Angela Bassett, 64, is FIRST star to be Oscar nominated for a Marvel movie trends now
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Angela Bassett has gone where no Marvel character has gone before. On Tuesday the star received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The historic nod made her the first woman, the first person of color and the first Marvel Studios actor to be nominated for an Oscar for their performance in a comic book adaptation.
At 64, she is the second oldest black woman to be nominated for an acting Oscar, following Ruby Dee, who was nominated for her role in 2007's American Gangster at the age of 84.
History: Angela Bassett, 64, made history Tuesday as the first Marvel star to be nominated for an Oscar for their role in a Marvel film. She is also the first woman to be nominated for a role in a film based on a comic book
The 9-1-1 star goes into the competition as the front-runner.
She has already picked up wins for her performance at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards.
Additionally, the Yale University graduate has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award, a Screen Actors Guild award and a British Academy of Film and
