Claim: Sharon Stone played a fictional character.
Evidence: She became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition with her starring role as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film , the erotic thriller Basic Instinct -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama.
Catherine Tramell is a fictional character and main antagonist in the film Basic Instinct -LRB- 1992 -RRB- and its sequel , Basic Instinct 2 -LRB- 2006 -RRB-.