Kim Basinger

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On the cover of Playboy, February 1983

Kim Basinger (born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia) is an American film actress of Irish, Swedish and 1/8th Cherokee descent. Entering the profession after great success as a model, her most prominent appearances include 9½ Weeks (1986), Batman (1989), and L.A. Confidential (1997) for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 1993 to 2002, she was married to actor Alec Baldwin, with whom she later engaged in a long legal custody battle regarding their child. After separating from Baldwin, she had a relationship with the rap artist and actor Eminem.

The small town of Braselton, Georgia, was bought by Basinger in 1989 for $20 million, with the hopes of establishing the town as a tourist attraction with movie studios and a film festival, but she met financial difficulties and sold it in 1993. The town is now owned by developer Wayne Mason.

Filmography

• Hard Country (1981)
• Mother Lode (1982)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
• The Natural (1984)
• Fool for Love (1985)
• 9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
• No Mercy (1986)
• Blind Date (1987)
• Nadine (1987)
• My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
• Batman (1989)
• The Marrying Man (1991)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• Cool World (1992)
• The Real McCoy (1992)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993) (Cameo)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
• The Getaway (1994)
• Ready to Wear (1994)
• Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997) (documentary)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
• Bless the Child (2000)
• 8 Mile (2002)
• People I Know (2002)
• The Door in the Floor (2004)
• Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
• Cellular (2004)
• Jump Shot (2005) (currently in post-production)
• The Sentinel (2006) (currently in pre-production)

Television work

• Dog and Cat (1977) (canceled after 6 episodes)
• The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
• Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978)
• From Here to Eternity (1979) (miniseries)
• From Here to Eternity (1980) (canceled after 13 episodes)
• Killjoy (1981)

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