One of four children in a working-class family, Sharon Stone was born March 10, 1958, in Meadville, Pa. With her high IQ, Stone found herself entering college at age 15. She became a successful model after winning the Miss Pennsylvania beauty contest in the late 1970s.A series of small parts on television led to her first film role as the memorable beautiful girl on the train in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980). Stone got her first big break playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's deceptive wife in Total Recall (1990), but it was her role as the deadly seductress in Basic Instinct (1992) that made her a star.
Forgettable roles in Sliver, The Specialist and The Quick and the Dead paved the way for her portrayal as Robert De Niro's drug-crazy wife in 1995's Casino (directed by Martin Scorsese), which earned Stone her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
The MightyA rare physical disorder prevents Kevin (Kieran Culkin), a brilliant seventh-grader who lives in the world of his imagination, from living a normal life. When Kevin crosses paths with the learning-disabled but very large and strong Max (Elden Henson), they share a connection. As they bond over a... Read More
The Quick and the DeadEllen (Sharon Stone) arrives in the Old West town of Redemption seeking revenge for the murder of her sheriff father (Gary Sinise) years ago by the town's tyrant, John Herod (Gene Hackman), a ruthless gunfighter intent on rattling the people by staging a dueling contest. Meanwhile, Herod's former... Read More
Basic Instinct 2Sharon Stone reprises her star-making role as seductive novelist Catherine Tramell in a sequel that begins where the ice pick left off. Charged with the murder of her fiancé, Catherine faces questioning from Scotland Yard-appointed psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey), who has the... Read More
The SpecialistLuis Llosa directs this explosive action vehicle shot on location in Miami. An ex-CIA munitions expert known as "The Specialist" (Sylvester Stallone) meets a determined beauty (Sharon Stone) seeking revenge against the mob family (Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts) who killed her parents. When the two join... Read More
DiaboliqueThe wife (Isabelle Adjani) of an abusive schoolmaster (Chazz Palminteri) joins forces with his icy mistress (Sharon Stone) to eradicate their common foe. But when all is said and done, it appears the scheming ladies' murderous plot has one gaping hole: Their victim may not be dead. Jeremiah S.... Read More
