Kim Basinger Overview

Biography

Kim Basinger gave an Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning performance in Curtis Hanson's neo-noir crime drama "L.A. Confidential" (1997). While often cast for her ethereal beauty, the root of Basinger's real gift was her ability to imbue even her most extroverted characters with a gentle vulnerability, and to offer well-crafted characterizations of increasingly interesting and complex women.