"I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Marilyn Monroe."
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actor, film producer, and former fashion model.
A native Pennsylvanian, she modeled in Paris and Milan before pursuing an acting career. She's most famous for playing Femme Fatale Catherine Tramell in the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct. Afterwards, she starred in several similar films, but none could replicate Basic Instinct's success. However, she also received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Martin Scorsese's crime drama Casino.
Works she's appeared in on this wiki:
- Stardust Memories (1980) as Pretty Girl on Train
- Deadly Blessing (1981) as Lana Marcus
- Silver Spoons (1982) as Debbie (1 episode)
- Remington Steele (1983) as Jillian Montague (1 episode)
- Magnum, P.I. (1984) as Diane Dupree/Diedra Dupree (1 episode)
- Irreconcilable Differences (1984) as Blake Chandler
- T.J. Hooker (1985) (1 episode)
- King Solomon's Mines (1985) as Jesse Huston
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) as Claire Mattson
- Above the Law (1988) as Sara Toscani
- Action Jackson (1988) as Patrice Dellaplane
- Total Recall (1990) as Lori Quaid
- He Said, She Said (1991) as Linda Metzger
- Year of the Gun (1991) as Alison King
- Basic Instinct (1992) as Catherine Tramell
- Sliver (1993) as Carly Norris
- Last Action Hero (1993) as Catherine Tramell (cameo)
- The Specialist (1994) as Mary Munro
- The Larry Sanders Show (1994) as Herself (1 episode)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995) as Ellen "The Lady"
- Roseanne (1995) as Trailer Park Resident (1 episode)
- Casino (1995) as Ginger McKenna
- Diabolique (1996) as Nicole Horner
- Last Dance (1996) as Cindy Liggett
- Sphere (1998) as Dr. Elizabeth Halperin
- Antz (1998) as Princess Bala (voice)
- Gloria (1999) as Gloria Swenson
- The Muse (1999) as Sarah Little
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child (1999) as Henny Penny (voice, 1 episode)
- Harold and the Purple Crayon (2001–02) as the Narrator (voice)
- The Practice (2003) as Sheila Carlisle (3 episodes)
- Catwoman (2004) as Laurel Hedare
- Higglytown Heroes (2005) as Nicky (voice, 1 episode)
- Will & Grace (2005) as Dr. Georgia Keller (1 episode)
- Alpha Dog (2006) as Olivia Mazursky
- Basic Instinct 2 (2006) as Catherine Tramell
- Bobby (2006) as Miriam Ebbers
- Law & Order: SVU (2010) as Jo Marlowe (4 episodes)
- Lovelace (2013) as Dorothy Boreman
- Agent X (2015) as Vice President Natalie Maccabee (9 episodes)
- The Disaster Artist (2017) as Iris Burton
- Better Things (2019) as Reiki Davis (1 episode)
- The Laundromat (2019) as Hannah
- The New Pope (2020) as Herself (1 episode)
- Ratched (2020) as Lenore Osgood (5 episodes)
- Murderville (2022) as Herself (1 episode)
This actress contains examples of:
- Ms. Fanservice: After the success of Basic Instinct, Stone was typecast in several erotic thrillers trying to replicate its success, such as Sliver and The Specialist.
- Star-Making Role: Two.
- While her role in the 1985's King Solomon's Mines adaptation was ravaged by critics, it still put her in the spotlight after a series of minor roles and kickstarted her career.
- Basic Instinct, which made her from "hey, it's that chick" to easily the most recognisable (and lusted after) Hollywood actresses. Sharon also, naturally inspired the "Basic Instinct" Legs-Crossing Parody.
- Star-Derailing Role: While her involvement with making Catwoman (2004) is usually brought up, it was a mere aftermath to the disaster that Sphere turned out to be. In fact, she took the role in Catwoman solely because there was nothing better for her after Sphere.
- Statuesque Stunner: Sharon is listed as being 5'9" in height.
