- Angela Bassett is a well-known actress.
- Bassett of the Black Panthers did not have the colorful upbringing she can now provide for her twin children.
- She was born in New York City on August 16, 1958.
- She is the “fun” one in the Bassett-Vance household, according to the American actress.
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Who is Angela Bassett?
Angela Bassett is a well-known actress. Angela Bassett of the Black Panthers did not have the colorful upbringing she can now provide for her twin children. After her parents divorced and she moved in with her aunt and uncle as a child, the mother of 12-year-old twins Bronwyn and Sadler was looking for a mother figure.
Angela Bassett’s traumatic childhood
Angela Bassett was born in New York City on August 16, 1958, to Betty Jane, a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, the son of a preacher.
D’nette, Bassett’s sister, was born ten months later.
The pregnancy, according to Bassett, “only made things worse,” prompting her parents to send her to her father’s sister in North Carolina.
“They [aunt and uncle] took me as a 10-month-old baby and raised me,” she said in an interview with People’s editor-in-chief Jess Cagle.
Angela Bassett used to refer to her aunt as “mom,” and her aunt explained that she was supposed to raise her rather than adopt her.
“When you’re a baby, you look for your father and mother. And I’d go, Mommy.
“However, she was always clear with me: ‘I’m not your mother.'” According to Malcolm X’s star.
After her parents divorced, she was picked up by her mother at the age of four and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, with her sister.
The 9-1-1 star recalled the day her mother reappeared in her life.
“I remember getting a phone call one day and saying, ‘Hi Angela.'” This is your mother’s voice. ‘I’m coming to get you,’ said the 64-year-old actress.
“But my mother had a lot of pride in how you show up and how you carry yourselves,” she said of the years following their reunion.
People frequently remarked that she had a critical mother because she was so hard on herself.
Bassett began keeping a diary at the age of 15 to express herself.
Angela Bassett and D’nette Bassett are they twins?
D’nette Bassett, who was born in New York City in 1960, and her sister Angela share the same parents.
Because they were born so close together, people assumed D’nette was Angela’s twin sister, but they weren’t.
Unfortunately, little is known about D’nette, and she only became famous because of her famous sibling.
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Angela Bassett on Twin Parenting
Angela Bassett is the “fun” one in the Bassett-Vance household, according to the American actress.
Bassett described her husband, actor Courtney B. Vance, as the definition of a “helicopter parent” in her Glamour feature for the 2022 Women of the Year.
Bronwyn and Slater, the twins born to Bassett and Vance in 2006, are now 16 years old.
“I’ve always said to them, ‘I’m your good time.'” It’s your lucky day, Mama. Because your helicopter is Daddy,'” Bassett explained.
Her children, on the other hand, don’t mind that she can’t always be the fun one because of her job.
