| Net Worth: | $20 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | December 8, 1953 (70 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Movie Actress |
| Nationality: | American |
Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lynn Bracken in the 1997 film L.A. Confidential. She has also starred in such films as Batman, The Natural, Never Say Never Again, 8 Mile and Cellular.
She studied ballet for over ten years. She worked as a cover girl for five years before debuting in Charlie’s Angels.
She provided her voice for a 1998 episode of The Simpsons entitled “When You Dish Upon a Star.”
Career
Kimila Ann Basigner was born in Athens, Georgia, on December 8, 1953. Her mother, Ann Lee (née Cordell), was a model and actress, and her father, Donald Wade Basinger, was a loan manager and big band musician, as well as a U.S. Army Veteran. She has four siblings. From when she was three years old to her mid-teens, Basinger studied ballet. When she was seventeen years old, she competed in America’s Junior Miss Scholarship Pageant, and was crowned Athens Junior Miss. Ford Modeling Agency offered her a modeling contract which she turned down in favor of pursuing a career in acting and singing, and she enrolled at the University of Georgia instead. However, she later changed her mind and moved to New York to work as a Ford model. Throughout the 1970s, she appeared in many, many advertisements; one of her most recognizable ads was as the Breck Shampoo girl. She also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the William Esper Studio for the Performing Arts.
Personal Life
She married Alec Baldwin in 1993 and then divorced him in 2002. The couple had a daughter named Ireland in 1995. She was also previously married to Ron Snyder from 1980 to 1989.
She played a leading role in Batman alongside Jack Nicholson.
Quotes
“Clarity keeps you from boredom.”
— Kim Basinger
“I feel there are two people inside me – me and my intuition. If I go against her, she’ll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.”
— Kim Basinger
“I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.”
— Kim Basinger
“I just absolutely, totally hated school. It was like a prison to me. I just could not stand that structured, absolute disciplined way of having to deal with life.”
— Kim Basinger
“You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they’re going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.”
— Kim Basinger