Age: 67
female
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.
Angela Bassett
Granny Goodness
for Granny Goodness in Justice League: Gods and Monsters (live action version)
Suggested by go77e
(rewritten for live action* In an alternate Earth, a darker Justice League struggles with internal conflicts and moral ambiguity. Superman, Hernan Guerrero—the ruthless son of General Zod—wields immense power with little patience for compromise. Wonder Woman, Bekka, balances her New God heritage with the harsh realities of the surface world. Batman operates from the shadows, unafraid to blur ethical lines to achieve justice. The true threat arises from Dr. Will Magnus, a once-brilliant scientist whose obsession with enhancing humanity leads him to dangerous and unethical experiments. As Magnus’s creations wreak havoc, the League must unite despite their differences to stop him. Lex Luthor, positioned as an uneasy anti-hero, uses his vast resources and ruthless pragmatism to counter Magnus’s threat, though his motives remain complex and ambiguous. Supporting allies including Lois Lane and John Henry Irons aid the League’s efforts to prevent catastrophe. The story culminates in a battle not just for survival, but for the future of humanity—forcing heroes and anti-heroes alike to confront the limits of their power and ideals.
