10 Actresses Whose Careers Went Downhill After Winning An Oscar

7. Kim Basinger

Oscar Win: Best Supporting Actress, L.A. Confidential (1998) If you grew up in the '80s/early '90s, you most likely remember the days when Kim Basinger was the hottest actress in Hollywood. Starring in movies like Nine 1/2 Weeks definitely helped her gain sex appeal, but she also took on big roles such as Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's Batman. When she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in L.A. Confidential, she appeared to be at the peak of her career. Unfortunately, that peak would not last long. In the past 15 years, Kim Basinger's only noteworthy performance is playing Eminem's mother in 8 Mile. Other than that, the movies she's appeared in since L.A. Confidential have been largely disappointing and forgettable. Once she won her Oscar, it seems as if Hollywood stopped paying her much attention... even when she appears in high profile movies. Last Christmas, she starred alongside Robert Deniro, Sylvester Stallone, Alan Arkin, and Kevin Hart in Grudge Match; of those five actors, the Oscar-winning actress was nowhere to be found in the movie trailers. That's cold.