How much is Angela Bassett worth?
| Net Worth: | $22 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | August 16, 1958 (age 64) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
About Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress best known for her biographical film roles. Performance such as Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993). For her role Bassett was nominated for the Academy Award for “Best Actress” and won the Golden Globe Award for “Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical”.
Before becoming the big name we all admire, Angela Bassett was cast in many small plays and TV roles, her first TV appearance being the role of a prostitute in the show Doubletake in 1985. Her first on film role was in the movie F/X (1986) in which she was briefly shown as a news reporter. Bassett’s talent was not missed and she went on to have her first proper movie role alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop.
The world of celebrity was now starting to open up for Angela, and she was cast as Katherine Jackson in the music biography miniseries The Jacksons: The American Dream based on the history of the Jackson family. The role however did not come without controversy, as Bassett’s agents tried to convince her not to accept the part due to the ongoing negativity surrounding Michael Jackson at the time. Knowing herself and trusting her own instincts, Bassett accepted the role and was rewarded when the series received critical acclaim.
In the 90s Bassett began to become recognized for her talents, and she more notably shot to fame portraying Tina Turner in the major film What’s Love Got to Do with It. The movie received critical acclaim and resulted in Bassett being nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Actress”. Though she did not win, Bassett did bag herself a Golden Globe award in the same category. The film grossed $61 million dollars for a $15 million dollar budget.
In 2009, Bassett starred in the movie Notorious, in which she played the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. The movie grossed an incredible $44.4 million at the box office. More recently Angela starred in Black Panther (2018) as Ramonda; Queen Mother of Wakanda, and resumed the role for the movie The Avengers: Endgame, a film that grossed $2.798 billion at the box office. She then reprised her role again in Black Panther an ever so slightly more modest but still gigantic $1.344 billion box office score.
Bassett is an active Ambassador of UNICEF for the USA, supports acting talent in her home town of Florida and is known for her charity work. She may be making big money but she is giving back and that matters, the public recognize these actions and with the public on your side as a celebrity you are sure to continue to go far.
Bassett’s Total Net Worth
Angela Bassett is one of the highest paid black actresses, with per episode earnings reaching $450,000 and career earnings totaling an estimated $44 million dollars. Bassett has been earning multimillion dollar paychecks all the way back to the year 2000 with payments of a reported $3.5 million for her roles in Supernova and The Score.
It is estimated that her role in Black Panther (2018) may have earned her a similar $3-4 million and Marvel is known for notoriously low salaries for actors and actresses’ first appearances. Basset is estimated to have earned $4 million for Olympus Has Fallen and another $5 million for London Has Fallen (2016).
Of her $44 million dollars income, $4-5 million will have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $39.5 million, will have been taxed at 49% as Bassett has been residing in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $20.14 million dollars, having paid $19.36 million dollars in taxes.
She has invested some of her taxed earnings, including in property and very likely in the American stock market. In 2007, she purchased a Hancock Park, Los Angeles property for what appears to be about $2.5 million and has recently listed the property for $6 million.
Angela Bassett married Courtney B. Vance in 1997 and they have remained together. They have two children together and their home life seems stable. In fact, Bassett is an active Ambassador of UNICEF for the United States and a member of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ. In 2007, Bassett donated $2,300 to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
In her personal life Bassett has likely spent $3-4 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $1-2 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $3-4 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Angela Bassett has a net worth of a rounded up $22 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Angela Bassett’s charity work shows how selfless she is and with such drive and ambition she has inspired generations of actors and actresses throughout her career. I think it is safe to say she will be continuing to do so, whether on camera or behind it, for many more years to come.
