Kim Basinger in the 1997 film "LA Confidential".Kimila Ann Basinger ‎(born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia)‎ is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model.

Basinger is of German, Irish, Swedish and one-eighth Cherokee descent.

Entering the acting profession after great success as a fashion model, her most prominent appearances include 9½ Weeks ‎(1986)‎, Batman ‎(1989)‎ and L.A. Confidential ‎(1997)‎ for which she received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

From 1993 to 2002, she was married to actor Alec Baldwin, with whom she later engaged in a long legal custody battle ‎(still ongoing)‎ regarding their daughter, Ireland. He says that the case is classic parental alienation syndrome and has spent more than $1m trying to maintain contact. She says he should amend his acting schedule to fit in with hers.

The small town of Braselton, Georgia, was bought by Basinger in 1989 for $20 million, with the hopes of establishing the town as a tourist attraction with movie studios and a film festival, but she met financial difficulties and sold it in 1993. The town is now owned by developer Wayne Mason.

Filmography
Hard Country ‎(1981)‎
Mother Lode ‎(1982)‎
Never Say Never Again ‎(1983)‎
The Man Who Loved Women ‎(1983)‎
The Natural ‎(1984)‎
Fool for Love ‎(1985)‎
9 1/2 Weeks ‎(1986)‎
No Mercy ‎(1986)‎
Blind Date ‎(1987)‎
Nadine ‎(1987)‎
My Stepmother Is an Alien ‎(1988)‎
Batman ‎(1989)‎
The Marrying Man ‎(1991)‎
Final Analysis ‎(1992)‎
Cool World ‎(1992)‎
The Real McCoy ‎(1992)‎
Wayne's World 2 ‎(1993)‎ ‎(cameo)‎
A Century of Cinema ‎(1994)‎ ‎(documentary)‎
The Getaway ‎(1994)‎
Ready to Wear ‎(1994)‎
L.A. Confidential ‎(1997)‎
I Dreamed of Africa ‎(2000)‎
Bless the Child ‎(2000)‎
8 Mile ‎(2002)‎
People I Know ‎(2002)‎
The Door in the Floor ‎(2004)‎
Elvis Has Left the Building ‎(2004)‎
Cellular ‎(2004)‎
Jump Shot ‎(2005)‎
The Sentinel ‎(2006)‎
Preceded by:
Juliette Binoche
for The English Patient Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1997
for L.A. Confidential Succeeded by:
Judi Dench
for Shakespeare in Love

Television work
Dog and Cat ‎(1977)‎ ‎(canceled after six episodes)‎
The Ghost of Flight 401 ‎(1978)‎
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold ‎(1978)‎
From Here to Eternity ‎(1979)‎ ‎(miniseries)‎
From Here to Eternity ‎(1980)‎ ‎(canceled after thirteen episodes)‎
Killjoy ‎(1981)‎
Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait ‎(1997)‎ ‎(documentary)‎
The Simpsons ‎(1998: 13.17)‎ ‎(as herself)‎

Kim Basinger at the Internet Movie Database
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