# Angela Bassett filmography

American actress Angela Bassett has worked in film and television since the late 1980s.

## Actress
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | F/X | TV Reporter | |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | Reva Devereaux | credited as Reva Styles |
| 1991 | City of Hope | Reesha | |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood | U.S. Attorney Barbara Sinclair | |
| 1992 | Critters 4 | Fran | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | Dawn / Rhonda | |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | |
| 1995 | Panther | Betty Shabazz | |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris | |
| 1997 | Contact | Rachel Constantine | |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Stella Payne | |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Principal Janet Williams | |
| 2000 | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | |
| 2000 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Groove (voice) | |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena | Lena | |
| 2001 | The Score | Diane | |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Desiree Stokes Perry | |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories | Reader (for Elizabeth Sparks' and Mary Reynolds' narratives) | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | |
| 2004 | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 | Maureen 'Mo' Simmons | |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Atlanta (voice) | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Tanya Anderson | |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | |
| 2008 | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth | Bonnie Benjamin | |
| 2009 | Notorious | Voletta Wallace | |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom | Claudine Watson | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Amanda Waller | |
| 2012 | This Means War | Collins | |
| 2012 | I Ain't Scared of You | Herself | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs | |
| 2013 | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Dr. Thaler | |
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Survivor | Ambassador Maureen Crane | |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen | |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs | |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ramonda | |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | CIA Director Erika Sloane | |
| 2018 | Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | Cameo |
| 2019 | Otherhood | Carol Walker | |
| 2020 | Soul | Dorothea Williams (voice) | |
| 2021 | Tina | Herself | Documentary |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | |
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark | Sweet Dreams (voice) | |
| 2024 | Damsel | Lady Bayford | |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning † | US President Erika Sloane | Post-production |
| 2025 | Wildwood † | Iphigenia (voice) | In production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Search for Tomorrow | Selina McCulla | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Alice | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 1985 | Doubletake | Prostitute at HQ | Television film |
| 1985, 1988 | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Mitchell / Sari | Episodes: "Mr. Quiet" / "Bookworm" |
| 1986 | Liberty | Linda Thornton | Television film |
| 1986 | My Man Bovanne | Elo | Educational film |
| 1987 | Ryan's Hope | Leonie Peach | |
| 1987 | Guiding Light | Angela | Episode: "1.103" |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Dr. Griffin | Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| 1989 | HeartBeat | Jeanette Calder R.N. | Episode: "Gestalt and Battery" |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Bailey Webster | Episodes: "The Master's Mirror" and "Never My Love" |
| 1989 | Tour of Duty | Lieutenant Camilla Patterson | Episodes: "Hard Stripe" and "The Volunteer" |
| 1989 | 227 | Amy Burnett | Episode: "A Pampered Tale" |
| 1989 | Thirtysomething | Kate Harriton | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 1990 | Alien Nation | Renee Longstreet | Episode: "Eyewitness News" |
| 1990 | Family of Spies | Bev Andress | Episode "2" |
| 1990 | Snoops | Laura Hale | Episode: "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" |
| 1990 | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | Television film |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Janet Fields | Episode: "Goodbye, Judge Green" |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori | Television film |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: In the Case of the Silenced Singer | Carla Peters | Television film |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | Television film |
| 1991 | The Flash | Linda Lake | Episode: "Beat the Clock" |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | Television film |
| 1991 | Stat | Dr. Willie Burns | Episode: "Ladyfinger" |
| 1991 | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lieutenant Phoebe Jeter | Television film |
| 1991 | Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Willie | Television film |
| 1991 | One Special Victory | Lois | Television film |
| 1992 | Nightmare Cafe | Evelyn Wall | Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child" |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | Episodes: "Part I" and "Part II" |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | Television film |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Parks | Television film |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us | Sheyann Webb / Melba Pattillo (voice) | Episodes: "Marching to Freedom Land" and "Let Freedom Ring"; Documentary series |
