Sharon Vonne Stone born March 10 1958 is an American actress producer and former fashion model She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as having received nominations for an Academy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allens comedydrama Stardust Memories 1980 Her first speaking part was in Wes Cravens horror film Deadly Blessing 1981 and throughout the 1980s Stone went on to appear in films such as Irreconcilable Differences 1984 King Solomons Mines 1985 Cold Steel 1987 Action Jackson 1988 and Above the Law 1988 She found mainstream prominence with her part in Paul Verhoevens science fiction action film Total Recall 1990 Stone became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition when she starred as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film the erotic thriller Basic Instinct 1992 for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorseses epic crime drama Casino 1995 garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress Stone received two more Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty 1998 and The Muse 1999 Her other notable film roles include Sliver 1993 The Specialist 1994 The Quick and the Dead 1995 Last Dance 1996 Sphere 1998 Catwoman 2004 Broken Flowers 2005 Alpha Dog 2006 Basic Instinct 2 2006 Bobby 2006 Lovelace 2013 Fading Gigolo 2013 and The Disaster Artist 2017 In 1995 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2005 she was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France On television Stone has had notable performances in the miniseries War and Remembrance 1987 and the HBO television film If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000 She made guest appearances in The Practice 2004 winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and in Law Order Special Victims Unit 2010 Stone has also appeared in the series Agent X 2015 Mosaic 2017 and The New Pope 2019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharon Stone licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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