I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep.
I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.
Angela worked extremely hard to win her part as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, turning in a lengthy, brutal, intense audition that left her with a broken finger during a screen test of a violent scene. She also maintained a no-sugar diet, weight-trained for 4 hours a day, 6 days a week, and did extensive aerobic dance routines to achieve Tina's incredible fit, muscular physique. In the end, Angela won the role over Halle Berry and Robin Givens.
Angela and her younger sister grew up encouraging each other to be creative, putting on shows or performing music and dance routines for the family. At her high school, she stayed involved by joining the debate club, becoming a member of the student government, and cheerleading.
Angela was the first and only African American recipient of the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy' as of 2005. She received the honor for her dead-on portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993's What's Love Got to Do with It?.
Angela refused the role of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball, due to the required nudity.
Angela has built her career by playing some of the most powerful, influential, pioneering black women of the twentieth century.
Angela made her Broadway debut in 1985, in August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, directed by Lloyd Richards.
Angela began working at the Hartford Stage Company in 1984, performing in The Mystery Plays.
Angela was the first black student at her high school to be accepted into the National Honor Society.
Angela was inspired to act after an 11th grade class field trip to Washington, DC during which she saw James Earl Jones star in a Kennedy Center production of Mice and Men.
She is married to fellow actor Courtney B. Vance and they have twin daughters together through a surrogate. Their names are Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah.
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