Angela Bassett
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Angela Bassett Net Worth

Oscar-nominated actress of Black Panther
Actors
Estimated net worth
$25M
Source: Celebrity Net Worth, October 28, 2026. Updated November 9, 2026.
Forbes and Bloomberg rarely publish net worth figures for stars who are not billionaires, so this page uses Celebrity Net Worth's published estimate (page last updated October 28, 2026). It is an outside estimate, not an official figure.

Angela Bassett’s net worth over time

$25M: Celebrity Net Worth estimate, Oct 2026. page last updated October 28, 2026$25MOct 2026

This is the only published estimate we have found so far. More bars will appear as new estimates are published. Tap or hover a bar to see the source.

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DateEstimateSource
Oct 2026$25 millionCelebrity Net Worth · page last updated October 28, 2026

Where the money comes from

Film rolesFranchise filmsTelevision seriesProducing

These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.

Angela Bassett’s fortune in real-life terms

382 years
for the median full-time U.S. worker to earn this much, spending nothing
116×
the net worth of the typical U.S. family
0.00%
of Elon Musk's fortune, the biggest on Net Worth Lookup

Based on the Celebrity Net Worth estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).

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Angela Bassett has an estimated net worth of $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Angela Bassett net worth page (figures as of October 28, 2026).

Angela Bassett is an American actress who was born on August 16, 1958, and has worked in film and television since the 1980s. Her breakthrough was playing singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It in 1993, which won her a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She starred in Boyz n the Hood in 1991, Malcolm X in 1992, Waiting to Exhale in 1995, How Stella Got Her Groove Back in 1998 and Music of the Heart in 1999.

In later decades she took supporting roles in Notorious, Green Lantern, Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. She played Queen Ramonda in the Marvel films Black Panther in 2018, Avengers: Endgame in 2019 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022, winning another Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for the last. On television she played Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream in 1992 and Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story in 2002. In 2023 Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and she received an Academy Honorary Award.

How Angela Bassett makes her money

Film acting is her main source. After her breakthrough as Tina Turner she built a long list of leading and supporting roles for studios and independents alike.

Franchise work adds big paydays. As Queen Ramonda in the Black Panther films and Avengers: Endgame she earned from several top-grossing Marvel releases.

Television adds steady income. She starred in two seasons of the FX series American Horror Story, which earned Emmy nominations, and took leading roles in television films.

Awards and honors keep demand high. A 2023 Academy Honorary Award and Time recognition keep her at the top of casting lists.

Her estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Angela Bassett's net worth at $25 million, on its page last updated October 28, 2026. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

Her figure reflects more than forty years of film and television work, with a major role in a blockbuster franchise. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.

Career and money timeline

  1. 1991

    Appears in Boyz n the Hood.

  2. 1992

    Appears in Malcolm X and The Jacksons: An American Dream.

  3. 1993

    Breaks through as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It.

  4. 2002

    Plays Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story.

  5. 2018

    Plays Queen Ramonda in Black Panther.

  6. 2023

    Receives an Academy Honorary Award.

Angela Bassett net worth FAQ

What is Angela Bassett's net worth?

Angela Bassett's net worth is an estimated $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Angela Bassett net worth page (October 28, 2026). It is an estimate, not an official figure.

How did Angela Bassett get so rich?

The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: Film roles, Franchise films, Television series, Producing.

Is Angela Bassett a billionaire?

Not by current published estimates. Angela Bassett is estimated at $25 million.

Who did Angela Bassett play in What's Love Got to Do with It?

She played the singer Tina Turner, a role that won her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.

Sources

  1. Celebrity Net Worth, Angela Bassett net worth page (October 28, 2026)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
  3. Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Angela Bassett (accessed November 9, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.

Photo: Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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