Angela Bassett

About Angela Bassett

Birth Day: August 16, 1958
Birth Place: New York City, NY

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, NY. Actress who earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do with It. Her other film credits include Waiting to Exhale, Notorious, The Jacksons: An American Dream, Malcolm X and Panther. She also plays Desiree Dupree in FX's American Horror Story.  
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Popular As Angela Bassett
Occupation Movie Actress
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born August 16, 1958 (New York City, NY)
Birthday August 16
Town/City New York City, NY
Nationality NY

🌙 Zodiac

Angela Bassett’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Angela Bassett was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

About

Actress who earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do with It. Her other film credits include Waiting to Exhale, Notorious, The Jacksons: An American Dream, Malcolm X and Panther. She also plays Desiree Dupree in FX's American Horror Story.  

Before Fame

She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1983. After graduation, she worked as a receptionist at a beauty salon then began landing roles in a number of New York stage productions. 

Trivia

She made brief appearances in the films F/X and Kindergarten Cop, then had one of her first prominent film roles in the 1991 drama Boyz n the Hood, playing the character Reva Devereaux. 

Family Life

She married Courtney B. Vance in 1997, and the couple welcomed twins named Bronwyn and Slater in 2006.

Associated With

She was nominated for a BET Award for Best Actress for her role as Rosa Parks in the 2002 film The Rosa Parks Story.

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