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Kim Basinger

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Kim Basinger

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Also known as Kimila Ann

American actress (born 1953)

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Kim Basinger is an American film actor, singer, voice actor, and stage actor. Born Kimila Ann Basinger on December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, she is a female vocalist who performs in the dance music and jazz genres. Her professional career began in 1976, and she is educated at the University of Georgia and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She speaks American English and is married to Alec Baldwin, with whom she has a child named Ireland Baldwin.

Basinger has received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is a vegetarian and is recognized in collections for the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Athens, Georgia, USA

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…

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  • 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self2023
  • Back Home Again — Mother Bear (voice)2021
  • Fifty Shades Freed — Elena Lincoln2018
  • Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
  • Fifty Shades Darker — Elena Lincoln2017
  • Comrade Detective — Sally Smith (voice)2017
  • The Nice Guys — Judith Kuttner2016
  • The Natural: The Best There Ever Was — Self2016
  • I Am Here — Maria2015
  • Third Person — Elaine2014

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1953

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Listeners
332
Total plays
3,848

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Georgia native model-turned-actress Kim Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is best known for her film roles in 9 1/2 Weeks (1986), Batman (1989), and L.A. Confidential (1997). Basinger was dating Prince in 1989 when she appeared on his "Scandalous Sex Suite" single. An unreleased Basinger album from the same year called "Hollywood Affair" is widely available as a bootleg. Although frequently purported to be a Prince project, it is notably absent <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kim+Basinger">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ann
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Athens
Spouse
Alec Baldwin
Child
Ireland Baldwin
Occupation
model
Educated at
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
American English
Award
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
blond hair
Genre
dance music
Instrument
voice
Image
Kim Basinger - The Natural.jpg
Height
171
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nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
social media followers
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birth name
Kimila Ann Basinger
writing language
English language
name in native language
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Encyclopedic overview

Kimila Ann Basinger (/ˈbeɪsɪŋər/ BAY-sing-ər; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film, 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. Initially a TV starlet, she shot to fame as a Bond girl in 1983 and enjoyed a long heyday over the next two decades.

Basinger began her career as a model and switched to acting in 1976. She appeared in several television productions, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), before making her feature debut in the rural drama Hard Country (1981). Basinger first gained widespread attention for her performance of Domino Petachi in the James Bond entry Never Say Never Again (1983). She went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her role 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.

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