Age: 67
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Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she received an Academy Honorary Award. Bassett had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had success starring in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Music of the Heart (1999). In the following decades, she took on supporting roles in the drama Notorious (2009) and the action films Green Lantern (2011), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), and London Has Fallen (2016). She also played Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For the latter, she won another Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, Bassett has starred as Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Her portrayal of Rosa Parks in the television film The Rosa Parks Story (2002) gained her a nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story earned her nominations for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant, Athena Grant, in the Fox drama series 9-1-1. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Angela Bassett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A young girl lives with her family in the royal castle of Hecate. Her mother, the priestess to the vampire sorcerer, Semele. Her father, a faithful guard to the Royal family. Young Melika, and her two younger sister have always lived a life full of love, even through the struggles. All changes when a curse corrupts the castle, and latches itself onto Melika’s father. A man of hounour, who would lay down his life for his king. This was much worse. The corruption completely took over the mind of the faithful guard, sending his on a raging killing spree around the castle, destroying everything, and everyone in his path. Until he came to his family’s chambers. The curse was too potent. The corruption drown his morality. The struggling was hopeless. For the family, it was too late. With tears escaping through his bloodshot eyes, he made the killing blows. Melika knew she couldn’t fight her father. But the vampire queen would not let her priestess die in vain. With a flash of light, Semele appeared to Melika. She saw her loyal priestess in her eyes. The ultimate sacrifice was made that day. Semele unleaded the power of her own dark soul, and battles the demonic curse until they were both ashes. The curse was lifted, but the damage was done. The soul of Semele found it knew host deep within Melika. But what was she to do now. Her world was gone. Alone in a cursed world…
