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Kim Basinger

American actress (born 1953)

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Kim Basinger is an American actress born in 1953 who has appeared in films and television throughout her career. She is notable as a prominent figure in Hollywood entertainment during the latter part of the 20th century.

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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…

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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 — Self

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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.