Kim Basinger Biography

Basinger owns a cow called ‘Henry’

In 1995 she was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#40)

She was the first Bond Girl to win an Oscar

As a child she was nicknamed Dodo

Basinger suffered from severe agoraphobia until she had therapy to combat it

She turned down the role in ‘Basic Instinct’ (1992) that later went to Sharon Stone

She is of German, Irish, Swedish and 1/8 Cherokee descent

After years of pain, Basinger had major lower-back surgery in 2002