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Kim Basinger: Biography

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Birth Place: Athens, GA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/08/1953, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor

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Kim Basinger Fast Facts:

Ancestry is a mixture of Swedish, German and Cherokee Indian.
Is an animal-rights activist and vegetarian.
Competed in the Junior Miss Athens pageant in 1971; crowned Georgia's Miss Breck that same year.
Signed to a modeling contract by fashion mogul Eileen Ford in the early 1970s.
Appeared in ad campaigns for Breck, Maybelline, Clairol and Revlon.
Made TV debut in 1976 in an episode of Starsky & Hutch.
Starred in the short-lived 1977 TV series Dog and Cat.
Is a Bond girl, having starred in the 1983 James Bond movie Never Say Never Again.
Posed for Playboy magazine in 1983.
In 1989, bought the town of Braselton, GA, with a group of investors.
Met future husband Alec Baldwin on the set of 1991's The Marrying Man; they were wed from 1993 to 2002. They later engaged in a very public battle over custody of their daughter, Ireland.

Kim Basinger Relationships:
Mick Basinger - Brother
Skip Basinger - Brother
Don Basinger - Father
Ashley Basinger - Sister
Barbara - Sister
Ireland Eliesse Baldwin - Daughter
Ron Snyder-Britton - Ex-husband
Ann Basinger - Mother
Alec Baldwin - Ex-husband
Kim Basinger Awards:
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
1985 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1997 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
1997 BAFTA Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Winner
College:
Attended University of Georgia, Athens, GA; attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, New York, NY

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Kim Basinger, Ireland Baldwin Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.com

Stephen Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

The Mermaid Chair, Kim Basinger, Alex Carter Chris Large/Lifetime Entertainment

The Mermaid Chair, Roberta Maxwell, Kim Basinger Chris Large/Lifetime Entertainment

The Mermaid Chair, Alex Carter, Kim Basinger Chris Large/Lifetime Entertainment

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