Born:
March 10, 1958
in
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Best Known For:
Uncrossing her legs in Basic Instinct.
Early-life:
Sharon Vonne Stone was born on March 10, 1958, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to a factory worker father and a housewife mother. She has three siblings. After graduating from high school at just 15, she studied creative writing and fine arts at Edinboro State University. She planned to become a lawyer but decided to try showbusiness instead. While working part-time at a fast food restaurant, she won a local beauty contest at 17 and became a model at 18.
Career:
Stone made her film debut in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories in 1980. She appeared in a host of hit-and-miss offerings, including King Solomon's Mines and Action Jackson before 1990 blockbuster Total Recall boosted her image. Stone became a household name two years later thanks to her role as bisexual novelist Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, a part she reprised for a sequel in 2005. She received an Oscar nomination for her role in Martin Scorsese's Casino, and co-produced and starred in Western The Quick and the Dead. More recent projects include Bobby, Lovelace and TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010.
Quote:
"If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery."
Trivia:
In 2013, Stone received the Peace Summit Award for her work with HIV/Aids sufferers.