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| Angela Bassett Profile |
| Name : |
Angela Bassett |
| Date of Birth : |
August 16, 1958 |
| Place of Birth : |
New York, New York, USA |
| Profession : |
Actress |
| Sex : |
Female |
| Nationality : |
American |
| 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 : |
Courtney Vance (aka Courtney B. Vance, Actor - engaged in 1997 and married on October 12, 1997) |
| Relationship : |
Mark Jenkins (Cardiologist) |
| Height : |
5' 4" |
| 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) |
| Angela Bassett Biography |
A respected actress of the stage, screen, and television, Angela Bassett has been one of the few African-American actresses to break Hollywood's color boundary. She has specialized in playing strong women familiar with adversity and has worked in genres from "chick flick" (Waiting to Exhale) to sci-fi action (Strange Days) to biography (What's Love Got to Do with It?), the last of which featured her in a star-making performance as Tina Turner.
Born in New York City on August 16, 1958, Bassett was raised in St. Petersburg, Florida by her mother. Growing up in a household where money was tight, she was taught determination and independence. |
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