Actress Angela Bassett on God, Privacy and Family

Angela Basset has lit up the movie screen portraying characters that make us believe in life itself. Yet it is her private life and love for God and family that keeps her floating to the top.

“Loving God is like my being black. I just am. [No one says] ‘You know what? I’m gonna be blacker today!’ It’s my culture. It’s not something I put on or take off or show more. You just communicate that in the way you live your life, “Bassett told the Los Angeles Times.

Angela Bassett is a private person, often choosing not to discuss her personal life with the public. She attends LA’s West Angeles Church of God in Christ, along with fellow actor Denzel Washington. Bassett married actor Courtney B. Vance in 1997. In the summer of 2005, they starred together in a production of the play His Girl Friday at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The couple’s children, son Slater Josiah and daughter Bronwyn Golden, were born on January 27, 2006.

Bassett is an avid supporter of programs for the Arts, especially for youth. She annually attends events for children with diabetes and those in foster homes. She is an active Ambassador of UNICEF for the United States. Bassett is a big supporter of the Royal Theater Boys & Girls Club in her hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida. The Club is one of the first all performing arts Boys & Girls Clubs in the country.

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