Place of Birth:
Athens, Georgia, USA
Date of Birth:
12/8/1953
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.
8 Mile
Batman
Blind Date
The Real McCoy
The Getaway
L.A. Confidential
Nine 1/2 Weeks
The Door in the Floor
Prêt-à-Porter
Bless the Child
Final Analysis
I Dreamed of Africa
The Natural
The Sentinel
People I Know
The Marrying Man
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Wayne's World 2
Cellular
Back Home Again
No Mercy
Cool World
Never Say Never Again
Nadine
Elvis Has Left the Building
While She Was Out
Charlie St. Cloud
Grudge Match
The Informers
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Even Money
The Man Who Loved Women
Fool for Love
The Ghost of Flight 401
The Mermaid Chair
Hard Country
Mother Lode
Dog and Cat
Third Person
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Making of '8 Mile'
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
The Burning Plain
4 Minute Mile
Killjoy
I Am Here
Black November
The Nice Guys
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Fifty Shades Darker
Rita
Fifty Shades Freed
A Century of Cinema
Mystery of the Hope Diamond
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight