Angela Bassett has revealed she is still grappling with disappointment over losing the 2023 Best Supporting Actress award to Jamie Lee Curtis
The screen icon, 66, was nominated for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, while Curtis won for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Bassett, who was seen looking memorably crestfallen at the ceremony, said she thought the award was a ‘given’ due to the ‘good work’ she put in during her career – which has seen her take home accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards
She told Town & Country: ‘I found it interesting. Interesting that I wouldn’t be allowed to be disappointed at an outcome where I thought I was deserving.
‘I love applauding people. But in that moment …’ Bassett said before adding she thought she had put in the work to be recognized before correcting herself: ‘No, I have put in: put in the time, put in good work over time. I didn’t think that was a gift. I thought it was a given.’
In 2024 she was awarded an honorary Oscar.
Angela Bassett has revealed she is still grappling with disappointment over losing the 2023 Best Supporting Actress award to Jamie Lee Curtis
After the 2023 Oscars ceremonies, Bassett was slammed for remaining stoic and not smiling or clapping for Jamie Lee Curtis who won the Best Supporting Actress award
Her longtime friend and fellow acclaimed actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste echoed Bassett’s sentiments that she deserved to win, adding that while the star was ‘really respected among her peers, ‘maybe the establishment has not done [right by her].’
Forest Whitaker added that he believed Bassett ‘deserved the
the Academy Award for What’s Love Got to Do with It’, playing Tina Turner in 1993.
Last year Bassett admitted to Oprah Winfrey she was ‘gobsmacked’ over the loss but she thought she ‘handled it very well,’ despite the fact her crestfallen reaction went viral after the ceremony.
Although Bassett’s nod was one of five nominations that year, the action adventure won only for Best Achievement in Costume Design.
Bassett, who was hoping to win Marvel Studios’ first ever acting Oscar after taking home the Golden Globe, was somber as Curtis took to the stage.
However many watching realized that fellow nominees Hong Chau, Kerry Condon and Stephanie Hsu applauded – asking why Bassett couldn’t grin and bear it.
Fans quickly took to social media to address her reaction with one writing: ‘Bassett is a fantastic actress. A shame she didn’t continue performing tonight and applaud when Jamie Lee won.
‘I didn’t get the whole “Angela Bassett face,”‘ Winfrey said. ‘I thought, wow, you can see that [you] expected another thing, but you were still as gracious as a queen would be.’
Bassett, who was hoping to win Marvel Studio’s first ever acting Oscar after taking home the Golden Globe for her role as Queen Ramonda, was somber as she lost
Bassett, said she thought the award was a ‘given’ due to the ‘good work’ she put in during her career – which has seen her take home accolades including two Golden Globe Awards
She said: ‘No, I have put in: put in the time, put in good work over time. I didn’t think that was a gift. I thought it was a given’
The star looked typically stunning in a new shoot
An elated Curtis screamed at winning the first Oscar of her decades-long career for Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2023
‘Absolutely. For myself and for my children, who were there with me, yes,’ Bassett replied.
I know a pastor who says, “technology is different – people are the same.” There are going to be these moments of disappointment that they are going to experience.’
‘But how do you handle yourself in the midst of them? We’re going to smile, we’re going to be gracious, we’re going to be kind, we’re going to party, anyway.’
In a recent interview on Live! With Kelly and Mark, the Golden Globe winner said her husband and 18-year-old twins Bronwyn and Slater were surprised at the outcome, but the loss turned into a life lesson.
They were supremely disappointed, as young people can be,’ she said.
‘But it was a teachable moment just to, you know, to carry yourself, hold yourself, go to the parties with grace.’
‘And know that, just keep one foot in front of the other, keep going, keep following your dreams. Because 24 hours, what a difference a day makes.’
