“Have I not given everything?” These words, filled with all of the pain and grief of a mother who has lost not only her son, but also her husband, and given of herself to and for her people, are th…
When you see the name Angela Bassett in any cast list, you know that each scene she’s in will be one in which she captivates the audience, telegraphing everything felt through her words and body.
Her career began with a series of small episode appearances on multiple television shows such as “Ryan’s Hope,” “A Man Called Hawk,” “227,” “Tour of Duty” and “Alien Nation.” But it wasn’t until her first lead role as Reva Styles in “Boyz n the Hood” that Bassett’s film career took off. Despite audiences and critics around the world sitting up and taking notice of what a powerful performer she had grown into, Hollywood itself had yet to prove this with the expected influx of work that occurs when white actors are nominated for and win such big awards. Instead, there was little work for Bassett for almost two years, which curiously happened to Halle Berry when she won her Academy Award for “Monster’s Ball” in 2002.
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