Angela Bassett, has been a beloved actress for decades. After her career breakout in the 90s with performances in hits like Boyz N The Hood and Malcolm X, she has been a staple of the entertainment industry. By her side for much of her career has been her husband Courtney B. Vance. Courtney has been by his wife’s side as she’s attended a number of award shows throughout the 2023 season, and he’ll likely be there to support her as she’s nominated for the 2023 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards on Sunday, February 26. Angela is nominated for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Angela’s role in the Black Panther sequel has earned her tons of critical acclaim. She’s nominated for an Academy Award for her role. She also made history as the first actor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to win a Golden Globe, when she took home the Best Supporting Actress award. Courtney accompanied her to the award show, and she thanked him along with their children in her acceptance speech. “Grateful to my family, Courtney B. Vance, Bronwyn, and Slater, I love you from the depths of my heart,” she said.
Besides the Golden Globe, Angela has also won numerous awards for her portrayal of Ramonda. She also took the Best Supporting Actress Critic’s Choice Award, and she’s been nominated for countless more. When they posed on the red carpet in their matching black outfits, it was clear he was incredibly proud of his wife.
The pair have had a marriage that has lasted nearly 30 years, and they seem to still be going strong! Find out everything you need to know about the couple’s long-standing relationship here!
While they didn’t tie the knot for many years, Angela and Courtney actually first met when they were students in drama school at Yale. The pair weren’t college sweethearts though. Angela revealed that when the future husband and wife first met, he was dating someone else. “He had a beautiful, beautiful girlfriend at the time, who was also in drama school with us,” she told People in 2018. Funny enough, Courtney revealed that he “[didn’t] remember her at all” from their early drama school days in a 2007 appearance on Oprah.
Angela continued and mentioned how the pair reunited to eventually fall in love again. “So maybe about 14 years later, our paths crossed here in Los Angeles. And I was single, he was single. And I had such an appreciation for him over those years — of his consistency, how he treated other people, of what a supporter he is, what a connector of people and ideas he is, how passionate he is,” she told People.
