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.
Angela Bassett
Soraxi
for Soraxi in Starlight Pursuit (Animated film)
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In a sprawling galaxy governed by the Galactic Alliance, Cadet Sera Vance—a top graduate with zero field experience—is thrust into her first live mission: capturing a cunning crime lord whose trail vanishes into the chaotic edges of known space. Assigned an unlikely partner, Kal, a sharp-tongued, street-smart feline alien from the twilight world of Miravai, Sera must leave behind protocol and plunge into the unpredictable underworld of space smugglers, bounty hunters, and rogue AIs. As their mission spirals into a galaxy-wide chase, Sera and Kal uncover a conspiracy that suggests the crime lord is just a pawn in a much larger game—one that threatens the very foundation of the Alliance. Forced to rely on each other, the disciplined cadet and her unconventional companion grow from reluctant allies into an unbreakable team. With fast-paced action, cosmic intrigue, and unexpected heart, Starlight Pursuit is a vivid animated odyssey about courage, loyalty, and the power of unlikely friendships among the stars.
