Angela Bassett

After a brief stint on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENTTV000000682" title="Guiding Light (tv program)" href="/topic/entertainment/television/guiding-light-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV000000682.topic">"Guiding Light"</a> and a few other TV programs, Bassett showed off killer toned arms long before <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB005380" title="Michelle Obama" href="/topic/politics/michelle-obama-PECLB005380.topic">Michelle Obama</a> did, starring as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003874" title="Tina Turner" href="/topic/entertainment/music/tina-turner-PECLB003874.topic">Tina Turner</a> in the big-screen "What's Love Got to Do With It," for which she earned a best actress Oscar nomination. Since then, she's starred in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Akeelah and the Bee" and made memorable guest runs on "Alias" as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000009" title="Central Intelligence Agency" href="/topic/politics/espionage-intelligence/central-intelligence-agency-ORGOV000009.topic">CIA</a> Director Hayden Chase and Dr. Cate Banfield on "ER."

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After a brief stint on "Guiding Light" and a few other TV programs, Bassett showed off killer toned arms long before Michelle Obama did, starring as Tina Turner in the big-screen "What's Love Got to Do With It," for which she earned a best actress Oscar nomination. Since then, she's starred in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Akeelah and the Bee" and made memorable guest runs on "Alias" as CIA Director Hayden Chase and Dr. Cate Banfield on "ER."

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