Kim Basinger
Born: 1953-12-08 in Athens, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Following a brief but successful career modeling in New York, Basinger moved to Los Angeles where she began acting on television in 1976. She appeared in several made-for-TV films, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), before making her feature debut in the drama Hard Country (1981). Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s, Basinger came to prominence for her performance of Bond girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again (1983). She went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work in The Natural (1984), starred in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), and played Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's Batman (1989), which remains the highest-grossing film of her career. For her femme fatale portrayal in L.A. Confidential (1997), Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include No Mercy (1986), Blind Date (1987), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Cool World (1992), The Real McCoy (1993), I Dreamed of Africa (2000), 8 Mile (2002), The Door in the Floor (2004), Cellular (2004), The Sentinel (2006), The Burning Plain (2009), Grudge Match (2013), and Fifty Shades Darker (2017). Divorced from makeup artist Ron Snyder and actor Alec Baldwin, Basinger cohabits with her longtime hairdresser, Mitch Stone. She had a high-profile relationship between marriages with the late musician Prince, with whom she recorded an album, Hollywood Affair, and is the mother of social media influencer Ireland Baldwin from her marriage to Alec.
Filmography
2024
- A Look Through His Lens ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2021
- Back Home Again as Mother Bear (voice)
2018
- Fifty Shades Freed as Elena Lincoln
2017
- Fifty Shades Darker as Elena Lincoln
- Comrade Detective as Sally Smith (voice)
2016
- The Nice Guys as Judith Kuttner
- The Natural: The Best There Ever Was as Self
2015
- I Am Here as Maria
2014
- Third Person as Elaine
- 4 Minute Mile as Claire Jacobs
2013
- Grudge Match as Sally Rose
2012
- Black November as Kristy
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2010
- Charlie St. Cloud as Louise St. Cloud
- Mystery of the Hope Diamond as Narrator
2008
- The Informers as Laura Sloan
- The Burning Plain as Gina
- While She Was Out as Della
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
2007
- Even Money as Carolyn Carver
2006
- The Sentinel as Sarah Ballentine
- The Mermaid Chair as Jessie Sullivan
2004
- Cellular as Jessica Martin
- The Door in the Floor as Marion Cole
- Elvis Has Left the Building as Harmony Jones
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The Making of '8 Mile' as Self
- Rita as Narrator (voice)
2002
- 8 Mile as Stephanie
- People I Know as Victoria Gray
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Vicky Vale (archive footage)
2000
- I Dreamed of Africa as Kuki Gallmann
- Bless the Child as Maggie O'Connor
1998
- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self
1997
- L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken
1994
- The Getaway as Carol McCoy
- Prêt-à-Porter as Kitty Potter
- A Century of Cinema as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Wayne's World 2 as Honey Hornée
- The Real McCoy as Karen McCoy
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Final Analysis as Heather Evans
- Cool World as Holli Would
1991
- The Marrying Man as Vicki Anderson
- MTV's 10th Anniversary Special as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Kim Basinger (voice)
- Batman as Vicki Vale
1988
- My Stepmother Is an Alien as Celeste Martin
1987
- Blind Date as Nadia Gates
- Nadine as Nadine Hightower
1986
- Nine 1/2 Weeks as Elizabeth
- No Mercy as Michel Duval
1985
- Fool for Love as May
1984
- The Natural as Memo Paris
1983
- Never Say Never Again as Domino Petachi
- The Man Who Loved Women as Louise Carr
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Mother Lode as Andrea Spalding
1981
- Killjoy as Laury Medford
- Hard Country as Jodie
1980
- From Here to Eternity as Lorene Rogers
1979
- From Here to Eternity as Lorene Rogers
1978
- Vega$
- The Ghost of Flight 401 as Prissy Frasier
- Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold as Katie McEvera
1977
- Dog and Cat as Officer J.Z. Kane
- Dog and Cat as Officer C.Z. Kane
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Linda Oliver
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
- Gemini Man
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Lorraine Stenger
1953
- The Oscars as Self