No one can doubt that the world of television and movies has always had a large audience that consumes its contents on a regular basis, all over the planet. It is for that reason that the professionals dedicated to it can reach high levels of popularity at an international level. One of the most recognized faces in this sense is Angela Bassett. Born on August 16, 1958 in New York, she is an American actress and film director who played Tina Turner in 'What's Love Got to Do with it'.
It is precisely because of the relevance of her acting career that, over the years, we have been able to receive a lot of information regarding her professional life. However, it is not so much what we know about her personal and love life. Therefore, from The Look we give you all the facts you need to discover who her famous husband is and the great resemblance she has with Eddie Murphy.
This is Angela Bassett
Before we get into more intimate aspects of her life and talk about them, it is important that we review her early years. She is the daughter of Daniel Benjamin Bassett and Betty Jane Gilbert. Her parents' marriage gave her her sister, D'nette, and they both grew up with their mother in Florida.
Since she was very young, she already began to show a great interest in the world of entertainment. So much so that, together with her sister, they used to create shows, sing folk songs or read poems in front of their family. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in African-American Studies and three years later she studied for a master's degree at the Yale School of Drama.
Angela Bassett's acting career
She took her first steps in her acting career in 1985, in the play 'Black Girl' by J. E. Franklin, at the Second Theatre. From this moment on, Bassett began to appear regularly in different plays, such as 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' and 'Joe Truner's Come and Gone'.
After moving to Los Angeles, Angela began to be part of important titles on the big screen. Some of the films in which she has worked are, for example, 'Malcom X', with Demi Moore, 'A Vampire is on the loose', where she shared cast with Eddie Murphy, or 'Tina', in which she gave life to Tina Turner's own character and gave her a real boost of fame to her career as an actress.
Who is Angela Bassett's famous husband?
Returning to more intimate aspects of Bassett's life, it was precisely during her time at the Yale School of Drama when she met the man who is now her husband. His name is Courtney B. Vance and he graduated from that school in 1986. He is an American actor, born in Michigan, whose career has earned him a Tony Award.
The couple married in 1997 and have worked together on occasion, such as in 2005, when they both starred in a production of 'His Girl Friday'. Similarly, Angela and Courtney wanted to take their relationship a step further and start their own family together. Together they had twins Slater Josiah and Bronwyn Golden and they appear to be a happy, close-knit family.