"With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school. Each time you try to go a little further, get a little deeper, feel a little more, sculpt it a little better."
Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia) is an American actress, singer, and former fashion model.
She is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in Never Say Never Again, and Vicki Vale, in Batman (1989). Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nomination for her work in The Natural. She won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in L.A. Confidential (1997). Basinger also acted in the movies 9½ Weeks (1986), I Dreamed of Africa (2000) and 8 Mile (2002), and was in the music video for Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance".
Kim Basinger's works with pages on TV Tropes:
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Film roles
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- The Natural (1984)
- Fool for Love (1985)
- 9½ Weeks (1986)
- Blind Date (1987)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
- Batman (1989)
- The Marrying Man (1991)
- Cool World (1992)
- The Real McCoy (1993)
- The Getaway (1994)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Bless the Child (2000)
- 8 Mile (2002)
- Cellular (2004)
- The Sentinel (2006)
- Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
- Grudge Match (2013)
- The 11th Hour (2014)
- The Nice Guys (2016)
- Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
- Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Television roles
- Gemini Man: "Night Train to Dallas" (her acting debut)
- Charlie's Angels: "Angels tn Chains"
- The Six Million Dollar Man: "The Ultimate Imposter".
- From Here to Eternity (1979 mini-series and the subsequent 1980 TV series)
- The Simpsons: "When You Dish Upon a Star" (1998) as herself (voice)
Video game roles
- Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023) (voice)
Tropes associated with Kim Basinger's work:
- Awesome, Dear Boy: Her reaction when Tom Petty offered to have her in the music video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance". She didn't even care what it was about initially, as she was just excited to work with Petty, though the video did become a Creator's Favorite Episode for her.
- Creator Couple: Was famously married to Alec Baldwin from 1993 to 2002, when they worked together on two films, The Marrying Man (1991) and the remake of The Getaway (1994).
- Creator Killer: Ironically, a film she didn't make. She originally verbally agreed to appear in Boxing Helena, then backed out of it after reading the script. She was sued, lost, declared bankruptcy, and her next major project was L.A. Confidential, five years later. Given the destruction the film wrought on the people who were actually in it, one could argue that Basinger made the right call in spite of the damage it did to her career.
- Ms. Fanservice: Often, most notably in 9½ Weeks. (Ireland Baldwin is very much her mother's daughter in this respect.)
- Screaming Woman:
- In No Mercy (1986), when Eddie Jillette (played by Richard Gere) is driving her off the docks into the water.
- Also, in Mother Lode (1982), when Ian McGee (played by Charlton Heston) grabs her by her right hand out in the woods, and again when her friend, Jean, is almost pulled down to his death by Ian's evil brother, Silas.
- There are numerous YouTube compilations of her high-pitched screaming in Batman. Not for nothing one of the starring credits in Honest Trailers' take
on that film is "Vicki Vale Screaming". - Kim herself, is aware of this, as she posted a compilation of her screaming in her films on Instagram for Halloween in 2021.
- Southern Belle: Kim was born and raised in Athens, Georgia.
- Those Two Actors: Kim was in
- 9½ Weeks (1986), The Informers (2010), and Black November (2012), with Mickey Rourke.
- No Mercy (1986) and Final Analysis (1992) with Richard Gere.
- Nadine (1987) and The Door in the Floor (2004) with Jeff Bridges.
- The Marrying Man (1991) and The Getaway (1994) with Alec Baldwin.
- L.A. Confidential (1997) and Even Money (2006) with Danny DeVito.
- LA Confidential and The Nice Guys (2016) with Russell Crowe.
