LOS ANGELES – American actress Angela Bassett known for her role as Queen Ramonda in The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It? has won an Oscar award at the 14th Annual Governors Awards held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, United States of America.
The actress received her Oscar at the 14th Annual Governor’s Awards on January 9.
Amid her influential television and film career and a 2023 award show upset, the Oscar distinction is long overdue.
In a June 2023 press statement, Academy representatives said: ‘Across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting.’
Actress Regina King presented Bassett with the Oscar Award at the Annual Governor’s Awards.
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‘I’m getting chills now’
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight’s Denny Directo, Ms Bassett spoke about how long it took to receive her first award, saying ‘It’s been decades, right? Decades and decades, roles and roles, and blessings upon blessings,’ and to her fans who always see the movies.
‘I’m getting chills now, but I felt the love all these years. I mean, they have prayed, they have fussed, they have written, they have had my back.’
She breaks record
Although she lost to Jamie Lee Curtis in 2023, she made history by becoming the first Marvel Studios actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
