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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.
Angela Bassett
Erica Sloane
for Erica Sloane in Mission: Impossible – Death Row
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The seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Solomon Lane is now serving time in a state of the art federal prison in England. The prison is looked over by the MI6. Ethan and Julia have reinstated their marriage, and are now living happily in Cancún. After Alan Hunley's death in Fallout, Cinnamon Carter, former IMF agent, has been hired as the new IMF Secretary. Lane's group, The Apostles, have been disassembled, but his new right hand man, Ogle Witson, is in charge of an elaborate scheme to break Lane out of the highly protected prison. Ogle and his men use IMF style tactics, such as Masks and voice changers, to break Lane out of the prison. MI6 security files are breached and nearly 75% of the force are killed. CIA Director, Erica Sloane, is contacted, she in returns contacts IMF. Luther Stickell, Benji Dunn, Ilsa Faust, and IMF newcomer, Jack Riddle, suit up and depart for England. No one is able to contact Ethan Hunt. Lane and his new terrorist group, Angel, have set up base in the San Fernando Valley. Ogle Witson is sent to Cancún to kill Ethan and Julia. Witson is successful at killing Julia, but Ethan escapes. Ethan is finally able to get in contact with Sloane. She explains Lane's escape, the formation of his new terrorist group, the downfall of the MI6, and his proposed plan to eliminate all special intelligence groups. Meanwhile, Ogle has framed Ethan as the killer of Julia. The Cancún police begins an investigation and tops Ethan as one of the countries most wanted. In his attempted escape, he runs into the White Widow, who helps Ethan escape from Cancún. Luther, Benji, Ilsa, and Jack have arrived in England. They begin to investigate the aftermath of the attack on the MI6. They discover that Rowan Xavier, the newly appointed director of the MI6, is working with Lane and allowed his escape. Rowan orders the capturing of the IMF. Luther and Ilsa are captured and interrogated. Benji and Jack must save them using an elaborate IMF scheme involving masks, technologically advanced equipment, and voice changers. Ethan arrives in the San Fernando Valley. After recapturing Luther and Ilsa, Benji and Jack, along with Luther and Ilsa, return to the states and meet up with Ethan. Cinnamon Carter instructs the IMF to kill Lane. After partaking in a long impossible plan, to get into Lane's base, the IMF team is able to fulfill their duty and kill Lane. Before doing so, Jack Riddle, the new IMF agent, shoots and kills Luther. He holds a gun to Ilsa's head; threatening to kill her if anyone touches Lane. Jack takes Lane and escapes. Ethan, Ilsa, and Benji fight and kill Lane's terrorist group members. They stop to mourn the loss of their friend Luther. Jack takes Lane to the Notre Dame Tower in Paris. Ethan, Ilsa, and Benji arrive to find Jack, Rowan Xavier (MI6 Director), and Erica Sloane (CIA Director). Lane is duct taped to a chair. The three begin to explain that they were instructed by their President and Prime Minister to release Solomon Lane from prison, blame the escape on the MI6, and murder the CIA's most prized weapon, the IMF. Erica Sloane removes her mask, and reveals herself as the White Widow. She explains the real Erica Sloane was murdered 5 days ago. White Widow helped Ethan escape Cancún because according to the mission given to her by the Prime Minister, she herself is suppose to kill Ethan. If the White Widow had allowed Ogle Witson, Lane's right hand man, to kill Ethan, then the mission would have been spoiled, and White Widow would have been killed. Jack shoots and kills Lane. He explains to Ethan that he was chasing the wrong person this entire time. Lane was not the villain. Lane was just given orders from the Prime Minister and the President of the United States. He informs Ethan that he should have killed the Prime Minister when he had the chance (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation). Ethan then in return explains that they forgot one important detail. Ogle Witson barges in, with guns blazing. Rowan Xavier is immediately shot and killed. A full on war breaks out in the top of the Notre Dame Tower. While the gun fight goes on, in slow motion, Ethan's voice begins to explain the mission. It is revealed that he knew that White Widow was going to turn on him, because of details he picked up in Cancún. Luther, Benji, and Ilsa, of course, knew about Rowan Xavier, and also found details on MI6 computers that revealed that Lane was merely a decoy. The fight ends with Jack dead and White Widow held captive. The Prime Minister, the President of the United States, and White Widow are arrested and are sentenced with life on death row. Ethan hands over his IMF badge and announces his retirement from the field. Cinnamon Carter introduces the new IMF, Benji Dunn, Ilsa Faust, and Ogle Witson. Ethan is hired as the new Director of the CIA.
