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The actress was nominated for best actress for playing Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do with It.
Then this year, she was up for best supporting actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – but looked unimpressed when she lost.
Academy President Janet Yang said she had given “transcendent performances that set new standards in acting”.
Bassett played Queen Ramonda in the Black Panther films, and is also known for her appearances in films like Boyz N the Hood, Malcolm X, Music of the Heart and Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
‘Consolation prize’
However, some fans pointed out that she deserved to have won a competitive Oscar. Writing in The Root, Shanelle Genai questioned whether the honorary award was “some sort of consolation prize”.
“Angela Bassett has quite literally been out-acting and acting circles around nearly everyone for the last few decades,” she said.
“She’s your favorite actor’s favorite actor, for crying out loud… She deserves more than an honorary anything. She deserves the real thing. She’s earned the real thing.”
Journalist Jerome Trammel said the honorary Oscar was “insulting”. He wrote on Twitter: “They’re trying to clean up the fact that racism runs deep in that show’s process. Calling it honorary leaves a stain that she didn’t get it by ‘their’ standards.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says honorary awards are given for lifetime achievements, exceptional contributions to film, and outstanding service to the Academy.
