Angela Bassett, an African-American actress, broke past the boundaries of color, becoming one of the most respected leading ladies in Hollywood. She became very popular on the movie set with films like, “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, portraying the role of Tina Turner. This movie showed the trials Tina Turner went through with her husband in the music industry. Angela Bassett won 2 awards for this film—1994 Best Performance by an Actress—1995 Outstanding Lead Actress.
Angela Bassett also starred in two films playing the mother role of musicians who have died in the past. She played the mother, Katherine, of the Jackson Five in, “The Jacksons: An American Dream”. This movie focused on the life of the Jackson Five and their music career from childhood to adulthood.
Bassett also played Voletta Wallace, Christopher Wallace’s mother (‘The Notorious BIG)—in the movie “Notorious”. He was an east coast rapper for Bad Boy Records—who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Angela Basset’s performance in this film showed Notorious Big fans how much his mother really loved him.
I really enjoy the movies Angela Bassett plays in because of her sincerity in each role and how she gives it her all.