Round 1: Tossup 6

In a 2023 Vulture essay about this actress’s “self-possession,” Angelica Jade Bastién discusses a scene in which her character tells her husband “hell, I’m not worried” after slapping his mistress in front of his co-workers. Fatboy Slim’s song “Right Here, Right Now” samples (15[1])this actress’s dialogue from a film in which she removes her high heels to evade two policemen by running through a public party on New Year’s Day. This actress improvised all the dialogue in a scene in which her character walks towards the camera after loading her husband’s (*) wardrobe into a car and setting it on fire. This star of How Stella Got Her Groove Back led the ensemble cast of Waiting to Exhale. At a February 2023 awards show, this star of Strange Days made a third-person joke about herself, referencing Ariana DeBose’s BAFTAs rap that she “did the thing.” For 10 points, the biopics Malcolm X and What’s Love Got to Do with It star what actress (10[1])as Betty Shabazz and Tina Turner? ■END■

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