A total of 4 pictures 1905 Movie Network News According to tradition and practice, the Oscar's Lifetime Achievement Award was successfully awarded after the Oscar announced the short list. This year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is African-American actor Angela Bassett. She is the second black actress to win the award. The first was Bessette’s friend and mentor, the late Cicely Tyson.
When receiving the award, Angela Bassett first thanked her family, friends, team, and filmmakers who have worked with her for their support. She said: I regard acting as my mission, not just a career. I act because I feel its significance and hope it can change and influence something. I'm so grateful to be recognized for doing something I love.
Next, Bassett recalled and reflected on the history of the struggle of black actors in Hollywood. She started from 1940 when Hattie McDaniel won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Gone with the Wind" and became the first black person to win an Oscar. , has been talking about the current Oscars, and their efforts in multi-racial, multi-ethnic and diversity. Her speech lasted 15 minutes. She not only summarized the significance of a black person winning an Oscar, but also reflected on her own performance experience along the way.
Angela Bassett was born in New York, USA in 1958 and graduated from Yale University. In 1985, Angela Bassett got a chance to perform in the feature film "Fright Night in New York" and officially entered the entertainment industry. In 1993, she played the female singer Tina Turner in the feature film "What's Love Got to Do with It", for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 51st Golden Globe Awards and Best Actress at the 66th Academy Awards. In 2002, she was nominated for the 54th Emmy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the drama "Human Rights Fighter: Rosa Peck".
Currently, she has two movies to be released, "Into the Jungle" and "Girls Quest".
