel Washington for TRAINING DAY - simultaneously nominated for best actor.
- Broke her finger in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT.
- She hasn't had to audition for a movie since WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT.
- Angela played Michael Jacksons mother Katie Jackson in the 1992 movie, THE JACKSONS.
- Before made her mark in entertainment, she was a photo researcher at U.S. News & World Report.
- In 1974 she began to consider acting as a career choice after an 11th-grade class trip to Washington, DC during which she saw actor James Earl Jones perform in a Kennedy Center production of the play Of Mice and Men.
- Was paid $3,500,000.00 for THE SCORE (2001).
- Was paid $3,500,000.00 for SUPERNOVA (2000/I).
- Studied under stage director Lloyd Richards.
- During production of WAITING TO EXHALE, she and the other three leading women were always on the phone to each other and at each others's houses.
- She had her screen breakthrough as Tina Turner in WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?, a performance that earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe.
- Nominated for Outstanding Children's Special at Daytime Emmy Awards for OUR AMERICA. (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie at Emmy Awards for THE ROSA PARKS STORY. (2002)
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