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[2])this (15[1])actress’s (15[1])dialogue from a film (15[1])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 (10[1])How Stella Got Her Groove Back led the ensemble cast of Waiting to Exhale. (10[1])At a February 2023 awards show, this star of Strange Days made a third-person joke (10[2])about herself, (10[1])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 as Betty Shabazz and Tina Turner? ■END■

ANSWER: Angela Bassett [or Angela Evelyn Bassett]
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