Basinger Kim: biography and films of a Hollywood actress. What is Kim Basinger doing now?

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Chic, sexy, beauty icon. It seems that time has stopped before the famous Hollywood actress and sex symbol of the late twentieth century, Kim Basinger. Even in her sixties, this spectacular blonde looks as stunning as ever.

About childhood and youth

Basinger Kim was born on December 8, 1953 in the United States of America in the city of Athens. In addition to Kim, there were two more girls and two boys in the family. The father of the family worked as a financial consultant, and his mother worked as a fashion model. In childhood, Kim was a very shy and shy child, which was caused by a puritanical upbringing and loneliness. Due to her peculiar nature, the girl had a hard time with her peers at school.

But already in high school, the appearance of the future star began to change for the better. This change led to the courtship of the guys, which added to the girl's self-confidence. She went from timid and insecure to independent and confident.

The way to the world of high fashion

Basinger Kim's first bright victory took place at a beauty contest inschool. It was she who inspired the girl to continue such activities. Already at the age of seventeen, Basinger took part and won the Miss Georgia contest among juniors. Next was New York. It was with participation in the Miss America contest that the career of a charming girl in the world of high fashion began to develop.

You can't say that everything was easy for her. Hardworking Kim is constantly busy with work: in commercials, fashion model, photo model. In addition, she also dances and sings, plays in amateur productions. All this helped her achieve independence in the personal and financial spheres, but did not bring any pleasure. In search of a better life, Kim decided to go to California, where she began acting in television films. But even this did not bring her the long-awaited success.

Irresistible beauty success

Hesitating for a long time, Basinger Kim nevertheless decides to work with Playboy magazine. And not in vain. After the release of her photographs, offers with the best roles rained down one after another. Already in 1983, she played in the film "The Man Who Loved Women." Further success was in the tape from the Bond film series Never Say Never. By participating in this work, Kim was able to show all her abilities - plasticity, sportswear and sexual grace. In the film, the girl appeared in the image of a mysterious, fair-haired, irresistible, erotically attractive beauty. In this image, the beginning actress liked the audience. No wonder the film was a huge success at the worldwide box office.

Star role

It is from this kind of work that Kim Basinger gets satisfaction. Films with her participation fell in love with the audience in many countries of the world. And the popularity of the actress soared to the maximum. But by far the most "star" in Kim's life was the film "9 ½ Weeks" by E. Line. Becoming a hit not only in America, he received a stunning success and brought in more than one hundred million dollars. Although outrage was expressed in several countries against the explicit eroticism in the film, this only contributed to the film's popularity even more.

Playing her role, Basinger had to combine two professions - an actress and a fashion model. Thanks to her musical abilities, perfect body control, absolute sense of the camera, the girl brilliantly coped with the task in love scenes. After the long-awaited release of the picture, the image of the Golden Lady of eroticism stuck tightly to Kim Basinger. Photos of the actress flashed even more forcefully in newspapers and magazines.

Filmography of the actress

After finishing work in the film "Nine and a Half Weeks", Basinger successfully played in such films as "Nadine" (comedy), "In absentia", "No Mercy" (thriller). In each tape, she is wonderful in different ways - mobile, humorous, resourceful, sparkling, optimistic and energetic.

In 1989, Kim played the role of a photojournalist in the film "Batman". The image of the blond beauty, who entered the fight against the forces of evil, again riveted the views of millions of viewers.

In 1997, the actress received two awards - "Golden Globe" and "Oscar" for the brilliantly played role of a prostitute in the detective story "LA Confidential".

Of course, Kim Basinger remains in demand in the 2000s. Films with her participation are released on the screens: “I dreamed of Africa”, “Save and save”, “Burning Plain”, “While she was gone”, “Informants”. In 2010, she starred in the film The Double Life of Charlie St. Cloud.

Private life

The personal life of the actress cannot be called cloudless. The first chosen one, makeup artist Ron Britton, was sixteen years older than Kim Basinger. The biography of the actress in 1980 was replenished with a new festive event - a wedding. However, scandals were constantly present in the young family due to jealousy on the part of her husband. Eight years of such a life turned Kim into an alcoholic, drug addict and hysterical. In addition, after the divorce, she was forced to transfer alimony to her ex-husband. After such a marriage, Kim could not look in the direction of men for a long time.

However, after Basinger saw Alec Baldwin on the set of the movie "Batman", he began to stubbornly court her. It took him incredible effort to win Kim's heart.

Meanwhile, Basinger agreed to shoot the film "Elena in the box", but after reading the signed contract, she changed her mind. In this regard, she had to pay almost ten million dollars in pen alties, which practically made her bankrupt. Therefore, Basinger Kim accepted the marriage proposal from Alec Baldwin without hesitation. romanticThe wedding of the actors took place in 1993, and after a couple of years they had a beautiful girl named Island. Their married life was also full of bright colors of passion and constant quarrels. After seven years of living together, the couple separated. Alec flew to New York and plunged headlong into political life, while Kim and her daughter stayed in Los Angeles. According to rumors, after the divorce, Baldwin began a relationship with a young actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. And the ex-wife, in revenge, had an affair with rapper Eminem, twenty years her junior.

In 2013, sixty-year-old Kim Basinger celebrated her next anniversary together with her family and close friends. Now the actress is in the ranks of the US Democratic Party. And for her significant contribution to the development of cinema, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.