Possible Clues:

• Actress Bassett of 'Olympus Has Fallen'
• First name in European politics
• — Merkel, Chancellor
• — Merkel, German Chancellor
• 'Who's the Boss?' role
• Girl writing Guardian article
• Cartwright who played one of the von Trapp children in 'The Sound of Music'
• An upper-class girl? A girl
• __ Bassett, actor who played 1 down in her 2002 biopic
• Winged being