Monday, 19 March 2012

Kim Basinger Biography


Kim Basinger Biography
Name:Kimila Ann "Kim  Basinger"
Date of Birth: December 8, 1953
Place of Birth: Athens, Georgia
Kimila Ann "Kim Basinger"is an American actress, singer, and former fashion model.
Kim  Basinger is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in Never Say Never Again (1983), and Vicki Vale, the female lead in Batman (1989). Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nomination for her work in The Natural (1984). Kim  Basinger 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) and 8 Mile (2002).
Early Life
Basinger was born in Athens, Georgia. Kim  Basinger father, Donald Wade Basinger, was a big band musician and loan manager who as a U.S. Army soldier landed in Normandy on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Kim  Basinger mother, Ann (née Cordell), was a model, an actress, and a swimmer who appeared in several Esther Williams films. The third of five children, she has two brothers, Mick and Skip, and two sisters, Ashley and Barbara. Basinger's ancestry includes German, Swedish, Irish and Native American, and she was raised a Methodist.
Kim  Basinger spent most of her childhood studying ballet from about the time she was three to her mid-teens. When Basinger was 16, she started modeling by winning the Athens Junior Miss contest. Kim  Basinger then won the title “Junior Miss Georgia”. Kim  Basinger competed in the national Junior Miss pageant and was offered a modeling contract with Ford Modeling Agency. Kim  Basinger turned it down in favor of singing and acting, but reconsidered and went to New York to become a Ford model.
Career 
Basinger at the 1990 Academy AwardsNot long after the Ford deal, Basinger was on the cover of magazines. Kim  Basinger appeared in hundreds of ads throughout the early 1970s, most notably as the Breck Shampoo girl. Kim  Basinger alternated between modeling and attending acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as performing in Greenwich Village clubs.
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