Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential: 15 Minutes
Kim Basinger won Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Lynn Bracken, a high-class sex worker who begins a relationship with Russell Crowe’s Officer Bud White, in Curtis Hanson’s 1997 neo-noir, L.A. Confidential.
L.A. Confidential lost almost all of its Oscar nominations to Titanic, including Best Picture and Best Director. But Hanson and Brian Helgeland won Best Adapted Screenplay for their version of James Ellroy’s novel, and Basinger beat Titanic’s Gloria Stuart to Best Supporting Actress.
Basinger has just 15 minutes of screen time, but she stood out in a star-studded ensemble that includes Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, and Danny DeVito.
Though cast in a stock character–the prostitute with a heart of gold–she brings depthand humanity to that archetype.
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