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| 2 | ->''"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."'' |
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| 4 | Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia) is an American actress, singer, and former fashion model. |
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| 6 | She is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', and Vicki Vale, in ''Film/Batman1989''. Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nomination for her work in ''Film/TheNatural''. She won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Film/LAConfidential'' (1997). Basinger also acted in the movies ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks'' (1986), ''I Dreamed of Africa'' (2000) and ''Film/EightMile'' (2002), and was in the music video for Music/TomPetty's "Music/MaryJanesLastDance". |
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| 9 | !!Kim Basinger's works with pages on TV Tropes: |
| 10 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 12 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 13 | * ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' (1983) |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheNatural'' (1984) |
| 15 | * ''Theatre/FoolForLove'' (1985) |
| 16 | * ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks'' (1986) |
| 17 | * ''Film/BlindDate'' (1987) |
| 18 | * ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' (1988) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' (1989) |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheMarryingMan'' (1991) |
| 21 | * ''Film/CoolWorld'' (1992) |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheRealMcCoy'' (1993) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheGetaway'' (1994) |
| 24 | * ''Film/LAConfidential'' (1997) |
| 25 | * ''Film/BlessTheChild'' (2000) |
| 26 | * ''Film/EightMile'' (2002) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Cellular}}'' (2004) |
| 28 | * ''[[Film/TheSentinel2006 The Sentinel]]'' (2006) |
| 29 | * ''Film/CharlieStCloud'' (2010) |
| 30 | * ''Film/GrudgeMatch'' (2013) |
| 31 | * ''[[Film/The11thHour2014 The 11th Hour]]'' (2014) |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' (2016) |
| 33 | * ''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Darker]]'' (2017) |
| 34 | ** ''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Freed]]'' (2018) |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 38 | * ''Series/GeminiMan'': "Night Train to Dallas" (her acting debut) |
| 39 | * ''Series/CharliesAngels'': "Angels tn Chains" |
| 40 | * ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'': "The Ultimate Imposter". |
| 41 | * ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'' (1979 mini-series and the subsequent 1980 TV series) |
| 42 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E5WhenYouDishUponAStar When You Dish Upon a Star]]" (1998) [[AsHimself as herself]] (voice) |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Video game roles]] |
| 46 | * ''VideoGame/CrimeBossRockayCity'' (2023) (voice) |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
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| 50 | !!Tropes associated with Kim Basinger's work: |
| 51 | * AwesomeDearBoy: 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 CreatorsFavoriteEpisode for her. |
| 52 | * CreatorCouple: Was famously married to Creator/AlecBaldwin from 1993 to 2002, when they worked together on two films, ''Film/TheMarryingMan'' (1991) and the remake of ''Film/TheGetaway'' (1994). |
| 53 | * CreatorKiller: Ironically, a film she ''didn't'' make. She originally verbally agreed to appear in ''Film/BoxingHelena'', then backed out of it after reading the script. She was sued, lost, declared bankruptcy, and her next major project was ''Film/LAConfidential'', 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. |
| 54 | * MsFanservice: Often, most notably in ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks''. (Ireland Baldwin is very much her mother's daughter in this respect.) |
| 55 | * ScreamingWoman: |
| 56 | ** In ''No Mercy'' (1986), when Eddie Jillette (played by Creator/RichardGere) is driving her off the docks into the water. |
| 57 | ** Also, in ''Mother Lode'' (1982), when Ian [=McGee=] (played by Creator/CharltonHeston) 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. |
| 58 | ** There are numerous Website/YouTube compilations of her high-pitched screaming in ''Batman''. Not for nothing one of the starring credits in ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''[='=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkebn0-iG3k take]] on that film is "Vicki Vale Screaming". |
| 59 | ** Kim herself, is [[SelfDeprecation aware of this]], as [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtD1d3jBVQ/ she posted a compilation]] of her screaming in her films on Instagram for [[HalloweenTropes Halloween]] in 2021. |
| 60 | * SouthernBelle: Kim was born and raised in Athens, [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA Georgia]]. |
| 61 | * ThoseTwoActors: Kim was in |
| 62 | ** ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks'' (1986), ''The Informers'' (2010), and ''Black November'' (2012), with Creator/MickeyRourke. |
| 63 | ** ''No Mercy'' (1986) and ''Final Analysis'' (1992) with Creator/RichardGere. |
| 64 | ** ''Nadine'' (1987) and ''The Door in the Floor'' (2004) with Creator/JeffBridges. |
| 65 | ** ''Film/TheMarryingMan'' (1991) and ''Film/TheGetaway'' (1994) with Creator/AlecBaldwin. |
| 66 | ** ''Film/LAConfidential'' (1997) and ''Even Money'' (2006) with Creator/DannyDeVito. |
| 67 | ** ''LA Confidential'' and ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' (2016) with Creator/RussellCrowe. |
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