Photo credit: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Angela Bassett attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/FilmMagic)

 

Angela Bassett will be receiving an Honorary Oscar during the November 18th Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Bassett was most recently nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and she received a Best Actress nomination for her role as Tina Turner in the 1993 film What’s Love Got to Do With It. Her reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis winning Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards went viral on social media, as the 9-1-1 actress appeared to be disappointed. Robin Hood: Men in Tights actor Mel Brooks will also be receiving an Honorary Oscar.