American actress Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958. In addition to being nominated for an Academy Award and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, she has won other awards, including three Black Reel Awards, a Golden Globe Award, seven NAACP Image Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

After graduating from Yale University, Bassett started her acting career in the 1980s. After taking on a few bit parts, such as that of Reva Styles in Boyz n the Hood in 1991, Bassett made a name for herself by playing singer Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Angela Bassett siblings: Who are Angela Bassett siblings?

In 1960, D’nette Bassett was born in New York City.  She is the younger sister of Angela Bassett. D’nette was born eleven months after Angela.

People believed Angela and D’nette to be twins because of their close birth dates, however, this was incorrect.