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Angela Bassett: “It is my honor to be placed into history alongside each of you.”

As NBC Nightly News celebrates the Class of 2023, we’re sharing Angela Bassett’s remarks from Chapman University’s commencement ceremony.

ABOUT: The wildest places on the planet have always been home to powerful leaders, but this is a story of a new hero – fierce, smart, resilient and ... female. QUEENS features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice and resilience but also of friendship and love. These QUEENS aren’t always kind or gentle, letting nothing come between them and the success and safety of their families. Guided by award-winning actress Angela Bassett’s powerful narration, QUEENS brings the natural world into focus through the female lens for the very first time. Four years in the making and helmed by a female-led production team from around the world – groundbreaking in the natural history space – the seven-part series leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal surprising insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead. The final episode of the series celebrates the women who have gone to the ends of the Earth and dedicated their lives to documenting and protecting animal queens.

Angela Bassett really did the thing. Introduced by a "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler and the Dora Milaje, Bassett, who also memorably narrated "The Imagineering Story" on Disney+, was the penultimate inductee for the night.

In E!’s Met Gala By Design, Angela Bassett alongside her stylists Law Roach and Jennifer Austin detail how they worked together with Burberry to “show something different that we had not done.”

At the 2025 Met Gala carpet, Angela Bassett chats with THR and reveals the inspiration behind her look. Plus, she talks about her co-star Peter Krause's shocking departure from '911' on ABC.