Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 11) – Angela Bassett on Wednesday took home the trophy for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ in the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, beating an impressive line-up of nominees, including Filipino veteran theater actress Dolly de Leon.
Despite the loss, De Leon will keep the historic title as the first Filipino actress to be nominated in the prestigious award-giving body for her memorable role as Abigail in the satirical dark comedy “Triangle of Sadness.”
Bassett became the first ever actress to win a major award for a Marvel-based movie.
“The late Tony Morrison said that your life is already a miracle of chance just waiting for you to order its destiny,” Bassett said as she accepts the award. “But in order for that destiny to manifest, I think that it requires courage to have faith. It requires patience, as we just heard.”
“It requires a true sense of yourself,” she also said. “It’s not easy because the past is circuitous and it has many unexpected detours, but, by the grace of God, I stand here. I stand here grateful.”
Bassett also dedicated her award to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer in 2020.
“We embarked on this journey together with love,” the actress said. “We mourned, we loved, we healed. We were surrounded each and every day by the light and the spirit of Chadwick Boseman.”
This was Bassett’s second Golden Globe Award after winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy in 1994 for “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” portraying the iconic singer Tina Turner.
The Golden Globe Award is presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in recognition of outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television during the previous year.
The award-giving body recognizes achievements in 25 categories: 14 in motion pictures and 22 in television.
