Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger is an American actor who worked as a model before establishing a screen career. Her 1980s films include Never Say Never Again, The Natural and 9½ Weeks. In Tim Burton's Batman she played photojournalist Vicki Vale opposite Michael Keaton.

Basinger won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for supporting actress for L.A. Confidential, Curtis Hanson's adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. Her later films include I Dreamed of Africa, The Door in the Floor and The Burning Plain. These roles took her from large commercial productions into smaller dramas as well as subsequent ensemble films such as The Nice Guys.