Kim Basinger

Replaced Sean Young for the role of Vicki Vale in Batman .

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#40).

Her agoraphobia could keep her housebound for up to six months at a time, before she received therapy to combat it.

As a school child, she suffered from crippling shyness preventing her from reading aloud or answering questions in class.

Studied ballet from age of 3 to mid-teens.

Her father was an introspective, classically trained trumpeter, while mom was a flamboyant, extroverted housewife Kim describes as "Lucy-like".

Loved the movie My Fair Lady and the "Loverly" song in it, which prompted her dad to encourage her to enter local Junior Miss pageant and sing the song as her "talent." She didnt win, but later did succeed in national Miss Breck competition and appeared with her mother in an advertisement for the shampoo. This led to career as Ford model, then to acting.

Agoraphobic.

Kim has English, and a smaller amount of German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry, as well as remote French roots. She is also often attributed as having Swedish and Cherokee Native American ancestry, but it is not clear if these lineages have been verified/documented.

Went to high school with Keith Strickland of the The B-52s.

Bought her own town, Braselton, in her home state of Georgia.

(October 23, 1995) Daughter, with Alec Baldwin , Ireland born.

Turned down the role in Basic Instinct that later went to Sharon Stone.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis Screen World, Vol. 36.

Vegetarian.

When she reneged on her verbal agreement to star in Boxing Helena in 1993, the producers sued her for breach of contract and a jury ordered her to pay over $8 million, which ultimately forced Basinger to declare bankruptcy. Her appeal was ultimately accepted.

Ex-daughter-in-law of Allan Snyder and Carol M. Baldwin. Ex-sister-in-law of Sherrill Snyder , Elizabeth Keuchler , Daniel Baldwin , Elizabeth Baldwin , William Baldwin , Chynna Phillips , Jane Sasso , Stephen Baldwin and Kennya Baldwin. Ex-cousin-in-law of Joseph Baldwin. Ex-stepdaughter-in-law of Marjorie Plecher.

Her last name is often mispronounced, so when she appeared with husband Alec Baldwin on "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, he asked her during the opening monologue how to pronounce it. In seriousness, she answered "BAY-sing-ger," with the final syllable used with a hard "g" as in "go".

First "Bond Girl" (she played Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again ) to win an Oscar (won for L.A. Confidential ).

Was a cheerleader at Athens High School.

Her character in 8 Mile , Stephanie Smith, is a direct representation of Eminem s mom Debbie Mathers. Debbie was upset with the film, claiming she was portrayed falsely by Kim.

The tiger print one-piece she wears in Never Say Never Again s final scene was given to her by the Playboy organization.

She and Alec Baldwin met and fell in love in 1990 on the set of the trouble-plagued movie The Marrying Man .

In 2004, she auctioned off her 3.7 carat diamond engagement ring (from ex Baldwin) for $59,750. Proceeds of sale were donated to the Performing Animal Welfare Society.

Born on the same day as the late Sam Kinison.

First actress to win an Oscar after appearing naked in Playboy magazine.

Went to the University of Georgia for one semester.

Almost didnt appear in L.A. Confidential because she was tired of playing prostitutes.

Was originally cast in Kansas City as Carolyn.

Turned down leading role in Sleepless in Seattle which went to Meg Ryan.

Parents: Donald Wade Basinger (1923-2016), a jazz musician turned loan company manager, and Ann Lee Cordell (1925-2017), a former Powers model and champion swimmer.

Two older brothers, Skip (b. 1950) and Mick (b. 1951), and two younger sisters, Barbara Guyer (b. 1956) and Ashley Brewer (b. 1959).

Born at 11:04 AM.

Delivered her daughter Ireland Baldwin via Caesarean section due to her being in the breech position.

She appeared in the music video for Tom Petty s "Mary Janes Last Dance".

The only actress to play a love interest of James Bond and Batman.

The only actress to star in both the James Bond and Batman franchises unless you count the "Batman" TV series, where future Bond girl Jill St. John guested as the Riddlers moll.

(2 May 2008) Ranked #1 on Moviefones The Top 25 Sexiest Movie Couples together with Mickey Rourke.

Was offered regular role of Kris Munroe on "Charlies Angels" but turned it down to leave herself open for future film work. Cheryl Ladd played the character 4 seasons.

Romantically linked with Joe Namath , male model Tim Saunders, Dale Robinette (long-term relationship), Richard Gere (extramarital affair), Jon Peters , Prince , personal fitness trainer Phil Walsh and fashion designer Alexio Gandara.

Reports of a fling with Eminem were denied by the rapper in an April 2002 interview with British newspaper The Guardian.

Despite speaking without it in most of her films, she retains a strong Southern twang.

In 1992, Basinger was a guest vocalist on Was Not Was s re-recorded version of "Shake Your Head", which reached the UK Top 5.

Told writer Doug Thompson in 1982 that she swims nude with her dogs and dislikes swimming in other peoples pools because she has to put on a bikini.

Now-forgotten first hubby Ron changed his surname from Snyder to Britton when Kim demanded he choose "something with a B" so it matched the initials on her luxury luggage set. He kept a low profile during their marriage so as not to hamper Kims burgeoning image/persona as a sex goddess.

Allergic to sunlight.

Will ONLY was her hair with Evian mineral water.

National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) Female Star of Tomorrow award recipient.

She was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 8, 1992.

For the Washington D.C. premiere of My Stepmother Is an Alien in 1988, she was accompanied by President-elect George Bush and First Lady-to-be Barbara Bush. The group went to dinner at Duke Zeiberts restaurant afterwards. Kim, who is actually a staunch Democrat, said being with the Bushes is like going home and called them a real Christmas card family.

