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Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and film director. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her Academy Award-nominated performance as Tina Turner in the biopic ''What's Love Got to Do with It''. In addition, Bassett has portrayed Betty Shabazz in ''Malcolm X'' and ''Panther'', Rosa Parks in ''The Rosa Parks Story'', Coretta Scott King in ''Betty and Coretta'', Katherine Jackson in ''The Jacksons: An American Dream'', and Voletta Wallace in ''Notorious''. Bassett began her film career in the mid-1980s after graduating from Yale University and its drama school. She did not find any stability in the industry until the 1990s, at which point she appeared in films nearly every year. The 2000s saw a succession of films starring Bassett, with her appearing in at least one film every single year. Bassett's success has continued into the 2010s. Bassett earned nominations for her roles in films such as ''The Score'' (2001), ''Akeelah and the Bee'' (2006), ''Meet the Browns'' (2008) and ''Jumping the Broom'' (2011) and won awards for her performances in ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' (1998) and ''Music of the Heart'' (1999) among others. In 2013, she had a recurring role on the FX horror series ''American Horror Story: Coven'', and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. She returned for ''Freak Show'', the anthology series' fourth season, portraying a three-breasted woman named Desiree Dupree for which she received another nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2015 Basset has returned for the 5th season American Horror Story: Hotel as Ramona Royale a famous movie star. ==Early life and education== Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York, New York, the daughter of Betty Jane (Gilbert) and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, and was raised in the Harlem neighborhood.〔Bassett, Angela (2009), p. 11.〕 Bassett's middle name was given to her in honor of her aunt Evelyn.〔 The origin of the Bassett surname comes from her ancestor William Henry Bassett, who took the surname of his former master, whose children later founded Bassett, Virginia. Ten months after Bassett was born, her mother became pregnant and had a second child, Bassett's sister D'nette. Bassett said the pregnancy "only made things harder." Bassett's parents "shipped" her to stay with her father's sister Golden. While her aunt did not have any children of her own, she "loved children, and she was good with them."〔Bassett, Angela (2009), pp. 12-13.〕 After her parents' separation, she relocated from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to St. Petersburg, Florida, where she and her sister D'nette were raised by their social worker/civil servant mother. Bassett did not see her father again for several years, until the two both attended her grandmother's funeral. There, Bassett met his daughter from his first marriage, Jean, who at twelve years old, was several years older than Bassett.〔 After graduating from Jordan Park Elementary School, she began being bused out of her neighborhood to attend Disston Middle School for seventh grade. The year she began attending was 1970, the first year bussing was implemented to integrate public schools in St. Petersburg. After completing seventh grade, she was bussed to Azalea Middle School for eighth and ninth grade. Bassett's mother became more involved in her daughter's grades and told her and her sister the pair were going to college.〔Bassett, Angela (2009), pp. 23-24.〕 In her younger years, Bassett was "in love" with the Jackson 5 and dreamed of marrying a member of the family group, stating it would probably be "whoever had the cutest, roundest Afro at the time. In my imagination we would have children and live in a real house."〔Bassett, Angela (2009), pp. 18-19.〕 As her interest in entertainment developed, Angela and her sister would often put on shows, reading poems or performing popular music for their family.〔 At Boca Ciega High School, Bassett was a cheerleader and a member of the Upward Bound college prep program, the debate team, student government, drama club and choir. A straight "A" and "B" student for the most part, Bassett got her first "C," in physical education, and tried to get her mother to not feel disappointment in the grade. Bassett called the grade the "average," leading her mother to say that she did not have "average kids." As Bassett described, a "sense of pride" developed in her and she did not get another "C" until college.〔 During high school, Bassett became the first African-American from Boca Ciega to be admitted to the National Honor Society. She participated in Upward Bound, an academic and cultural enrichment program for underprivileged students. Bassett says she and the other participants did not see themselves as underprivileged.〔Bassett, Angela (2009), pp. 29-31.〕 Bassett attended Yale University and received her B.A. degree in African-American studies in 1980. In 1983, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama, despite opposition from her father's sister who warned her to not "waste" her "Yale education on theater." She was the only member of Bassett's family to have gone to both college and graduate school. At Yale, Bassett met her future husband Courtney B. Vance, a 1986 graduate of the drama school. Bassett was also classmates with actor Charles S. Dutton. After graduation, Bassett worked as a receptionist for a beauty salon and as a photo researcher. Bassett soon looked for acting work in the New York theater. One of her first New York performances came in 1985 when she appeared in J. E. Franklin's ''Black Girl'' at Second Stage Theatre. She appeared in two August Wilson plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre under the direction of her long-time instructor Lloyd Richards. The Wilson plays featuring Bassett were ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' (1984) and ''Joe Turner's Come and Gone'' (1986). In 2006, she had the opportunity to work on the Wilson canon again, starring in Fences alongside longtime collaborator Laurence Fishburne at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angela Bassett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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