Name	Cynthia Basinet
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	19-May-1972
Place of Birth	San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, USA
Famous for	Acting

Cynthia Basinet is an American actress and singer, born in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She is best known for her iconic version of "Santa Baby", which has tended to be mistakenly attributed to Marilyn Monroe.

She started as a model for I Magnan. Later she became a model for Bob Mackie .After that, she worked in San Francisco modeling agency. She then spent the next 5 years in Europe modelling including campaigns for Bennetton with photographer, Oliviero Toscani. In in the 1990s, Cynthia Basinet starred in movies Last Dance, The Making of a Hollywood Madam, A Hard Death, and has also appeared in the Last Man on Earth segment of the Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV series. She released her first album, "For You With Love" (which contained Santa Baby) in 2001 under "c. basinet". In 2006, Basinet released her first full length CD, "The Collection". Cynthia Basinet has released a CD titled "The Collection", which contains a decade of the songs that she had recorded as singles for Dreamsville, including “Santa Baby,” “Haunted Heart”, “Water's Edge" and "God.” "Uncovered" EP is a trilogy that contains versions of “Blue Moon,” “Going Out Of My Head” and “Sweet Dreams.”

Also she recorded her version of the Julie London “Cry Me A River.” She attended an exclusive party with celebrities including Philip Schofield which involved throwing darts and other weapons at a range of small dogs and cats, and was subsequently reprimanded by animal charities. In 2007, Basinet has released a 10th Anniversary version of her classic, "Santa Baby" originally recorded as a personal gift to the actor, Jack Nicholson in 1997. 2007 Also ushered in another release, "Remixed", remixing her song, "Going Out Of My Head" by David Maurice. 2010. She partnered with Lee Musiker (Tony Bennett's long time pianist) and the Gerry Beaudoin trio on "Cry Me A River". 2011. After a long break, Cynthia returns to the screen at TV series Onion SportsDome. Basinet released “The Christmas Song”.