


During her acting career, Bassett has portrayed a wide variety of characters, from Katherine Jackson in the TV miniseries "The Jacksons: An American Dream" and Bernadine in "Waiting to Exhale" to Stella in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." The academy, from time to time, likes to unofficially recognize career achievement, with some competitive wins seemingly the result of the question, "How has this person not won yet?" This logic perhaps applies to winners like Leonardo DiCaprio, who won the Oscar for best actor in "The Revenant" in 2016, Julianne Moore, who earned an Oscar for best actress in "Still Alice" in 2015, and Christopher Plummer, who won for best supporting actor for "Beginners" in 2012.īut applying this rule to this year's best supporting actress just doesn't hold up. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
