Kim Basinger

Biography

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Saturday Night Live

Fifty Shades Freed

Charlie's Angels

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Batman

All Movies (62)

• Back Home Again2021 · as Mother Bear (voice)
• Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
• Fifty Shades Freed2018 · as Elena Lincoln
• Fifty Shades Darker2017 · as Elena Lincoln
• The Nice Guys2016 · as Judith Kuttner
• The Natural: The Best There Ever Was2016 · as Self
• I Am Here2015 · as Maria
• Third Person2014 · as Elaine
• 4 Minute Mile2014 · as Claire Jacobs
• Grudge Match2013 · as Sally Rose
• Black November2012 · as Kristy
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Mystery of the Hope Diamond2010 · as Narrator
• Charlie St. Cloud2010 · as Louise St. Cloud
• The Burning Plain2008 · as Gina
• The Informers2008 · as Laura Sloan
• While She Was Out2008 · as Della
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight2008 · as Self
• Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Even Money2007 · as Carolyn Carver
• The Mermaid Chair2006 · as Jessie Sullivan
• The Sentinel2006 · as Sarah Ballentine
• Cellular2004 · as Jessica Martin
• Elvis Has Left the Building2004 · as Harmony Jones
• The Door in the Floor2004 · as Marion Cole
• Dialing Up "Cellular"2004 · as Self
• Rita2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Making of '8 Mile'2003 · as Self
• People I Know2002 · as Victoria Gray
• 8 Mile2002 · as Stephanie
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Vicky Vale (archive footage)
• Bless the Child2000 · as Maggie O'Connor
• I Dreamed of Africa2000 · as Kuki Gallmann
• Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery1998 · as Self
• L.A. Confidential1997 · as Lynn Bracken
• Prêt-à-Porter1994 · as Kitty Potter
• The Getaway1994 · as Carol McCoy
• A Century of Cinema1994 · as Self
• Wayne's World 21993 · as Honey Hornée
• The Real McCoy1993 · as Karen McCoy
• Cool World1992 · as Holli Would
• Final Analysis1992 · as Heather Evans
• MTV's 10th Anniversary Special1991 · as Self
• The Marrying Man1991 · as Vicki Anderson
• Batman1989 · as Vicki Vale
• My Stepmother Is an Alien1988 · as Celeste Martin
• Nadine1987 · as Nadine Hightower
• Blind Date1987 · as Nadia Gates
• No Mercy1986 · as Michel Duval
• Nine 1/2 Weeks1986 · as Elizabeth
• Fool for Love1985 · as May
• The Natural1984 · as Memo Paris
• The Man Who Loved Women1983 · as Louise Carr
• Never Say Never Again1983 · as Domino Petachi
• Mother Lode1982 · as Andrea Spalding
• Killjoy1981 · as Laury Medford
• Hard Country1981 · as Jodie
• Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold1978 · as Katie McEvera
• The Ghost of Flight 4011978 · as Prissy Frasier
• Dog and Cat1977 · as Officer J.Z. Kane
• Getting Lost— · as (voice)

All TV Shows (19)

• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• Comrade Detective2017 · as Sally Smith (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as Kim Basinger (voice)
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• From Here to Eternity1980 · as Lorene Rogers
• From Here to Eternity1979 · as Lorene Rogers
• Vega$1978
• Dog and Cat1977 · as Officer C.Z. Kane
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Linda Oliver
• Gemini Man1976
• 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Lorraine Stenger
• The Oscars1953 · as Self