Kim Basinger – Then
Before she became one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, Kim Basinger was a very successful cover girl from New York. She eventually quit modeling to be an actress in Los Angeles, landing small guest roles in McMillan & Wife and Charlies Angels. Basinger co-starred in a miniseries with film legend Natalie Wood in From Here to Eternity in 1979 and its spinoff a year later. In 1983, she went to work in Never Say Never Again as a Bond girl.
Kim Basinger – Now
Basinger became a massive star in the 80s after playing Vicki Vale in Tim Burton’s Batman, and Memo Paris in The Natural before that. Basinger finally got her due as an actress in 1997. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the crime film L.A. Confidential. She recently played Elena Lincoln in Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to the Fifty Shades of Grey. Hip-hop fans might recognize her as Eminem’s mom in 8 Mile.
Michelle Pfeiffer – Then
Michelle Pfeiffer’s breakthrough role came when she starred in the 1982 film, Grease 2. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed bombshell won even more critical acclaim for her role in the mob flick, Scarface, in 1983 and has landed roles in Batman Returns, Dangerous Minds, and What Lies Beneath. Pfeiffer has been honored for her work and was awarded the win for the BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe award for her work in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Michelle Pfeiffer – Now
Pfeiffer took four years away from acting to focus on her family but returned to work in 2007 for the film adaptation of the musical Hairspray. That same year she appeared alongside Claire Danes and Robert De Niro in the fantasy film, Stardust, where she played the role of the witch Lamia. She has also appeared in the comedy film, New Year’s Eve, and won her first Emmy Award nomination for playing Ruth Madoff in The Wizard of Lies in 2017.
