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Birth name Kim Basinger Date of birth (location) 8 December 1953, Athens, Georgia, USA Height 5' 7"

Kim Basinger was born December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, the 3rd of 5 children. Both her parents had been in entertainment, her dad had played big-band jazz, and her mother had performed water ballet in several Esther Williams movies.

Kim was introspective, from her father's side. As a schoolgirl, she was very shy. To help her overcome this, her parents had Kim study ballet from an early age. By the time she reached sweet sixteen, the once-shy Kim entered the Athens Junior Miss contest. From there, she went on to win the Junior Miss Georgia title, and traveled to New York to compete in the national Junior Miss pageant. Kim, who had blossomed to a 5'7" beauty, was offered a contract on the spot with the Ford Modeling Agency. At the age of 20, Kim was a top model commanding $1,000 a day. Throughout the early 1970s, she appeared on dozens of magazine covers and in hundreds of ads, most notably as the Breck girl.

Kim took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse, performed in various Greenwich Village clubs, and she sang under the stage name Chelsea. Kim moved to Los Angeles in 1976, ready to conquer Hollywood. Kim broke into television doing episodes of such hit series as "Charlie's Angels." In 1980, she'd marry Ron Britton (they divorced in 1989). In movies, she would have roles like being a Bond girl in "Never Say Never Again" (1983), or play a small-town Texan beauty in "Nadine" (1987). Her breakout role was as photojournalist Vicki Vale in the blockbuster hit "Batman." There was no long-orchestrated campaign on her part to snag this plumb role, Kim was a last-minute replacement for Sean Young. This took her to a career high.

With perhaps too much disposable income, Kim headed up an investment group that purchased the entire town of Braselton, in her native Georgia, for $20 million (she would later have to sell it).

In 1993, Kim married Alec Baldwin, and in 1995 they had a daughter, Ireland Eliesse. Kim took some time off to stay at home with her child. Unfortunately Kim and Alec divorced in 2000.

Kim, who loves animals and is a strict vegetarian, devoted energy to animal rights issues, and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), even posing for some ads. In 1997, Kim gave an Oscar-winning performance in the film noir classic "L.A. Confidential." Kim's salary for "I Dreamed of Africa" is $5,000,000-- putting her firmly in the category of big-name movie star.

In 1995 Kim Basinger had been chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#40).

Source is Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com)