Angela Bassett wins honorary Oscar
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.
For an unforgettable moment in front of the press photographers, Ms Bassett was joined by her husband, Courtney B. Vance, and their 17-year-old twins, son Slater Josiah Vance and daughter Bronwyn Golden Vance.
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.”
In a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, she said, “We loved and we healed and we were surrounded each and every day by the light and the spirit of Chadwick Boseman, and we have joy in knowing that with this historic Black Panther series, it is part of his legacy that he helped to lead us to.’’
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.
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