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NAME : Angela Evelyn Bassett BORN : August 16, 1958 (age 58) in New York City, New York, United States HEIGHT : 5' 4" (1.63 m) NATIONALITY : American ETHNICITY : African-American KNOWN FOR : •What's Love Got To Do With It? •American Horror Story •Waiting To Exhale •Strange Days •How Stella Got Her Groove Back •Olympus Has Fallen •Boyz n the Hood •Jumping The Broom TRIVIA: •In 1974, she began to consider acting as a career choice after an 11th-grade class trip to Washington, D.C. during which she saw actor James Earl Jones perform in a Kennedy Center production of the play "Of Mice and Men". •Was offered the role of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001), but she turned it down as she did not want to perform nude. As a result Halle Berry, who went on to become the first African-American actress to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead. •Has played Muslim activist Betty Shabazz in two different movies: Malcolm X (1992) and Panther (1995). •As of 2005, she is the first and only African-American recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). •Received her Bachelor's degree in African-American studies from Yale University (1980). •Received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama (1983).
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