Angela Bassett wins big at the NAACP Image Awards. The actress took home three trophies for Outstanding Actress in a drama series for 9-1-1, Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the biggest award of the night, Entertainer of the Year.
Accepting the Entertainer of the Year award, Bassett gets on stage and says, “I guess Angela Bassett did the thing!” In a nod to Ariana Debose BAFTA performance.
She thanks Spike Lee, Malcolm X wife Betty Shabazz, John Singleton and Ryan Coogler for giving her acting opportunities throughout her career. “Thank you so much to my family, and thank YOU family.
I love you and appreciate you from the bottom of my heart,” Bassett said. “Gratitude is the universe’s way of saying we are not existing in this world alone.
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