Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. She has become well-known for her biographical film roles portraying real life women in African American culture, including singer Tina Turner in the motion picture What's Love Got to Do with It, as well as Betty Shabazz in the films Malcolm X and Panther, Rosa Parks in the The Rosa Parks Story, Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream and Voletta Wallace in the film Notorious...(Wikipedia)

Credits include: Friday Night Lights, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Promising Young Woman, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and A Nightmare on Elm Street

Credits include: Struck, Haul out the Holly: Lit Up, L.A. Twister, GCB and Weekend at Bobby's

Credits include: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Prison Break, The Mentalist, Alien Raiders and Terriers

Credits include: Coach Carter, Prom Night, Raise Your Voice, Franklin & Bash and 10 Things I Hate About You

Credits include: Six Feet Under, The Lost Room, Beastly, We Don't Live Here Anymore and Parenthood

Credits include: The Devil Wears Prada, Death Proof, Looper, Rent and Love

Credits include: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Ugly Truth, Just My Luck, Sorority Boys and Smashed

Credits include: Mr. Brooks, Assault on Precinct 13, Beyond the Lights, 9-1-1 and The American Society of Magical Negroes

Credits include: Bright, Red Dawn, Hotel Artemis, American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson and 9-1-1

Credits include: San Junipero, Skybound, Allegiance, Kung Fu and Pooka Lives!

Credits include: Underworld: Blood Wars, Into the Badlands, 9-1-1, MindGamers and 9-1-1: Pilot