Love continues to definitely be in the air at the Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett household. During the 2016 Emmy Awards, the critically-acclaimed actor and husband won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance as Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
But after getting on the mic and thanking God, his colleagues for their hard work and his family like many celebrities tend to do, Vance turned to his real-life leading lady, wife and an Emmy nominee herself, Angela Bassett (American Horror Story), and said, “To the woman who rocks my chain. Angela Evelyn Bassett, this one is for you girl!”
It was a classy and sexy move that left us all in an “Awww-isn’t-that-sweet” moment.
One can hardly believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since the Hollywood power couple tied the knot. With the divorce rate in upwards of 50% in the United States, this loving couple does what it takes to keep it together. No one knows this better than Courtney B. Vance, as he says it was harder to ask Angela if she liked him than it was to ask her to marry him.
The college sweethearts met while students at the Yale School of Drama. In the beginning they weren’t lovers, just friends, as they recall, “the best of friends.” For nearly 14 years they ran in the same collegiate circle and their bond grew deeper and eventually blossomed into a love that neither of them could deny.
After graduation, on October 12, 1997, Angela married Courtney and they began the next phase in their lives together as one. As both their careers began to take off, the couple was blessed with two little miracles – twins born via surrogate after years of trying to conceive.
Tip: Keep God as the Center
Despite the pressures of Hollywood they both make time for one thing: their love for God.
“God brought me an angel, a rare ruby,” Courtney admits. “And I don’t know where I’d be without her. I didn’t grow up in the church or in the bible. Nobody taught me how to be married or how to really love a wife. I’ve learned that the Lord wants a relationship with you, me, and with all of us. I had to learn that when the Queen is happy,