Angela Bassett is an American actress known for her role as Tina Turner in the film What's Love Got To Do With It. Her early film roles were very small parts in films like F/X and Kindergarten Cop. Bigger roles came with the arrival of black film makers, including the influencial Boyzn the Hood. It was her role as Tina Turner that was her breakthrough role. Strange Days was a different style being a science fiction action film. Contact and Supernova were also science fiction films. Sunshine State was one of several films she made with director John Sales. Black Panther is a Marvel film with an African superhero. She has also had a leading role in the long runnning television series 9-1-1.
