Actress Sharon Stone
Actress. Yvonne Sharon Stone was born on March 10, 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Daughter of a factory worker, Stone won a scholarship to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania at age 15. At Edinboro he studied creative writing and fine arts. After graduation, Miss Pennsylvania beauty pageant winner decided to pursue a modeling career in New York where he signed a contract with the Ford agency. In 1970s, Stone was a highly sought after model, appearing in both print and television advertisements nationwide.
Actress Sharon Stone
Stone decided to branch out into acting in the 1980s, made a number of television and film appearances throughout the decade. He played an impressive role in the comedy from Blake Chandler Golden Globe nomination in 1984, irreconcilable differences. She also gets laughs in the popular comedy movie, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987).
Actress Sharon Stone
His breakthrough film role came in 1990 with the action thriller Philip K. Dick, Total Recall. Stone played by Lori, wife of beautiful but deadly Douglas Quaid (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger). The film did well with fans, grossing more than $ 100 million in U.S. box office. In an effort to promote the film, Stone also appeared that year in Playboy magazine spread. Shooting earned his place in the magazine "Top 25 Sexiest Stars century" list.
Actress Sharon Stone
In 1992, unforgettable Stone landed the role of bisexual murder suspect in the blockbuster film Basic Instinct. Stone sparked controversy because of certain scenes in the film, which required him to cross and uncross her legs in a way that reveals he has no clothes. While Stone was initially claimed he did not realize the level of nudity that will be revealed in the film, he later recanted.
Actress Sharon Stone
The film became a blockbuster hit, and earned a Golden Globe award nominations Stone and Saturn to its appearance. He also landed in the list of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" shortly after the release of the film.
Actress Sharon Stone
The next film, such as Sliver (1993) and Specialists (1994), does not run well with critics or fans. Pause in his career caused some to claim that his success is more related to sexuality rather than her acting passion. But Stone proves critics wrong in 1995 with Martin Scorsese's Casino. The film won the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations Stone, and put the stone back in the limelight.
Actress Sharon Stone
After winning, he took a number of dramatic roles include The Quick and the Dead Dance (1995) and last (1996). He finished the decade with an uneven number of films, including Sphere in 1998 and Gloria in 1999, but received praise for the performance of comedy in Muse that same year.
Actress Sharon Stone
In 2001, Stone suffered health problems after a severe headache turned into a brain hemorrhage. The actress was recovered, and returned to the big screen in 2004 as co-star Benjamin Bratt and Catwoman with Halle Berry.
Actress Sharon Stone
In recent years, Stone has appeared in several smaller independent films including Broken Flowers, starring Bill Murray, and Bobby, written by actor Emilio Estevez. The most recent project, Street of Blood, is set to premiere in 2009.
Actress Sharon Stone
Stone married to producer Michael Greenburg in 1984. The couple divorced three years later. In 1998 he married again, this time to the San Francisco Chronicle Executive Editor Phil Bronstein. The couple adopted a son, Roan Joseph, before their divorce in 2004. Since then, Stone adopted two more children: Laird Vonne (2005) and Quinn Kelly (2006).
Actress Sharon Stone
Actress Sharon Stone