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All hail the queen! Will Angela Bassett make history by winning an Oscar for her powerhouse Black Panther performance?

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Angela Bassett won a Golden Globe for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. (PHOTO: Getty Images/ Marvel Studios)
Angela Bassett won a Golden Globe for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. (PHOTO: Getty Images/ Marvel Studios)

She's stepped into the shoes of many iconic women, from Tina Turner and Malcolm X’s widow, Betty Shabazz, to Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jnr, and civil rights activist Rosa Parks. 

Yet, it’s taken the role of a fictional queen in a made-up world to put Angela Bassett well and truly on the Hollywood award-givers map. 

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