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
Lady Kaelen Morvash
for Lady Kaelen Morvash in The Last Lumen
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The Lumen has awakened—but the world is unraveling. In the wake of Elen’s emergence as the Last Lumen, the fractured Dawnborn Alliance rallies behind her and Prince Corwin, pushing back against King Malric’s dominion. But victory comes at a terrible cost: the ancient Veil, the barrier between the mortal realm and the Shroud Beyond the Stars, begins to crack. As shadows deepen, Elen sets out on a harrowing pilgrimage across lost kingdoms and shattered sanctuaries to seek the Vault of Threads, an ancient temple said to hold the memory of the Lumen itself. With her travels haunted by visions, she begins to question whether she truly holds the light—or is merely its vessel. Meanwhile, Corwin Vaeloran grapples with betrayal within his ranks as the Alliance begins to splinter, and whispers of a corrupted relic known as the Hollow Star begin to circulate. And in the depths of the Shroud, the mad seer Cervan stirs, dreaming of a world unmade. The web of fate begins to fray. The Web-Twins spiral toward madness. The Black Flame Court unleashes their deadliest champions. And the ancient High Veilwarden, long hidden in the tide-carved temple of myths, prepares for one final revelation. To save the world, Elen must pass through the Veil—and face herself in the dark beyond.
