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Basinger has described herself as extremely shy, which had a major effect on her during her childhood and young adulthood. Basinger's ancestry includes English, German, Swedish, and Ulster Scots. 1951), and two younger sisters, Barbara (b.

The middle of five children, she has two older brothers, Skip (b. Army soldier, he landed in Normandy on D-Day. Her father, Donald Wade Basinger (1923–2016), was a big band musician and loan manager as a U.S. Her mother, Ann Lee (née Cordell 1925–2017), was a model, actress and swimmer who appeared in several Esther Williams films. She had a high-profile 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.īasinger was born in Athens, Georgia, on December 8, 1953. 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).ĭivorced from makeup artist Ron Snyder and actor Alec Baldwin, Basinger cohabits with her longtime hairdresser, Mitch Stone. Confidential (1997), Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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 Burton's Batman (1989), which remains the highest-grossing film of her career.

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 appeared in several made-for-TV films, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), before making her feature debut in the drama Hard Country (1981). 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.įollowing a brief but successful career modeling in New York, Basinger moved to Los Angeles where she began acting on television in 1976. Kimila Ann Basinger ( / ˈ b eɪ s ɪ ŋ ər/ BAY-sing-ər born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model.