The last time Angela Basset (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) was nominated for an Oscar 29 years ago for her portrayal of the singer Enter Tina Turner What Does Love Have To Do With Itand there are those who have since been under the impression that the actress was “stolen” from the Academy’s recognition.

On the day she received the new nomination, Bassett told the AP she was excited, nervous and thankful for the character of Queen Ramonda inside Wakanda forever.

“(Ramonda) reflects what mothers have always done, and is also a representation of what black mothers have done, keep their families together, cling to memories, cling to wisdom. It’s what she’s trying to do, despite the trauma she’s been through.”

AP film journalists Lindsay Bahr and Jake Coyle join the chorus predicts that Bassett will prevail for his colleagues Hong Chau (The whale), Kerry condom (The Banshees of Inisherin), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere Everything at once) and Jamie Lee Curtis, her main contender (Everything Everywhere Everything at once).

“Angela Basset looked like she was going to win, with Kerry Condon a possible runner-up. And it probably will. But Jamie Lee Curtis made things interesting when she won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).Barh thought.

“This was Basset long before Curtis had his big SAG moment,” opines Coyle, who believes Jamie Lee is a “supreme baby nepo,” a term applied to someone who has first come to where they are. family. “I’m staying with Bassett. Members of the academy may be hesitant to vote for a role in a Marvel movie. But she put in a very powerful performance Wakanda forever And It’s more than time for your Oscar moment”.

Stimulus is not lacking: Bassett was voted one of the magazine’s women of the year Timean honor she shares with Meghan Rapinoe, Rita Moreno, Cate Blanchett, Brooke Shields and Quinta Brunson.