Claim: Sharon Stone played a fictional character.

Sharon Yvonne Stone -LRB- born March 10 , 1958 -RRB- is an American actress , film producer , and former fashion model .   Stone first came to attention for her role in the miniseries War and Remembrance -LRB- 1989 -RRB- and early mainstream prominence followed with her part in Paul Verhoeven 's Total Recall -LRB- 1990 -RRB- . 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 . She won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Martin Scorsese 's Casino -LRB- 1995 -RRB- . She received another two Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty -LRB- 1998 -RRB- and The Muse -LRB- 1999 -RRB- .   Named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 , Stone 's other notable film roles include Sliver -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , The Specialist -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , The Quick and the Dead -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , If These Walls Could Talk 2 -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , Catwoman -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , Broken Flowers -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Alpha Dog -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Bobby -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Lovelace -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , and Fading Gigolo -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . Stone has made guest-appearances in The Practice -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series , and in Law & Order : Special Victims Unit -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . She starred in the short-lived series Agent X -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .