Kim Basinger

Kimila Ann Basinger born December 8 1953 is an American actress and former fashion model She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award a Golden Globe Award a Screen Actors Guild Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Following a brief but successful career modeling in New York Basinger moved to Los Angeles where she began acting on television in 1976 She appeared in several madeforTV films including a remake of From Here to Eternity 1979 before making her feature debut in the drama Hard Country 1981 Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s Basinger came to prominence for her performance of Bond girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again 1983 She went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work in The Natural 1984 starred in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks 1986 and played Vicki Vale in Tim Burtons Batman 1989 which remains the highestgrossing film of her career For her femme fatale portrayal in LA Confidential 1997 Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Her other films include No Mercy 1986 Blind Date 1987 My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988 Cool World 1992 The Real McCoy 1993 I Dreamed of Africa 2000 8 Mile 2002 The Door in the Floor 2004 Cellular 2004 The Sentinel 2006 The Burning Plain 2009 Grudge Match 2013 and Fifty Shades Darker 2017 Divorced from makeup artist Ron Snyder and actor Alec Baldwin Basinger cohabits with her longtime hairdresser Mitch Stone She had a highprofile relationship between marriages with the late musician Prince with whom she recorded an album Hollywood Affair and is the mother of social media influencer Ireland Baldwin from her marriage to Alec