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Angela Bassett is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated actress known for her many dramatic roles in films, television and on stage. Some of those celebrated roles include What\u2019s Love Got to Do With It, Waiting to Exhale, Malcolm X <\/em>and The Rosa Parks Story<\/em>. Most recently, she plays the role of Queen Ramonda in the Marvel record-breaking blockbuster, Black Panther.<\/em> What some don\u2019t know about the talented actress is that she is a strong woman of faith who has managed to balance God and faith in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Parade<\/em>, Angela shared how she found God through the church. She grew up in Florida, with her great-grandfather who was a pastor. Her mother had her in Sunday School and choir.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in the church means things like going to Bible study with your grandmother on Wednesday and if the choir director picks you up hitchhiking, he\u2019ll give you a lesson and then your mother will give you a lesson and maybe a lockdown,\u201d Angela told Parade.<\/em> \u201cThe community was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in the church allowed her to grow up as a confident woman of God with great faith. She can\u2019t imagine living in a world without knowing God.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove of God made so much sense to me when other things don\u2019t,\u201d Angela said. \u201cLife is so beautiful and complex that it doesn\u2019t make sense to me that it was just an explosion. It\u2019s my belief system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angela gives all credit to God for her acting career and believes everything she\u2019s done is according to His purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that life is precious and we are precious. Every man. Every woman. Diversity is divine. Everyone has a purpose. And I think I found mine and an early age when I found theater,\u201d Angela said. \u201cMy career portrayals had an impact on certain people. It\u2019s grace. And I pray to be strong. To follow my dreams, but to not crave it so much that I\u2019m easily preyed upon. And that I can walk away. All money is not good money and some of these situations can rob you of your good intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n

For this reason, she stresses the importance of knowing yourself and knowing who you\u2019re serving. Choosing to serve anyone but God can have life-altering results.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing who you are and staying true to that is everything. Everyone is going to serve something and that can become the center of their existence,\u201d Angela said. \u201cMine is love of God and faith, as opposed to fame and money. All those things are nice, but not if you serve them. They have the potential to devour.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Christian Post<\/em>, she shared that she leans on Scriptures when encountering challenges during the acting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoubt seeped in but thank God for faith,\u201d she said of her directorial debut with the Lifetime film Whitney<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll things work together for good, for those who have the Lord and are called according to His purpose,\u201d Angela said, quoting Romans 8:28. \u201cSo I have foundations and He is my rock I keep going back to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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