Sharon Stone, born Sharon Vonne Stone on March 10, 1958, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, is an American actress known for her roles as femmes fatales and women of mystery. She began her career as a model, appearing in television commercials and print advertisements before making her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories" (1980).

Her first speaking role came in the horror film "Deadly Blessing" (1981). In the 1980s, she appeared in films such as "Irreconcilable Differences" (1984), "King Solomon's Mines" (1985), and "Above the Law" (1988).

Her breakthrough came with her role in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction film "Total Recall" (1990), but she gained international recognition for her role as Catherine Tramell in Verhoeven's erotic thriller "Basic Instinct" (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination.

Her performance as a trophy wife in Martin Scorsese's crime drama "Casino" (1995) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Other notable films in her career include "Sliver" (1993), "The Specialist" (1994), "The Quick and the Dead" (1995), "Catwoman" (2004), "Broken Flowers" (2005), "Alpha Dog" (2006), "Bobby" (2006), "Fading Gigolo" (2013), "The Disaster Artist" (2017), "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese" (2019), and "The Laundromat" (2019).

On television, Sharon Stone has featured in the ABC miniseries "War and Remembrance" (1987), the HBO television film "If These Walls Could Talk 2" (2000), Steven Soderbergh's "Mosaic" (2017), and Ryan Murphy's "Ratched" (2020).

She has also made guest appearances in "The Practice" (2004) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2010), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for the former.

Sharon Stone was married to television producer Michael Greenburg from 1984 to 1990 and to newspaper editor Phil Bronstein from 1998 to 2004.

She has three children: Roan Joseph Bronstein, Quinn Kelly Stone, and Laird Vonne Stone. Stone has been open about her personal life, including her experiences with sexual abuse by her maternal grandfather, which she discussed in her memoir "The Beauty of Living Twice" (2021).

Her lifestyle includes a passion for black-and-white movies, especially those featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and she has a reported IQ of 154.

She has also been involved in various philanthropic activities and was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 (Commander in 2021).