Background
Ethnicity:
Basinger's ancestry includes German, Swedish, Irish and Native American, and she was raised a Methodist.
BASINGER, Kim was born on December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia, United States.
Ethnicity:
Basinger's ancestry includes German, Swedish, Irish and Native American, and she was raised a Methodist.
BASINGER, Kim was born on December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia, United States.
She spent most of her childhood studying ballet from about the time she was three to her mid-teens. She was suspended from her elementary school talent show after she stripped down to a bikini and sang "The Game of Love." When Basinger was 16, she started modeling by winning the Athens Junior Miss contest. She then won the title “Junior Miss Georgia”. She competed in the national Junior Miss pageant and was offered a modeling contract with Ford Modeling Agency. She turned it down in favor of singing and acting, but reconsidered and went to New York to become a Ford model.
2002 "8 Mile", 2000 "Bless the Child", 2000 " Dreamed of Africa", 1997 " L.A. Confidential", 1994 "The Getaway",1994
"Pret-A-Porter", 1993 "Wayne's World 2", 1993 "The Real McCoy", 1992 "Final Analysis", 1992 "Cool World", 1991 "The Marrying Manaka Too Hot to Handle", 1989 "Batman",
1988 "My Stepmother Is an Alien", 1987 "Blind Date", 1987
"Nadine", 1986 "No Mercy", 1986 "9 1/2 Weeks", 1985
"Fool for Love", 1984 "The Natural", 1983 "The Man Who Loved Women", 1983 "Never Say Never Again", 1982
"Mother Lode", 1981 "Hard Country", 1981"Killjoy" [TV], 1980
"From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor" [TV], 1980 "From Here to Eternity: Aftermath and Revenge" [TV], 1980 "From Here to Eternity: Island and Homecoming" [TV], 1980 "From Here to Eternity: Crossroads and Secrets" [TV], 1979 "From Here to Eternity" [TV], 1978 "Centerfold" [TV], 1978 "The Beauty Dream" [TV], 1978 "Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold" [TV], 1978 "The Ghost of Flight 401" [TV], 1977 "Dog and Cat" [TV]
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress.
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Nominated – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Kim Basinger is the third of five children
Donald Wade Basingerr as a U.S. Army soldier landed in Normandy on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Her mother, Ann (née Cordell), was a model, an actress, and a swimmer who appeared in several Esther Williams films.
She appeared in several Esther Williams films.
Basinger's ancestry inclu...
