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Angela Bassett Defends Feeling 'Disappointed' She Lost Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis: 'I Was Deserving'

Angela Bassett recalls being 'disappointed' - and feeling like some thought she wasn't 'allowed' to be - after losing the Academy Award to Jamie Lee Curtis

In her cover story for Town & Country's March issue, the Zero Day actress said she "found it interesting ... that I wouldn’t be allowed to be disappointed at an outcome where I thought I was deserving." As she accepted the award onstage, Bassett shouted out "trailblazing" Black actresses who came before her, like Ruby Dee, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Rosalind Cash: "They were my North Star, my guiding light, proof that while the road may not be without curves and bumps, there was a way to fulfill what I believed deep in my soul was my destiny." Bassett reflected on her early days in show business during her interview with Town & Country, telling the magazine, "You’re just trying to find little pieces where you are, little moments of daylight to be able to do this.

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