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 made-for-TV 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 Burton's Batman (1989), which remains the highest-grossing film of her career. For her femme fatale portrayal in L.A. 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 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.

Filmography

• 2024A Look Through His Lens — Executive Producer
• 2021Back Home Again — Mother Bear (voice)
• 2018Fifty Shades Freed — Elena Lincoln
• 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
• 2017Busty Blondes With Natural Racks — (archive footage)
• Comrade Detective — Sally Smith (voice)
• 2017Fifty Shades Darker — Elena Lincoln
• 2016The Nice Guys — Judith Kuttner
• 2015I Am Here — Maria
• 20144 Minute Mile — Claire Jacobs
• 2014Third Person — Elaine
• 2013Grudge Match — Sally Rose
• 2012Black November — Kristy
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2010Charlie St. Cloud — Louise St. Cloud
• 2010Mystery of the Hope Diamond — Narrator
• 2008The Burning Plain — Gina
• 2008The Informers — Laura Sloan
• 2008While She Was Out — Della, Executive Producer
• 2007Even Money — Carolyn Carver
• 2006The Mermaid Chair — Jessie Sullivan
• 2006The Sentinel — Sarah Ballentine
• 2004Cellular — Jessica Martin
• 2004Elvis Has Left the Building — Harmony Jones
• 2004The Door in the Floor — Marion Cole
• 2003Rita — Narrator (voice)
• 20028 Mile — Stephanie
• 2002People I Know — Victoria Gray
• 2001Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes — Vicky Vale (archive footage)
• 2000Bless the Child — Maggie O'Connor
• 2000I Dreamed of Africa — Kuki Gallmann
• 1997L.A. Confidential — Lynn Bracken
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Kitty Potter
• 1994The Getaway — Carol McCoy
• 1993The Real McCoy — Karen McCoy
• 1993Wayne's World 2 — Honey Hornée
• 1992Cool World — Holli Would
• 1992Final Analysis — Heather Evans
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991The Marrying Man — Vicki Anderson
• 1989Batman — Vicki Vale
• The Simpsons — Kim Basinger (voice)
• 1988My Stepmother Is an Alien — Celeste Martin
• 1987Blind Date — Nadia Gates
• 1987Nadine — Nadine Hightower
• 1986Nine 1/2 Weeks — Elizabeth
• 1986No Mercy — Michel Duval
• 1985Fool for Love — May
• 1984The Natural — Memo Paris
• 1983Never Say Never Again — Domino Petachi
• 1983The Man Who Loved Women — Louise Carr
• 1982Mother Lode — Andrea Spalding
• 1981Hard Country — Jodie
• 1981Killjoy — Laury Medford
• From Here to Eternity — Lorene Rogers
• From Here to Eternity — Lorene Rogers
• 1978Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold — Katie McEvera
• 1978The Ghost of Flight 401 — Prissy Frasier
• Vega$
• 1977Dog and Cat — Officer J.Z. Kane
• Dog and Cat — Officer C.Z. Kane
• Charlie's Angels — Linda Oliver
• Gemini Man
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Lorraine Stenger
• Film '72
• Getting Lost — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 2020Mein Name ist Connery, Sean Connery — Self (archive footage)
• 2016The Natural: The Best There Ever Was — Self
• 2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight — Self
• 2008Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• 2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• 2004Dialing Up "Cellular" — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Making of '8 Mile' — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 1998Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery — Self
• 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1991MTV's 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Co-Host
• The Oscars — Self