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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 …
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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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Kim Basinger's Filmography
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Back Home Again
as Mother Bear (voice)
No Poster
Mein Name ist Connery, Sean Connery
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Fifty Shades Freed
as Elena Lincoln
Busty Blondes with Natural Racks
as (archive footage)
Fifty Shades Darker
as Elena Lincoln
The Nice Guys
as Judith Kuttner
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
as Self
I Am Here
as Maria
Third Person
as Elaine
4 Minute Mile
as Claire Jacobs
Grudge Match
as Sally Rose
Black November
as Kristy
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Mystery of the Hope Diamond
as Narrator
Charlie St. Cloud
as Louise St. Cloud
The Burning Plain
as Gina
The Informers
as Laura Sloan
While She Was Out
as Della
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
No Poster
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Even Money
as Carolyn Carver
The Mermaid Chair
as Jessie Sullivan
The Sentinel
as Sarah Ballentine
Cellular
as Jessica Martin
Elvis Has Left the Building
as Harmony Jones
The Door in the Floor
as Marion Cole
Dialing Up "Cellular"
as Self
Rita
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of '8 Mile'
as Self
People I Know
as Victoria Gray
8 Mile
as Stephanie
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Vicky Vale (archive footage)
Bless the Child
as Maggie O'Connor
I Dreamed of Africa
as Kuki Gallmann
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
as Self
L.A. Confidential
as Lynn Bracken
Prêt-à-Porter
as Kitty Potter
The Getaway
as Carol McCoy
A Century of Cinema
as Self
Wayne's World 2
as Honey Hornée
The Real McCoy
as Karen McCoy
Cool World
as Holli Would
Final Analysis
as Heather Evans
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
The Marrying Man
as Vicki Anderson
Batman
as Vicki Vale
My Stepmother Is an Alien
as Celeste Martin
Nadine
as Nadine Hightower
Blind Date
as Nadia Gates
No Mercy
as Michel Duval
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Elizabeth
Fool for Love
as May
The Natural
as Memo Paris
The Man Who Loved Women
as Louise Carr
Never Say Never Again
as Domino Petachi
Mother Lode
as Andrea Spalding
Killjoy
as Laury Medford
Hard Country
as Jodie
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
as Katie McEvera
The Ghost of Flight 401
as Prissy Frasier
Dog and Cat
as Officer J.Z. Kane
Getting Lost
as (voice)