Kim Basinger American Actress Known for L.A. Confidential

Kim Basinger, born 8 December 1953 in Athens, is an American actress. She is recognised for appearances in L.A. Confidential (1997) and 8 Mile (2002).

Early life

Kim Basinger was educated at Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, University of Georgia and William Esper Studio.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Kim Basinger is Dog and Cat (1977). During the 1980s, she worked on Never Say Never Again (1983, as Domino Vitali) and Batman (1989, as Vicki Vale). Work from the 1990s includes Prêt-à-Porter (1994) and The Getaway (1994). Cellular (2004) and Elvis Has Left the Building (2004, as Harmony Jones) are among her 2000s credits. In the 2010s, she appeared in The Nice Guys (2016) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018).

Her filmography here covers 45 films and one TV series from 1977 to 2018. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (10), followed by action (7) and comedy (6). Of her four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Batman (1989) has the highest, at $412 million.

Russell Crowe appears in two of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Danny DeVito (two titles) and Alec Baldwin (two titles). Curtis Hanson directed two of her titles on record. In genre terms, the records list dance music.

Recognition

In 1998, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for L.A. Confidential. She has also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1997) for L.A. Confidential and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (1997) for L.A. Confidential. Awards come to 5 wins and 3 nominations in total.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Ron Snyder (1980 to 1989, divorced) and Alec Baldwin (1993 to 2002, divorced). She is the mother of Ireland Baldwin.