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Angela Bassett

Collage of Angela Bassett's Oscar-Worthy roles in Strange Days, Malcolm X, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, What's Love Got to Do With It, and Boyz n the Hood

Angela Bassett Should Already Have an Oscar for These Performances

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Everyone Criticizing Angela Bassett’s Visible Disappointment at Oscar Loss Needs To Sit Down

(left to right) Actors Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett, and Brooke Shields standing together on the red carpet for the 'TIME Magazine' Women of the Year event. Cate is blonde and is wearing a black tuxedo jacket and pearls. Angela has shoulder-length curly Black hair and is wearing a purplish-pink suit with a low neckline. Brooke has long, brown hair, and is wearing a bright pink blazer. We see them all from the shoulders up, and they're all facing left and smiling.

Brooke Shields Really Needs to Keep Her Hands To Herself

Angela Bassett grins on a red carpet.

Both Bassett and Ariana DeBose Seem To Have Accepted That ‘Angela Bassett Did the Thing’ Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

The Big Winners of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards

Collage of Angela Bassett's Oscar-Worthy roles in Strange Days, Malcolm X, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, What's Love Got to Do With It, and Boyz n the Hood

Angela Bassett Should Already Have an Oscar for These Performances

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Everyone Criticizing Angela Bassett’s Visible Disappointment at Oscar Loss Needs To Sit Down

(left to right) Actors Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett, and Brooke Shields standing together on the red carpet for the 'TIME Magazine' Women of the Year event. Cate is blonde and is wearing a black tuxedo jacket and pearls. Angela has shoulder-length curly Black hair and is wearing a purplish-pink suit with a low neckline. Brooke has long, brown hair, and is wearing a bright pink blazer. We see them all from the shoulders up, and they're all facing left and smiling.

Brooke Shields Really Needs to Keep Her Hands To Herself

Angela Bassett grins on a red carpet.

Both Bassett and Ariana DeBose Seem To Have Accepted That ‘Angela Bassett Did the Thing’ Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

The Big Winners of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards

Angela Bassett

Collage of Angela Bassett's Oscar-Worthy roles in Strange Days, Malcolm X, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, What's Love Got to Do With It, and Boyz n the Hood

Angela Bassett Should Already Have an Oscar for These Performances

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Everyone Criticizing Angela Bassett’s Visible Disappointment at Oscar Loss Needs To Sit Down

(left to right) Actors Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett, and Brooke Shields standing together on the red carpet for the 'TIME Magazine' Women of the Year event. Cate is blonde and is wearing a black tuxedo jacket and pearls. Angela has shoulder-length curly Black hair and is wearing a purplish-pink suit with a low neckline. Brooke has long, brown hair, and is wearing a bright pink blazer. We see them all from the shoulders up, and they're all facing left and smiling.

Brooke Shields Really Needs to Keep Her Hands To Herself

Angela Bassett grins on a red carpet.

Both Bassett and Ariana DeBose Seem To Have Accepted That ‘Angela Bassett Did the Thing’ Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon