Kimila Ann Basinger is an American actress. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Initially a TV starlet, she shot to fame as a Bond girl in 1983 and enjoyed a long heyday over the next two decades. In 2011 Los Angeles Times Magazine ranked her third on the "50 Most Beautiful Women In Film".
Basinger at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990
Basinger as Officer J.Z. Kane in the ABC television series Dog and Cat (1977)
Basinger at the Deauville American Film Festival in 1989
Basinger with Alec Baldwin at the 19th César Awards at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in February 1994
A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or (occasionally) an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or sexual puns, such as Plenty O'Toole, Holly Goodhead, or Xenia Onatopp. The female leads in the films, such as Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman, or Eva Green, can also be referred to as "Bond girls". The term Bond girl may also be considered as an anachronism, with some female cast members in the films preferring the designation Bond woman.
Clockwise from top left: Eva Green, Halle Berry, Michelle Yeoh, and Jane Seymour