| 2003 | The Bernie Mac Show | Herself | Episode: "Laughing Matters" |
| 2005 | Alias | CIA Director Hayden Chase | Episodes: "Authorized Personnel Only: Part I", "The Index", "Search and Rescue" and "The Descent" |
| 2006 | Time Bomb | Jill Greco | Television film |
| 2008–09 | ER | Dr. Cate Banfield | Main role, 16 episodes |
| 2010 | The Simpsons | First Lady Michelle Obama (voice) | Episode: "Stealing First Base" |
| 2011 | Identity | Martha Adams | Television pilot that did not get picked up |
| 2012 | Rogue | Alice Vargas | Television pilot that did not get picked up |
| 2013 | Betty & Coretta | Coretta Scott King | Television film |
| 2013–14 | American Horror Story: Coven | Marie Laveau | Recurring role, 12 episodes |
| 2014–15 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Desiree Dupree | Main role, 11 episodes |
| 2015–16 | American Horror Story: Hotel | Ramona Royale | Main role, 7 episodes |
| 2015–18 | BoJack Horseman | Ana Spanakopita (voice) | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2016 | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Lee Harris/Monet Tumusiime | Main role, 4 episodes (Harris) / 5 episodes (Tumusiime) |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day | Nana/Ms. Cora (voice) | Television special |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Eva | Miniseries; 7 episodes |
| 2017 | Underground | The Root Woman | Episode: "Ache"; uncredited |
| 2017, 2021 | Master of None | Catherine | Episodes: "Thanksgiving" and "Moments in Love, Chapter 3" (voice only) |
| 2018 | American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Marie Laveau | Episode: "Apocalypse Then" |
| 2018 | The Flood | Narrator | Television film |
| 2018–present | 9-1-1 | Athena Grant-Nash | Lead role; also executive producer |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Mo | Episode: "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest Bitch" |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story | Narrator | Documentary series |
| 2021 | Malika the Lion Queen | Malika (voice) | Television film |
| 2021 | What If...? | Ramonda (voice) | Episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" |
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars | Herself | Special guest; Episode: "Rumerican Horror Story: Coven Girls" |
| 2021 | Red Table Talk | Herself | Episode: "Jada's Surprise 50th Birthday Celebration" |
| 2022 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Sergeant Athena Grant-Nash | Special guest star; Episode: "Prince Albert in a Can" |
| 2022 | Good Night Oppy | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2022 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett/Kel Mitchell/Nyesha Arrington" |
| 2024 | Queens | Narrator | Episodes: "African Queens" and "Rainforest Queens" |
| 2024 | Sherri | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett" |
| 2024 | The Talk | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett/Paul Scheer" |
| 2024 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett" |
| 2024 | Tamron Hall | Herself | Episode: "Angela Bassett" |
| 2024 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Herself | Opening episode of season 3 |
| 2025 | Zero Day | President Evelyn Mitchell | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 2025 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Decoy (voice) | Episodes: "Full Moon" and "Shoot for the Moon" |
| 2025 | Doctor Odyssey | Athena Grant-Nash | Special guest star |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Beef, No Chicken | Drusilla | Yale Repertory Theatre |
| 1982 | Colored People's Time | Understudy | covered for Carol Maillard for two performances |
| 1983 | Antigone | Antigone | |
| 1983 | Fried Chicken and Invisibility | Conductor Dixon | |
| 1984 | The Mystery Plays | Eve, Noah's wife, Mary, and Gill | |
| 1985 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Dussie Mae | Broadway |
| 1986 | Black Girl | Ruth Ann | |
| 1987 | Pericles | Thaisa | |
| 1987 | Henry IV Part 1 | Lady Percy | |
| 1988 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Martha Pentecost | Broadway |
| 1998 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | |
| 2005 | His Girl Friday | Hildy Johnson | |
| 2006 | Fences | Rose Maxson | |
| 2011–12 | The Mountaintop | Camae | Broadway |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Aurelia Arnot / Six | Voice and motion capture |
| 2022 | Horizon Forbidden West | Regalla | Voice and motion capture |

## Director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2015 | Whitney | Television film |
| 2015 | Breakthrough | Television documentary series; episode: "Water Apocalypse" |
| 2016 | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Television series; episode: "Chapter 6" |
| 2017 | American Horror Story: Cult | Television series; episode: "Drink the Kool-Aid" |

## Producer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Television film |
| 2002 | Our America | Television movie; executive producer |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Television movie; executive producer |
| 2017 | Remand | Documentary; executive producer |
| 2018–present | 9-1-1 | Television series; executive producer |
| 2019 | Otherhood | Movie; executive producer |
| 2020–2025 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Television series; executive producer |
| 2021 | For Armetta | Short; executive producer |
| 2023 | Heist 88 | Television Movie; executive producer |
| 2024 | Queens | Limited Documentary Series; executive producer |
| TBA | Keats | Television Series; executive producer |