Black Love For Life: 8 Times Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance Were Crazy In Love

The couple is celebrating 21 years of wedded bliss today.

WESTWOOD, CA – JANUARY 27: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance attend the premiere of FX’s ‘American Crime Story – The People V. O.J. Simpson’ at Westwood Village Theatre on January 27, 2016 in Westwood, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage)

By Danielle Pointdujour · Updated October 23, 2020

Black love may be making more headlines than ever before now, but here at ESSENCE we know it’s nothing new to see happily married Black couples shine. Take married actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance for instance. They’re always goals. The couple, who married in 1997, are celebrating 21 years of wedded bliss today, and they still can’t get enough of each another. In every photo they take together, you can see and feel the love. Don’t believe us? The proof is in the picture. Here are eight times Angela and Courtney were oh-so-crazy in love on camera.

Where It All Began

Angela and Courtney’s timeless love began back in the 90s.