Kim Basinger

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Biography

Kim Basinger started her big screen career in a series of roles as blonde arm candy, but eventually acted her way out of that status with an Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning performance in Curtis Hanson's neo-noir crime drama, "L. A. Confidential" (1997). It was a cruel twist of fate that the leggy bombshell was born shy and panic-stricken over being the center of attention, but she managed to build a steady career out of fighting her …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Camera, Film & Tape, Music

Born

Kimila Ann Basinger on December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia, USA

Career Milestones

2010

Appeared opposite Zac Efron in "Charlie St. Cloud," about a young man (Efron) coming to terms with the death of his younger brother

2009

Joined an ensemble cast for "The Informers"; based on a collection of short stories by Bret Easton Ellis

2007

Co-starred in Mark Rydell's "Even Money," a series of intertwining stories on how gambling and drugs destroy people's lives

2006

Starred opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the thriller, "The Sentinel"

2004

Starred in the thriller "Cellular"

2004

Starred opposite Jeff Bridges in "The Door in the Floor"

2003

Co-starred with Al Pacino in "People I Know"

2002

Re-teamed with director Curtis Hanson to play the drug-addled mother of an aspiring rap singer (played by Eminem) in "8 Mile"

2000

Portrayed conservationist Kuki Gallmann in "I Dreamed of Africa"

1997

Returned to features to play a call girl made to look like Veronica Lake in Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential"

1994

Played fashion reporter Kitty Potter in Altman's "Prêt-à-Porter"

1992

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1992

Re-teamed with Gere for "Final Analysis"

1990

Co-starred with future husband Alec Baldwin, playing lovers in "The Marrying Man"

1989

Replaced the injured Sean Young in the role of Vicki Vale, love interest to "Batman"

1986

First screen pairing with Richard Gere in "No Mercy"

1986

Starred opposite Mickey Rourke in the erotic "9 1/2 Weeks"

1985

First screen collaboration with Robert Altman, "Fool for Love"

1983

Posed nude for Playboy magazine to promote her role in the Bond film

1983

Had breakout role playing Bond girl, Domino Petachi in "Never Say Never Again" opposite Sean Connery

1981

Made feature acting debut in "Hard Country"

1979

Cast as Lorene Rogers in the NBC miniseries adaptation of "From Here to Eternity"; reprised role for a short-lived spin-off the following year

1978

Played the title role in the NBC TV-movie, "Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold"

1977

First starring role as J Z Kane in ABC's police drama, "Dog and Cat" (a pilot TV-movie and then a short-lived series)

1976

Made TV debut in an episode of "Starsky and Hutch" (ABC)

Appeared in campaigns for Breck shampoo, Maybelline, Clairol and Revlon

Signed by Eileen Ford to a modeling contract

Dropped out of college and moved to NYC to pursue modeling career

1971

Won the national Miss Breck competition and appeared with her mother in an advertisement for the shampoo

1971

Won the Junior Miss Georgia contest

1971

At age 16, won the Athens Junior Miss contest

Awards

1998

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in L.A. Confidential

1998

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in L.A. Confidential

1997

BAFTA Award for Actress In a Leading Role in L.A. Confidential

1997

Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in L.A. Confidential

1997

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in L.A. Confidential

1994

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female in The Getaway

1994

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in Wayne's World 2

1993

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female in Cool World

1992

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female in Final Analysis

1984

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in The Natural