Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model.
Basinger is of German, Irish, Swedish and one-eighth Cherokee descent and one-sixteenth Jamaican.
Entering the acting profession after great success as a fashion model, her most prominent appearances include 9½ Weeks (1986), Batman (1989) and L.A. Confidential (1997) for which she received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
From 1993 to 2002, she was married to actor Alec Baldwin. They share a daughter, Ireland Eliesse (born October 23, 1995). In the years after their divorce, she and Baldwin have engaged in a contentious custody battle.
The small town of Braselton, Georgia, was bought by Basinger in 1989 for $20 million, with the hopes of establishing the town as a tourist attraction with movie studios and a film festival, but she met financial difficulties and sold it in 1993. The town is now owned by developer Wayne Mason.
