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Angela Bassett

Alluring audiences with emotionally tinged performances that smolder across the screen has been the signature key to the success of Angela Bassett. Bassett has continually reestablished and thwarted the boundaries of Hollywood with performances that indelibly mark audience's memories. With a sense of dignity and pride, she has time and again showcased her skills in film and television as an actress. Emerging as one of the premier talents in a crowded field of players, Bassett's acute abilities have been praised, but never duplicated. In the summer of 2002, Bassett returned to the silver screen in John Sayles' anticipated film Sunshine State. In a performance that shies away from the strong lady, Bassett portrays Desiree Perry, a woman returning home for her first true visit after leaving 25 years earlier under a dark cloud. She arrives with her new doctor husband (played by James McDaniel) and has a stormy reunion with her mother who sent her away years earlier. In late 2002 she starred opposite Luke Wilson and Jessica Lange in director Larry Charles' Masked and Anonymous. In 2002, Bassett has emerged as a force behind the scenes as well as with two high profile television films she has executive produced. When CBS elected to make the film The Rosa Parks Story, Bassett was... Next

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