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American Horror Story

Angela Bassett stars as Marie Laveau in the third installment of American Horror Story: Coven.

Career Highlights

Alluring audiences with emotionally tinged performances has been the signature of Angela Bassett, who personifies a sense of dignity and pride whenever she appears on screen. Her talent and abilities as an actress, director, and executive producer in both television and film have garnered well-deserved respect and acclaim from peers and fans; proving her to be one of the industry’s premier leading ladies.&nbsp;Bassett appeared in Antoine Fuqua film, Olympus Has Fallen and Lifetime’s movie Betty and Coretta. She also appears in Gregg Araki’s Indie film White Bird In A Blizzard, and Kasi Lemmon’s film Black Nativity.&nbsp;A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Bassett started her career on the stage in several noteworthy performances on and off Broadway: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Colored People’s Time; Henry IV, Part I; Joe Turner’s Come And Gone; Antigone; Pericles; Black Girl; and Macbeth. She also starred with her husband, Courtney B. Vance in John Guare’s adaptation of His Girl Friday and The Front Page. Bassett received rave reviews for her work in August Wilson’s Fences, and starred in the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall’s Mountaintop.Moving from the stage to the small screen she received critical raves for the ABC miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, and her narration of the PBS miniseries, Africans in America. Other notable television appearances included NBC’s E.R. and ABC’s Alias.&nbsp;Bassett made a successful crossover to the silver screen in John Singleton’s Boyz n The Hood. Other memorable films include, Terry McMillan’s Waiting To Exhale, Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, Vampire In Brooklyn, Supernova, and Notorious to name a few.Perhaps best known for her intense portrayal of Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It opposite Laurence Fishburne, Bassett earned the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, and an Academy Award nomination for her powerful performance.

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Angela Bassett stars as Marie Laveau in the third installment of American Horror Story: Coven.

Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau in FX's AHS: Coven

Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau | AHS: Coven | FX

American Horror Story: Coven

Angela Bassett

Career Highlights

Taissa Farmiga
as Zoe Benson

Evan Peters
as Kyle Spencer

Gabourey Sidibe
as Queenie

Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau | AHS: Coven | FX

Angela Bassett

Evan Petersas Kyle Spencer

Gabourey Sidibeas Queenie

Evan Peters
as Kyle Spencer

Gabourey Sidibe
as Queenie