Possible Clues:

• -- Merkel, the first female chancellor of Germany
• Messenger from heaven descending on a girl
• Deputy leader of the Labour Party
• Bassett who once portrayed Rosa Parks
• Bassett of "Malcolm X"
• Lansbury who will appear posthumously in "Glass Onion"
• Her ashes were the subject of a Frank McCourt memoir
• Gay icon Lansbury
• Divine messenger initially annoyed woman
• Bassett who plays Marvel's Queen Ramonda