Screen Queen Angela Bassett delivers a full-throttle display of beauty gone wild in 'Strength Becomes Her', styled by Sara Francia in the season's animal prints and sexy, black sensuality. Paola Kudacki is in the studio capturing Bassett's every move for Porter Edit July 20, 2018.

The superhero, 59, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 1993 for her role as singer Tina Turner in movie 'What’s Love Got To Do With It' and starred as Stella Payne in 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' talks 'Black Panther, self belief and age is just a number with Jane Mulkerrins. Read the interview.

The Queen of Anaconda is reaching a whole new generation of admirers from 6 to 86. This reality hit Bassett on her recent trip to Saint Lucia with husband and fellow actor Courtney B. Vance and their 12-year-old twins, Slater and Bronwyn. A seven-year-old Irish boy saw his supergirl and yelled to his father "Dad, Dad, that's the Queen!"

The black beauty agrees there are more roles for women of color in Hollywood. However, we shouldn't assume that these changes equate to significant social change in the larger American culture. The reason Bassett is so proud of her role as King T'Challa's mother Queen Ramonda is because 'Black Panther' HAS moved the "culture forward".

"To have a black male superhero, but also to have strong, complicated, vivid, black female characters was special. Usually we are just the mothers of, the lovers of . . . Culturally, socially, it just resonates on so many different levels, and I'm so proud to be a part of it."

Bassett also reminds us that "if you look at the statistics, there are more platforms, more opportunities, for everyone. So, when you actually dive into the percentages, they’re still the same. There’s always still work to do on this (Hollywood) house.”

On the topic of her 21-year marriage to Vance -- who recently won an Emmy for playing Johnnie Cochran in 'American Crime Story: The People v. O.J.Simpson -- Bassett smiles. “Well, he always said divorce is not an option. I’ve always told him: ‘Do what you want to do” – meaning pursue his dreams – “because I don’t want you to get to the end and blame anything on me.’”

The Harlem native will next be seen in 'Mission: Impossible -- Fallout' in theaters July 25 (UK) July 27(US).