Angela Bassett

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Was the first black woman to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in What's Love Got to Do with It.
As of 2021, Bassett is one of just 13 black women to be nominated for the Best Lead Actress Oscar. The others are Ruth Negga, Halle Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Andra Day, and Quvenzhane Wallis.
Smarty pants. Bassett graduated from Yale University, where she received her Bachelor's Degree in African American studies, and a Masters Degree in Fine Arts.

Born on August 16, 1958 in New York, New York

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