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Angela Bassett stars as Ramona Royale in the fifth installment of American Horror Story: Hotel.&nbsp;

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;This Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe® winner recently received Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries for her work as “Marie Laveau” in the hit FX series American Horror Story: Coven and for her work as “Desiree Dupree” in last installment’s carnival themed American Horror Story: Freak Show.Bassett reprised her role as “Lynne Jacobs” in London Has Fallen, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, alongside Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman. She will also be seen in Spike Lee’s film, Chiraq for Amazon Studios; and writer/director Stephen Poliakoff’s miniseries Close To The Enemy for BBC 2 alongside Jim Sturgess, Freddie Highmore, Charlotte Riley, and Alfred Molina.&nbsp;Always expanding the many facets of her talents, Bassett made her directorial debut with Lifetime’s film Whitney; a biopic that chronicled the loving and tumultuous relationship between Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. The film premiered to stellar ratings and reviews, with 4.5 million viewers, becoming Lifetime’s most-watched telecast in over a year. She also directed National Geographic Channel’s innovative series Breakthrough, an anthology about leading scientists from across the globe and their cutting-edge, life-changing innovations and advancements. Other directors joining Bassett include Paul Giamatti, Peter Berg, Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard, and Brett Ratner.&nbsp;Venturing into a new entertainment medium, she was a lead character in the highly acclaimed first-person shooter video game franchise Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. The game tells the story of an international counter-terrorist unit called Rainbow. She also lent her voice to Netflix’s animated series, Bojack Horseman alongside Will Arnett and Amy Sedaris.&nbsp;Bassett was seen in director James McTeigue’s Survivor opposite Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson and Milla Jovovich; and in Gregg Araki’s Whitebird In A Blizzard opposite Shailene Woodley. She returned to the musical genre in Fox Searchlight’s film Black Nativity opposite Forest Whitaker for director Kasi Lemmons; and received a SAG® Award Nomination for her work as “Coretta Scott King” in the Lifetime movie Betty and Coretta.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 Ramona Royale in the fifth installment of American Horror Story: Hotel. 

Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale in FX's AHS: Hotel

Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale | AHS: Hotel | FX

American Horror Story: Hotel

Angela Bassett

Career Highlights

Sarah Paulson
as Sally McKenna & Billie Dean Howard

Evan Peters
as James Patrick March

Matt Bomer
as Donovan

Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale | AHS: Hotel | FX

Angela Bassett

Evan Petersas James Patrick March

Matt Bomeras Donovan

Evan Peters
as James Patrick March

Matt Bomer
as Donovan