Kim Basinger Biography (2)

I Dreamed of Africa marks her first motion picture since winning the 1998 Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in L.A. Confidential. She recently completed another new feature, Bless The Child, slated for release this fall.

She has appeared in more than 20 feature films, making her big screen starring debut opposite Robert Redford in The Natural.

Basinger's credits include the blockbuster Batman; the sensual thriller 9½ Weeks; No Mercy and Final Analysis, both with Richard Gere; Ready To Wear (Pret a Porter) and Fool For Love, both directed by Robert Altman; and The Marrying Man and The Getaway, opposite husband Alec Baldwin. Her other movies include Blind Date, opposite Bruce Willis; Cool World, with Brad Pitt; The Real McCoy, with Val Kilmer; and Nadine, opposite Jeff Bridges.

In addition to the Motion Picture Academy Of Arts and Sciences' prestigious Oscar, she was honored with a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA nomination in England for L.A. Confidential. The film version of James Ellroy 's classic crime novel of the same title earned a total of nine Academy Award nominations.

Basinger divides her time between New York and Los Angeles and is active in conservation and other social causes.

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