Angela Bassett poses in the press room at the 39th NAACP Image Awards on February 14, 2008.
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Why She Sizzles: Bassett plays the sexiest doctor in the emergency room as Dr. Catherine Banfield on NBC’s ER.
Angela Bassett arrives at the premiere of Lionsgate's "Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns" on March 13, 2008.
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When We First Fell in Love: She shook her tail feather and won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It? Career Highs: Malcolm X, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Akeelah and the Bee
Angela Bassett with her children at the ceremony for her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Getty Images. Career Lows: Critters 4 was probably not her finest moment.
“Work”: In an Essence interview, she said she didn’t have a problem with ‘taking something away,’ but would never have anything ‘added.’
