Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett ( born August 16, 1958 in New York City ) is an American actress.

Life

As a child she moved from New York to Saint Petersburg, Florida. She and her sister were raised by her nice D' foster mother Betty. She studied at Yale University and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in African -American History 1980. 1983 closed it with a Master of Fine Arts from the category spectacle.

At Yale, Bassett met her husband Courtney B. Vance, who in 1986 completed his acting training there. Today she lives with him in California and has been with him since 2006 twin children.

2004-2005 played Angela Bassett in the fourth season of the U.S. television series Alias ​​- The agent supporting role Hayden Chase.

From 2008 to 2009 she played the role of head of the emergency room Dr. Catherine Banfield in Emergency Room - The emergency room.

For appearing in Germany in June 2014 musical film Black Nativity, she was awarded Image Award for Best Actress by the NAACP.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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