Year in Review 2024: Angela Bassett FINALLY Receives Her FIRST Academy & Emmy Awards

Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2024 was full of monumentally memorable moments!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we toast the year when Angela Bassett – indeed – did the thing!

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For as colossal, illustrious, and highly declared as Bassett’s career has been, two significant honors eluded her – an Academy Award (Oscar) and an Emmy.

Kicking off 2024 in winning fashion, January saw the superstar bestowed with an Honorary Oscar at the 14th Annual Governors Awards. Saluted for her towering and exceptional contributions to the film industry, Bassett used her captivating acceptance speech to pay homage to the Black actresses who paved the way for her.

The firsts continued.

Because, after nine nominations across the length and breadth of her career, Bassett won her first Emmy at the Primetime Emmy Awards in September. She bagged the Outstanding Narrator for her work on the National Geographic docuseries ‘Queens,’ which spotlights the female animals in the wild.

Overdue, but oh-so-deserved!

TGJ Year in Review 2024: Angela Bassett Receives Her Flowers

Finally! Angela Bassett Wins Her First Oscar Award

Angela Bassett Wins Her First Emmy After NINE Nominations