Suffered a miscarriage during the production of Mother Lode .

According to director Adrian Lyne , Basingers best work didnt make it to the final cut of Nine 1/2 Weeks and Kim herself revealed that she squirreled away 14 hours of videotaped scenes MGM thought were very psychologically damaging to people.

Owns two houses next door to each other in the upscale foothills of Los Angeless Woodland Hills community.

Had planned to publish a childrens book of short stories, develop a major theme park in Braselton, Ga. as well as an East Coast film & recording studio - none of which materialized.

As of 2002 Kim was estranged from her mother, Ann, and all except one of her four siblings. Her father Don and youngest sister Ashley were the only family members invited to her wedding in 1993, and the only family members she thanked in her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards in 1998.

Featured in ad campaigns for Ivory soap, Cover Girl, Maybelline, Clairol, Yahama and Revlon. A three-day photo shoot for Ciara perfume netted her $40,000.

In Italy, her movie Nine 1/2 Weeks was the third-highest grossing release of 1986 even though it flopped at the U.S. box office.

To win the coveted role of Elizabeth in Nine 1/2 Weeks , she beat out Demi Moore , Isabella Rossellini , Kate Capshaw , Kathleen Turner , Sigourney Weaver and Teri Garr.

Studied voice at the Vocal Arts Foundation in New York; somebody wanted her to be an opera singer, but she was more interested in black soul music. As a budding lyricist she entered 12 songs in the American Song Festival. In 1989, she recorded a 9-track pop album produced by Prince entitled "Hollywood Affair". Bootleg CDs of Kims unreleased album are widely available.

(February 2011) Ranked #3 in The L.A. Times 50 Most Beautiful Women in Film List.

Growing up Kim had, in her words, "a strange kind of prettiness that was not accepted." At school she was called N

Er lips because of her big lips.

Once toyed with the idea of a guest arc on "24" .

Celebrity investor in veteran West L.A. Italian restaurant Carmines along with Tony Danza.

Turned down Risky Business , The Accused , Sleeping with the Enemy and Thelma & Louise .

Directors she works with often enjoy working with her so much that they use her multiple times, Blake Edwards for The Man Who Loved Women and Blind Date ; Robert Altman for Fool for Love and Prt--Porter ; and Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential and 8 Mile .

Splits her holiday time between Kauai and the Hamptons.

In Grudge Match , daughter Ireland Baldwin appears briefly in flashbacks as the younger version of Kims character Sally.

(December 2014) Current boyfriend is Mitchell Stone.

Due to social anxiety, Kim generally shuns talk shows, rarely turns up at Hollywood parties and spurned several invitations to present at the Oscars. Shes even been absent from some of her own movie premieres.

Did the most graphic sex scenes of her career in The Getaway and The Door in the Floor at 40 and 50 years old respectively. Jon Foster , Basingers inamorato in the latter movie, was nineteen. He worked with her again in The Informers , this time playing her son.

She doesnt wear jewelry.

Her parents had been separated since 1980 and had no contact but refused to get divorced. The marriage ended legally when her father died in 2016.

Breastfed her daughter Ireland Baldwin until she was 4 months old.

Favorite wine is Pouilly Fuiss.

Was raised a Methodist though by adolescence her church attendance had ticked off to nothing. Says she has a "humorous relationship" with God and a strong faith.

Appeared in three consecutive movies with numerical titles: Third Person , One Square Mile , and I Am Here . I Am Here was originally titled "I Am Here".

Got her first tattoo by Jose A. Menendez at Los Angeles Pirate Tattoo & Body Piercing Shop.

Kim and her boyfriend, Mitchell Stone , knew each other for 16 years before they became an item in 2014.

Took the role of salon owner and dominatrix Elena Lincoln in Fifty Shades Darker because Ireland explained it was a powerful role to play. Kim will also be in the forthcoming sequel, Fifty Shades Freed .

Alec Baldwin joined Co-Dependents Anonymous to get over her.

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell,hanging over her has a rough road.

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

[on performing in the nude] I thoroughly enjoy it, actually.

Sexually, emotionally, they just go someplace else.

I became an actress in my own eyes in Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) . I,did what I wanted to do emotionally. I built myself up and tore myself,down so many times that I was electrically disturbed after it was over;,marbles were rolling off the table.

In Hollywood some people are notorious for being notorious. I equate,several people in this industry with serial killers. Most serial,killers were abandoned at a very young age. And they had to survive. I,see them as little things grappling after foodstuffs in garbage cans.

Not like the homeless exactly, but . . .

Sometimes there will be a writer who has written something so,outrageous that I want to hire him for my production company, because,his imagination has to be dealt with.

When I came to L. A.

I ran the gamut of emotions you could ever possibly do as an actress.

Women are important, and they have to be in the movies. So, what are you,going to do? All we have to do is all hold our hands and stand up and,say "No. " We can stop having babies, we can stop having sex,everything. And then women will rule the world.

[about her first marriage] I had a friendship with this person. And then,I grew to love him as a friend. But I was not IN love with Ron at all.

I only loved him. And being in love is a WHOLE different thing from,loving someone. We were pals. He was a protector; he cared about me an,awful lot. And I cared about his well-being. But I was a very unhappy,girl, because my in-love fantasy was not being fulfilled.

[on playing a nymphomaniac in The Man Who Loved Women (1983) ],Getting into character was easy. I simply thought about sex all the,time. I thought about where we could do it and how. I scared myself.

I hated school. Seeing a school bus today depresses me.

[her thoughts about social media] Oh, dangerous. Robbing and dangerous.

I truly have no regrets, I try to live everyday in the present not,having one foot in the future or one foot in the past. I try to stay in,the present everyday and to be grateful and thankful to God for life.