Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Following a brief but successful career modeling in New York, Basinger moved to Los Angeles where she began acting on television in 1976. She appeared in several made-for-TV films, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), before making her feature debut in the drama Hard Country (1981). Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s, Basinger came to prominence for her performance of Bond girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again (1983). She went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work in The Natural (1984), starred in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), and played Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's Batman (1989), which remains the highest-grossing film of her career. For her femme fatale portrayal in L.A. Confidential (1997), Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include No Mercy (1986), Blind Date (1987), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Cool World (1992), The Real McCoy (1993), I Dreamed of Africa (2000), 8 Mile (2002), The Door in the Floor (2004), Cellular (2004), The Sentinel (2006), The Burning Plain (2009), Grudge Match (2013), and Fifty Shades Darker (2017). Divorced from makeup artist Ron Snyder and actor Alec Baldwin, Basinger cohabits with her longtime hairdresser, Mitch Stone. She had a high-profile relationship between marriages with the late musician Prince, with whom she recorded an album, Hollywood Affair, and is the mother of social media influencer Ireland Baldwin from her marriage to Alec.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 8, 1953 (72)
- Athens, Georgia, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 54 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
What are Kim Basinger's films like?
Across their 47 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 44
A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 14 · Dark 16
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 4
Gentle 10 · Charged 21 · Intense 16
Steady 20 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 6
Straight-faced 33 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 7
Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 3
Casual 19 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 20 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 15
Resolved 31 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 9
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 13 of 30 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Katie McEvera in Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978)
- Shapeshifteras Prissy Frasier in The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
- Heroas Jodie in Hard Country (1981)
- Heroas Laury Medford in Killjoy (1981)
- Allyas Andrea Spalding in Mother Lode (1982)
- Tricksteras Louise in The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
- Shapeshifteras Memo Paris in The Natural (1984)
- Shadowas Elizabeth in 9½ Weeks (1986)
- Shapeshifteras Michel Duval in No Mercy (1986)
- Shapeshifteras Nadia Gates in Blind Date (1987)
- Heroas Nadine Hightower in Nadine (1987)
- Shapeshifteras Celeste Martin in My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
- Heraldas Vicki Vale in Batman (1989)
- Heroas Vicki Anderson in The Marrying Man (1991)
- Tricksteras Holli Would in Cool World (1992)
- Shapeshifteras Holli Would in Cool World (1992)
- Shapeshifteras Heather Evans in Final Analysis (1992)
- Heroas Karen McCoy in The Real McCoy (1993)
- Allyas Carol McCoy in The Getaway (1994)
- Heraldas Kitty Potter in Ready to Wear (1994)
- Heroas Maggie O'Connor in Bless the Child (2000)
- Heroas Kuki Gallmann in I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
- Allyas Victoria Gray in People I Know (2002)
- Heraldas Narrator in Rita (2003)
- Heroas Jessica Martin in Cellular (2004)
- Shadowas Marion Cole in The Door in the Floor (2004)
- Heroas Harmony Jones in Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
- Heroas Carolyn in Even Money (2006)
- Heroas Della in While She Was Out (2008)
- Heroas Maria in The 11th Hour (2014)
Moods and endings
- Happy17
- Bittersweet19
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous9
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kim Basinger's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 54 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- Fool for Love (1985) · actor · free
- Killjoy (1981) · actor · free
- Blind Date (1987) · actor · free
- Mother Lode (1982) · actor · free
- The Getaway (1994) · actor · free
- Charlie's Angels (1976) · actor · free
- I Dreamed of Africa (2000) · actor · free
- Hard Country (1981) · actor · free
- No Mercy (1986) · actor · free
- Black November (2012) · actor · free
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) · actor · free
- While She Was Out (2008) · actor, producer · free
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- Cinemax, show their 2 titles on Cinemax
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- FOX One, show their title on FOX One
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Subscription and free streaming for Kim Basinger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
66 credits, 54 with a MovieCove page; 18 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
A Look Through His Lens(2024)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Back Home Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Fifty Shades Freed(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Comrade Detective(2017)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Fifty Shades Darker(2017)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Nice Guys(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The 11th Hour(2014)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Third Person(2013)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
4 Minute Mile(2014)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Grudge Match(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Black November(2012)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Charlie St. Cloud(2010)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Burning Plain(2008)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Informers(2008)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
