Kim-Basinger

Basinger began her career as the Breck shampoo girl. She later posed for Playboy at age 17 and landed the Bond girl role in 1983's Never Say Never Again. A year later, the actress starred in The Natural opposite Robert Redford, which led to 1986's steamy smash 9 ½ Weeks, her first official leading lady role. But after 1989's Batman, nine relatively empty years would follow. In 1997, she would return to the silver screen with a vengeance, playing a sexy, mysterious femme fatale in L.A. Confidential, which earned her an Oscar. Since 2000 she's laid low, making about one movie per year.


1. In a business venture with her brother, she bought the town of Braselton, Ga. for $20 million, which she later sold. This caused a major rift in the family, and she didn't speak to her mother for nine years.
2. As an adult, she sought treatment for severe agoraphobia. She was once housebound for six months; as a child, her parents had her tested for autism because of her extreme shyness.
3. She dated Prince in 1998.
4. She fell in love with her co-star Alec Baldwin on the set of The Marrying Man; she had insisted that he chase down a dog that had been hit by a car — and he did.
5. She stopped eating meat as a child.


"I don't consider myself sexy. I have to act to be sexy. I'm not very good at being a 'girl' for the type of man who loves that kind of thing. I'm a clean person; I'll put on a little makeup, but I'm basically not a very feminine girl."
— Vanity Fair, May 2000


Husband: Alec Baldwin, actor, married Aug. 9, 1993, divorced Feb. 2000
Husband:Ron Snyder-Britton, makeup artist, married Oct. 1980, divorced 1988
Daughter: (with Baldwin) Ireland Eliesse, born Oct. 23, 1995


1998: Academy Award: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, L.A. Confidential; Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, L.A. Confidential

1985: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, The Natural

FILMS

Even Money - (2007) - Actor
The Sentinel - (2006) - Actor
Elvis Has Left the Building - (2005) - Actor
The Door in the Floor - (2004) - Actor
Cellular - (2004) - Actor
People I Know - (2003) - Actor
8 Mile - (2002) - Actor
8 Mile/Empire - (2002) - Actor
I Dreamed of Africa - (2000) - Actor
Bless the Child - (2000) - Actor
L.A. Confidential - (1997)  - Actor
The Getaway - (1994) - Actor
Ready to Wear - (1994) - Actor
The Real Mccoy - (1993) - Actor
Wayne's World 2 - (1993) - Actor
Final Analysis - (1992) - Actor
Cool World - (1992) - Actor
The Marrying Man - (1991) - Actor
Batman - (1989) - Actor
My Stepmother Is an Alien - (1988) - Actor
Blind Date - (1987) - Actor
Nadine - (1987) - Actor
9 1/2 Weeks - (1986) - Actor
No Mercy - (1986) - Actor
Fool for Love - (1985) - Actor
The Natural - (1984) - Actor
The Man Who Loved Women - (1983) - Actor
Mother Lode - (1982) - Actor
Hard Country - (1981) - Actor
Killjoy - (1981) - Actor
From Here to Eternity - (1979) - Actor