Birthplace: Athens, Georgia
Occupations: Actor, Musician, Model
Significant Other(s):
Husband: Alec Baldwin, actor; met while filming The Marrying Man in 1990; married August 19, 1993; filed for divorce January 2001
Husband: Ron Britton, makeup artist; married 1980; sued Basinger for divorce, asked for $12,000 per month in alimony; divorced 1989
Family:
Mother: model
Father: Don, landed at Normandy on D-Day
Brother: Mick, marketing director
Siblings: Has another brother and two sisters; siblings nicknamed Basinger "Dodo" as a child
Daughter: Ireland Eliesse Baldwin; born October 23, 1995

Awards:
1997: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actress; L.A. Confidential

Factoids:
Received the Hollywood Women's Press Club's Sour Apple Award in 1991

Education:
Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, NY

Kim Basinger was born December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, the 3rd of 5 children. Both her parents had been in entertainment, her dad had played big-band jazz, and her mother had performed water ballet in several Esther Williams movies. Kim was introspective, from her father's side. As a schoolgirl, she was very shy. To help her overcome this, her parents had Kim study ballet from an early age. By the time she reached sweet sixteen, the once-shy Kim entered the Athens Junior Miss contest. From there, she went on to win the Junior Miss Georgia title, and traveled to New York to compete in the national Junior Miss pageant. Kim, who had blossomed to a 5' 7" beauty, was offered a contract on the spot with the Ford Modeling Agency. At the age of 20, Kim was a top model commanding $1,000 a day. Throughout the early 1970s, she appeared on dozens of magazine covers and in hundreds of ads, most notably as the Breck girl. Kim took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse, performed in various Greenwich Village clu bs, and she sang under the stage name Chelsea. Kim moved to Los Angeles in 1976, ready to conquer Hollywood. Kim broke into television doing episodes of such hit series as "Charlie's Angels" (1976). In 1980, she married Ron Britton (they divorced in 1989). In movies, she had roles like being a Bond girl in Never Say Never Again (1983) and playing a small-town Texan beauty in Nadine (1987). Her breakout role was as photojournalist Vicki Vale in the blockbuster hit Batman (1989). There was no long-orchestrated campaign on her part to snag this plumb role, Kim was a last-minute replacement for Sean Young. This took her to a career high.

With perhaps too much disposable income, Kim headed up an investment group that purchased the entire town of Braselton, in her native Georgia, for $20 million (she would later have to sell it). In 1993, Kim married Alec Baldwin, and in 1995 they had a daughter, Ireland Eliesse. Kim took some time off to stay at home with her child. Kim, who loves animals and is a strict vegetarian, devoted energy to animal rights issues, and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), even posing for some ads. In 1997, Kim gave an Oscar-winning performance in the film noir classic L.A. Confidential (1997). Kim's salary for I Dreamed of Africa (2000) was $5,000,000 - putting her firmly in the category of big-name movie star. And no doubt there are still many great things ahead, in the career of cover girl turned Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger.

Filmography :
Aurora Island (2003)
8 Mile (2002)
Bless the Child (2000)
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
Sean Connery Close Up (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Century of Cinema, A (1994)
Getaway, The (1994)
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Real McCoy, The (1993)
Cool World (1992)
Final Analysis (1992)
Marrying Man, The (1991)
Batman (1989)
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Nadine (1987)
Blind Date (1987)
No Mercy (1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Fool for Love (1985)
Natural, The (1984)
Man Who Loved Women, The (1983)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Mother Lode (1982)
Hard Country (1981)

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