While She Was Out(2008)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Even Money(2006)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Mermaid Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Sentinel(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Cellular(2004)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Door in the Floor(2004)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Rita(2003)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
People I Know(2002)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
8 Mile(2002)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Bless the Child(2000)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
I Dreamed of Africa(2000)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
L.A. Confidential(1997)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Ready to Wear(1994)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Getaway(1994)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Wayne's World 2(1993)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Real McCoy(1993)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Cool World(1992)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Final Analysis(1992)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Marrying Man(1991)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Batman(1989)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Nadine(1987)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Blind Date(1987)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
No Mercy(1986)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
9½ Weeks(1986)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Fool for Love(1985)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Natural(1984)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Man Who Loved Women(1983)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Never Say Never Again(1983)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Mother Lode(1982)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Killjoy(1981)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Hard Country(1981)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all filmsFrom Here to Eternity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
From Here to Eternity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Ghost of Flight 401(1978)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Dog and Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Dog and Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Gemini Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all showsFilm '72 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Getting Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles, 65 of them dated from 1971 to 2024; peak year 2003.
Biggest box office
Batman (1989)
Highest rated
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Most popular right now
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Film career
Peak 2003 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 22 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1982Screen debut· Mother Lode
- 1987First top-billed film· Blind Date
- 2004Career best· Cellular
- 2017Career best· Comrade Detective
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Kim Basinger's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 47 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th20
- Below 25th16
Shape of the crowd
23 of their 54 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed11
- Mixed23
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 42 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kim Basinger's work okay for kids?
Across up to 24 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Kim Basinger work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Basinger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Curtis Hanson shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Curtis HansonShared titles: Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008), 8 Mile (2002), L.A. Confidential (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Curtis Hanson
- Robert AltmanShared titles: Ready to Wear (1994), Fool for Love (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Altman
- Blake EdwardsShared titles: Blind Date (1987), The Man Who Loved Women (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Blake Edwards
Actors
- Mickey RourkeShared titles: Black November (2012), The Informers (2008), 9½ Weeks (1986)See all 3 shared titles with Mickey Rourke
- Danny DeVitoShared titles: Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008), Even Money (2006), L.A. Confidential (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Danny DeVito
- Tim BurtonShared titles: A Look Through His Lens (2024), A Century of Cinema (1994), Batman (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Burton
- Glenn CloseShared titles: A Look Through His Lens (2024), The Natural (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Glenn Close
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Danny ElfmanShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Batman (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Elfman
- Christopher YoungShared titles: The Informers (2008), Bless the Child (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Young
- Suzy ElmigerShared titles: People I Know (2002), Ready to Wear (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Suzy Elmiger
- Peter Menzies Jr.Shared titles: Bless the Child (2000), The Getaway (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Menzies Jr.
Producers
- Michael NozikShared titles: Third Person (2013), People I Know (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Nozik
- Scott BushnellShared titles: Ready to Wear (1994), Fool for Love (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Bushnell
- David PermutShared titles: The Marrying Man (1991), Blind Date (1987)See all 2 shared titles with David Permut
- Jonathan D. KraneShared titles: Blind Date (1987), The Man Who Loved Women (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan D. Krane
Mixed roles
- Barry LevinsonShared titles: The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016), The Natural (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Levinson
- Caleb DeschanelShared titles: The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016), The Natural (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Caleb Deschanel
- Mark JohnsonShared titles: The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016), The Natural (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Johnson
- Roger TowneShared titles: The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016), The Natural (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Towne
