Angela Bassett’s Bold Play to Launch the First Woman POTUS — And Why the Stars Say This Could Actually Happen
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You ever wonder if the stars might be nudging Angela Bassett into the Oval Office before the rest of us even get the memo? This year, Bassett stepped up to the presidential podium—not once, but twice—playing commander-in-chief on screen with roles in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Netflix’s Zero Day. Now, I don’t claim to read the cosmos like a horoscope, but with Mercury retrograde in Aquarius shaking up old power structures and calling for fresh energy, maybe it’s no coincidence that Angela’s presidential portrayals are flipping the script on who we imagine wearing the crown (or the presidential seal). She’s not just acting; she’s planting a seed, hoping that one day soon life will catch up to art—and that real women, by the stars and votes, will ascend to America’s highest office. Because let’s face it: Hollywood has been doing the heavy lifting on representation while the actual political arena lags behind like a Capricorn stuck in traffic. Angela’s message? Keep dreaming, keep seeing yourself in those powerful roles because one day… one day, as she puts it, we’ll get there. Ready to see how she’s using her platform to make history before history makes itself? LEARN MORE.
Angela Bassett stepped into the role of commander-in-chief twice on screen this year and says she’s hoping her portrayals help pave the way for a real woman to take the White House.
The two-time Oscar nominee plays President Erika Sloane in the upcoming summer blockbuster Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and previously portrayed President Evelyn Mitchell in the Netflix political thriller Zero Day.
“Whenever I’m portraying them, I’m hoping and waiting for the day where life will imitate art. We’re not there yet, obviously,” Bassett told People.
Bassett has long been outspoken about the importance of representation and believes her presidential roles may help audiences imagine new possibilities.
“Maybe (it’s) for some people to see representation. We always talk about that idea of seeing yourself in film and theatre, seeing what’s possible, human interaction,” she said. “So I think … the film is aspirational in its way, so one day, one day. We’ll get there.”
The United States has come close to electing a woman president twice in recent years—first with Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then with Kamala Harris in 2024.
Both lost to Donald Trump, who secured 312 electoral votes to Harris’s 226 in the most recent election.
Excerpt: Angela Bassett used her presidential roles and her personal platform to push for Kamala Harris’s election and hopes to see a woman lead the U.S. soon.
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