Sharon Stone

Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress and movie producer. She received a Golden Globe Award for her part in the 1995 movie Casino. Her role in the movie Basic Instinct was also notable. 

Stone won the title of Miss Crawford County in Meadville.  She was a candidate for Miss Pennsylvania. One of the pageant judges said she should quit school and move to New York City to become a fashion model.Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 1999 In 1977, Stone left Meadville, moving in with an aunt in New Jersey. Within four days of her arrival in New Jersey, she was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York.

While living in Europe, she decided to quit modeling and become an actress. Stone was cast for a brief role in Allen's Stardust Memories (1980).  She had many roles in movies in the 1980's.  Being in Total Recall (1990) with Arnold Schwarzenegger helped her career.  To promote the movie, she posed nude for Playboy.

The movie that made her a star Basic Instinct (1992).  She played a person thought to be a serial killer.  In the movie's most notorious scene, her character is being questioned by the police. She crosses and uncrosses her legs, exposing her genitalia, which are not covered by underwear.  After Basic Instinct, she was listed by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

In November 1995, Stone received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.

In 2003, she appeared in three episodes from the eighth season of The Practice. For her performances, she received an Emmy AwardSharon Stone Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Stone tried a return to the mainstream with roles in the movies Cold Creek Manor (2003) with Dennis Quaid and Catwoman (2004) with Halle Berry.  Both movies were not well liked by either the public or critics.

 Personal life 
Stone married Michael Greenburg in 1984.  They separated in 1987 and the divorce was finalized in 1990.

In 1993, Stone met William J. MacDonald (aka Bill MacDonald) on the set of the movie Sliver. MacDonald left his wife Naomi Baca for Stone and became engaged to her. They separated one year later in 1994.

While working on the movie The Quick and the Dead in 1995, Stone met Bob Wagner and they became engaged.

On February 14, 1998, Stone married Phil Bronstein, executive editor of the San Francisco Examiner. They adopted a son, Roan Joseph Bronstein (born on May 22, 2000) in late May or early June 2000.  They divorced in 2004.  After her divorce she adopted another two boys, Laird Vonne Stone (born on May 7, 2005) and Quinn Kelly Stone 
(born in June 2006).

Stone is a convert to Tibetan Buddhism. She is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.

Filmography
 Year Title Role Notes 1980  Stardust Memories  Pretty Girl on train  1981  Les Uns et les autres  Girl with Glenn Senior  Uncredited Deadly Blessing  Lana Marcus  1982  Not Just Another Affair  Lynette  television film Silver Spoons  Debbie  (TV series) 1983  Bay City Blues  Cathy St. Marie  (TV series) Remington Steele  Jillian Montague  (TV series) 1984  The New Mike Hammer  Julie Eland  (TV series) Magnum, P.I.  Diane Dupree and Diedra Dupree  (TV series) Calendar Girl Murders  Cassie Bascomb  television film The Vegas Strip War  Sarah Shipman  television film Irreconcilable Differences  Blake Chandler  1985  T. J. Hooker  Dani Starr  (TV series)King Solomon's Mines  Jesse Huston  1986  Mr. and Mrs. Ryan  Ashley Hamilton Ryan  Television pilot Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold  Jesse Huston  1987  Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol  Claire Mattson  Cold Steel  Kathy Connors  1988  Above the Law  Sara Toscani  Action Jackson  Patrice Dellaplane  Badlands 2005  Alex Neil  television pilot War and Remembrance   Janice Henry  television miniseries Tears in the Rain  Casey Cantrell  television film 1989  Beyond the Stars  Laurie McCall  Blood and Sand  Doña Sol  1990  Total Recall  Lori Quaid  1991  He Said, She Said  Linda Metzger  Scissors  Angie Anderson  Year of the Gun  Alison King  Diary of a Hitman  Kiki  Cameo Where Sleeping Dogs Lie  Serena Black  1992  Basic Instinct  Catherine TramellMTV Movie Award for Best Female PerformanceMTV Movie Award for Most Desirable FemaleNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress 1993  Sliver  Carly Norris Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female Last Action Hero  Catherine Tramell  One-second walk on The Larry Sanders Show  Herself  (TV series) Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell  Host documentary about Jean Harlow1994  Intersection  Sally Eastman  Razzie Award for Worst ActressThe Specialist  May Muro (aka Adrian Hastings)  Razzie Award for Worst ActressNominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female 1995  The Quick and the Dead  Ellen 'The Lady'  Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress Roseanne  Trailer Park Resident  (TV series) Casino  Ginger McKenna  Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance 1996  Diabolique  Nicole Horner  Last Dance  Cindy Liggett  1998  Sphere  Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin  Antz  Princess Bala  voice The Mighty  Gwen Dillon  Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 1999  Gloria  Gloria  The Muse  Sarah Little  Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Simpatico  Rosie Carter  Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child  Henny Penny voice 2000  Picking Up the Pieces  Candy Cowley  If These Walls Could Talk 2  Fran  made-for-cable filmWomen in Film Lucy Award Beautiful Joe  Alice 'Hush' Mason  2002  Harold and the Purple Crayon  Narrator  (TV series) 2003  Cold Creek Manor  Leah Tilson  The Practice  Sheila Carlisle  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series (TV series) 2004  A Different Loyalty  Sally Cauffield  Catwoman  Laurel Hedare  2005  Higglytown Heroes  Nicky – Blind Art Teacher  voice Kurtlar Vadisi(Eng. Valley of the Wolves)  Lisa  Turkish TV serial Will & Grace  Dr. Georgia Keller  (TV series) Broken Flowers  Laura Daniels Miller  2006  Alpha Dog  Olivia Mazursky  Basic Instinct 2  Catherine Tramell Razzie Award for Worst Actress Huff  Dauri Rathburn  (TV series) Bobby  Miriam Ebbers  Hollywood Film Festival for Cast of the YearNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Democrazy  Patricia Hill  short 2007  When a Man Falls in the Forest  Karen Fields  If I Had Known I Was a Genius  Gloria Fremont  2008  The Year of Getting to Know Us  Jane Rocket  Five Dollars a Day  Dolores Jones  2009  Streets of Blood  Nina Ferraro  2010  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit  Jo Marlowe  Four episodes(TV series) 2011  The Burma Conspiracy Diane Francken  2012  Gods Behaving Badly  Aphrodite  post-production The Mule  Sofie  post-production Lovelace  Dorothy Boreman  filming Attachment  TBA  Starts shooting in April 2012"Sharon Stone to play cheating wife in sex thriller"  February 04, 2012, Hindustan Times

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