Angela Bassett's '9-1-1' Raise Could Make Her TV's Highest-Paid Drama Actress of Color Ever
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etonline.comSeason 5 of Fox's is set to premiere this fall, and star Angela Bassett is going into the new installment with a pay raise that could make history.On Tuesday, reported that all of the show's regulars secured 25 percent pay increases after lengthy negotiations.
Bassett leads the show's cast, helped creator Ryan Murphy develop the series and serves as executive producer for it and its Southern spinoff, .
As such, her raise reportedly brings her «north of» $450,000 an episode. The salary is among the highest on network television and is possibly the highest for an actress of color on a broadcast drama series.It's hard to pinpoint hard numbers in terms of earnings for other TV drama actresses of color but, according to , Kerry Washington.
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