Editing Kim Basinger (section)

===1990s===
[[File:Kim Basinger24.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Basinger at the [[Deauville American Film Festival]] in 1989]]

Following the success of ''Batman'', Basinger played a glamorous singer, alongside [[Alec Baldwin]], in the comedy ''[[The Marrying Man]]'' (1991), and starred with [[Richard Gere]], as a woman romantically involved with her sister's psychiatrist, in the neo-noir ''[[Final Analysis]]'' (1992). Both films were released to moderate box office returns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE1DE113AF934A35751C0A964958260 |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 7, 1992 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809103241/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE1DE113AF934A35751C0A964958260 |archive-date=2013-08-09  |title=Review/Film; Starting in the Mind, Moving Down |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1992, Basinger was also a guest vocalist on a re-recorded version of [[Was (Not Was)]]'s "[[Shake Your Head]]", which featured [[Ozzy Osbourne]] on vocals, and reached the UK Top 5,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Was (Not Was) |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=November 9, 2008 }}</ref> and starred in what marked her only voice-acting project to date, the film ''[[Cool World]]'', directed by [[Ralph Bakshi]], as a cartoon bombshell who longs to become a real human woman.

In 1993, Basinger took on the roles of a woman recently released from prison in the crime film ''[[The Real McCoy (film)|The Real McCoy]]'', a woman named Honey Hornée in the comedy ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'', and was in the music video for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' hit single ''[[Mary Jane's Last Dance#Music video | Mary Jane's Last Dance]]''. In 1994, she reunited professionally with Baldwin for the thriller ''[[The Getaway (1994 film)|The Getaway]]'', in which she portrayed the wife of a former con, and with director Robert Altman for the comedy ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]'', playing a breathlessly dim-witted cable reporter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ready-to-wear-pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter-1994 |title=Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=25 December 1994 |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> Amid financial issues, Basinger went into hiatus from the screen by the mid-1990s.

She made a comeback as the high-class hooker in [[Curtis Hanson]]'s neo-noir ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' (1997), alongside [[Guy Pearce]] and [[Russell Crowe]]. She initially turned down the film twice, feeling an insecurity at returning to the screen and enjoying motherhood.<ref name=actrs1/><ref name="CR"/> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' felt that Basinger "exudes a sort of chaste sultriness",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/laconfidentialhowe.htm |title=Noir 'Confidential': A Clever Case |first=Desson |last=Howe |author-link=Desson Howe |date=19 September 1997 |access-date=6 February 2019 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] }}</ref> in what Roger Ebert described as "one of the best films of the year".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/la-confidential-1997 |title=L.A. Confidential |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=19 September 1997 |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> The role earned her an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]], as well as the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]], and was also nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]. She holds the distinction of being the only actress who has both posed nude in ''Playboy'' and won an Academy Award. In a 2000 interview with [[Charlie Rose]], Basinger said that ''L.A. Confidential'' and her next film, ''I Dreamed of Africa'' (2000), were the most pleasurable of her career.<ref name="CR">{{cite web |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3707 |title=A conversation with Kim Basinger |work=Charlierose.com |access-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011210037/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3707 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |date=8 May 2000}}</ref>