Angela Bassett Set For Costume Designers Guild’s Spotlight Award
deadline.comAs Angela Bassett enjoys a serious awards-season run for her supporting role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she’s about to dress up her trophy case even more.
The current Oscar nominee and recent Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winner will receive the Spotlight Award at the Costume Designers Guild’s gala next month.
She will be honored with the awards, which honors an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of costume design, at the 25th CDGA on February 27 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “The Costume Designers Guild could not be more honored to be celebrating the career of the incomparable Angela Bassett at our 25th anniversary celebration” said Terry Gordon, President of the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892. “Her collaborations with costume designers have captivated audiences around the globe for decades, making her the perfect fit for our Spotlight Award this year.” Bassett is a two-time Oscar nominee — for Wakanda Forever and 1994’s What’s Love Got to Do with It — and has six career Emmy nominations.
She shared a Ensemble SAG Award in 2019 for her Black Panther role as Ramonda, which she reprised for last year’s global-smash sequel.
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