"For over 25 years I have designed costumes for Ms. Angela Bassett … totaling nearly 200 costumes and counting. I can think of two numbers that haven't changed in over 25 years. My mom's phone number and Angela Bassett's measurements." — Ruth E. Carter
The crowd roared at that joke earlier this month at the Palm Springs Film Festival because of Carter's impeccable delivery and the fact her joke came with a side of truth.
From showcasing Carter's work in her breakout role as Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" to sprinting on the beach in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" to the cadence of Queen Ramonda's walk in the opening moments of last year's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," it seems Bassett has been untouched by time. Much like Marie Laveau, the centuries-old voodoo high priestess whom Bassett portrayed in "American Horror Story: Coven," for which she garnered one of her seven Emmy nominations.
