ANGELA BASSETT – EST. $20 MILLION

Angela Bassett made a name for portraying African-American cultural figures, like Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream and Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It. She finally received widespread recognition for her role in 1993’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” which earned her a Golden Globe award for best actress and an Oscar nomination for best actress. She was also Betty Shabazz in the feature films Malcolm X and Panther.

In addition, she had perfectly portrayed the roles of Rosa Parks and Voletta Wallace on the big screen in the movies The Rosa Parks Story and Notorious. With these iconic roles, not to mention her excellent acting talent, and exquisite beauty, Bassett successfully became one of the most prominent African-American actresses in Hollywood. She gets the admiration of many to a certain degree, especially the Black community. With her hard work, she is now worth $20 million.