Kim Basinger turned 70: this is what a woman who was an erotic myth in the 80s and failed looks like

Kimila Ann Basinger, aka Kim Basinger, was undoubtedly a sex icon in the 80s, however, she is currently at a stage in her life where she has lost much of her fame and her career in Hollywood has stalled.

The actress turned 70 today, December 8, 2023, the year in which she also became a grandmother, after her daughter together with Alec Baldwin, an Irishman, gave birth to a baby, reports La Vanguard.

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Who Was Kim Basinger Really?

Basinger’s beauty and killer body brought her to fame. One of his first notable jobs was starring on the cover of the erotic magazine Playboy, which later allowed him to take part in the James Bond film “Never Say Never Again”.

Fame came to her at the age of 33 with the film “Nine and a Half Weeks”, in which she performed a successful striptease scene that also later prevented her from getting good roles. Her fight for better opportunities paid off when she won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in “LA Confidential.”

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Downfall of Kim Basinger

As reported by The Clinic, most of Kim Basinger’s fortune was lost when she bought the abandoned town of Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. His goal was to build a theme park dedicated to Hollywood, but the project never took off and he ended up selling the property for just $2 million.

Added to this was the $7 million debt he incurred by refusing to star in “My Obsession with Helena” and breaking his contract; His problems with anxiety and agoraphobia contributed to his withdrawal from public life.

The last appearance on the big screen was in 2018 with a supporting role in the film “Fifty Shades Darker”, reports El País. He agreed to act in it at the insistence of his daughter, and it is interesting that the story of sado-masochism in that film reflected his beginnings in the cinema with “Nine and a Half Weeks”.

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