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Kim Basinger

Acting Born Dec 8, 1953 Athens, Georgia, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Simpsons

as Kim Basinger (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Co-Host
Film

Fifty Shades Freed

as Elena Lincoln
Film

Batman

as Vicki Vale

Full filmography

  • The Simpsons (1989) as Kim Basinger (voice)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Co-Host
  • Fifty Shades Freed (2018) as Elena Lincoln
  • The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Lorraine Stenger
  • Charlie's Angels (1976) as Linda Oliver
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Batman (1989) as Vicki Vale
  • Good Day Live (2001) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Vega$ (1978)
  • Fifty Shades Darker (2017) as Elena Lincoln
  • The Nice Guys (2016) as Judith Kuttner
  • 8 Mile (2002) as Stephanie
  • Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) as Elizabeth
  • L.A. Confidential (1997) as Lynn Bracken
  • 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) as Self
  • Never Say Never Again (1983) as Domino Petachi
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • Cellular (2004) as Jessica Martin
  • My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) as Celeste Martin
  • Charlie St. Cloud (2010) as Louise St. Cloud
  • The Getaway (1994) as Carol McCoy