Kim Basinger
Biography
Kimila Ann Basinger is an American actress and former fashion model born on December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia. 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 modeling career in New York, Basinger moved to Los Angeles and began acting on television in 1976. She appeared in made-for-television films, including a remake of From Here to Eternity in 1979, before making her feature film debut in the drama Hard Country in 1981. Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s, she has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television.
Career overview
Kimila Ann Basinger was born on December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia. She is an American actress and former fashion model. During her career, she has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, receiving 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 relocated to Los Angeles, where she began acting on television in 1976. She appeared in several made-for-TV films, which included a remake of From Here to Eternity in 1979. She subsequently made her feature film debut in the drama Hard Country in 1981. Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s, Basinger came to prominence through her subsequent work in the entertainment industry.
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- A Look Through His Lens (2024) Executive Producer
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) as Self
- Back Home Again (2021) as Mother Bear (voice)
- Fifty Shades Freed (2018) as Elena Lincoln
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
- Fifty Shades Darker (2017) as Elena Lincoln
- Comrade Detective (2017) as Sally Smith (voice)
- The Nice Guys (2016) as Judith Kuttner
- The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016) as Self
- I Am Here (2015) as Maria
- Third Person (2014) as Elaine
- 4 Minute Mile (2014) as Claire Jacobs
- Grudge Match (2013) as Sally Rose
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- Black November (2012) as Kristy
- Charlie St. Cloud (2010) as Louise St. Cloud
- Mystery of the Hope Diamond (2010) as Narrator
- The Informers (2008) as Laura Sloan
- The Burning Plain (2008) as Gina
- While She Was Out (2008) as Della
- While She Was Out (2008) Executive Producer
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (2008) as Self
- Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008) as Self
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight (2008) as Self
- Even Money (2007) as Carolyn Carver
- The Sentinel (2006) as Sarah Ballentine
- The Mermaid Chair (2006) as Jessie Sullivan
- Cellular (2004) as Jessica Martin
- The Door in the Floor (2004) as Marion Cole
- Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) as Harmony Jones
- Dialing Up "Cellular" (2004) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Rita (2003) as Narrator (voice)
- The Making of '8 Mile' (2003) as Self
- 8 Mile (2002) as Stephanie
- People I Know (2002) as Victoria Gray
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001) as Vicky Vale (archive footage)
- Bless the Child (2000) as Maggie O'Connor
- I Dreamed of Africa (2000) as Kuki Gallmann
- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998) as Self
- L.A. Confidential (1997) as Lynn Bracken
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994) as Kitty Potter
- The Getaway (1994) as Carol McCoy
- A Century of Cinema (1994) as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Wayne's World 2 (1993) as Honey Hornée
- The Real McCoy (1993) as Karen McCoy
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Cool World (1992) as Holli Would
- Final Analysis (1992) as Heather Evans
- The Marrying Man (1991) as Vicki Anderson
- MTV's 10th Anniversary Special (1991) as Self
- The Simpsons (1989) as Kim Basinger (voice)
- Batman (1989) as Vicki Vale
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) as Celeste Martin
- Blind Date (1987) as Nadia Gates
- Nadine (1987) as Nadine Hightower
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) as Elizabeth
- No Mercy (1986) as Michel Duval
- Fool for Love (1985) as May
- The Natural (1984) as Memo Paris
- Never Say Never Again (1983) as Domino Petachi
- The Man Who Loved Women (1983) as Louise Carr
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Mother Lode (1982) as Andrea Spalding
- Hard Country (1981) as Jodie
- Killjoy (1981) as Laury Medford
- From Here to Eternity (1980) as Lorene Rogers
- From Here to Eternity (1979) as Lorene Rogers
- Vega$ (1978)
- The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978) as Prissy Frasier
- Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978) as Katie McEvera
- Dog and Cat (1977) as Officer C.Z. Kane
- Dog and Cat (1977) as Officer J.Z. Kane
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Linda Oliver
- 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
- Gemini Man (1976)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Co-Host
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Lorraine Stenger
- Film '72 (1971)
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Getting Lost as (voice)