Sharon Stone Biography

SHARON STONE

Date of Birth: March 10, 1958

When the legendary Katharine Hepburn saw Basic Instinct, the film that made Sharon Stone a big star, she remarked, "It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what's between her ears instead of her legs." Nonetheless, that little bit of "acting" that Sharon did in that movie catapulted her right up into the ranks of the A-List actresses.

Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Sharon moved to Hollywood after appearing in a few TV commercials in New York. Once on the West coast, she would struggle to make her name for 10 years before finally landing the role in Basic Instinct that probably finally came her way because of the fine performance she'd turned in opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall. She had to bite her nails for some time waiting on word as to whether or not she'd landed the Basic Instinct part. "It was very tough for my agent because I turned down work for almost a year," she says, "hoping to get the movie. If I didn't get it, I thought I might go to law school. Do some writing. Maybe teach acting."

As for the "sex symbol" status that came her way after she showed her all and everything in Instinct, she says: "The horrible thing about being a so-called sex symbol is that people want to have sex with you but they don't really want to have sex with you. They just want other people to think they did."

In 1996, Sharon received an Academy Award nomination for her work in Casino (1995). She didn't win, but she did win the Golden Globe for the same performance.

She survived a life-threatening brain aneurysm in October 2001 and was away from the big screen for several years, but bounced back with a starring role in Cold Creek Manor (2003) opposite Dennis Quaid.

Sharon won an Emmy in 2004 for her guest role on The Practice. In the 2000s, she starred in thrillers such as Cold Creek Manor (2003) and the action–drama Catwoman (2004). She took on diverse roles — her indie creds include Broken Flowers (2005).

She also appeared in the biographical drama Lovelace (2013), based on the life of adult film star Linda Lovelace; the 2017 romantic comedy All I Wish and The Disaster Artist (2017), in which she portrayed agent Iris Burton.

On television, she had a lead role in the spy drama Agent X and made memorable guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU. More recently, she featured in the romantic drama What About Love (2024) and the action sequel Nobody 2 (2025), as well as joining season three of Euphoriain 2026.

Sharon wed third husband, San Francisco Examiner editor Phil Bronstein in February 1998, and in June 2000, they adopted a baby boy they named Roan Joseph. Unfortunately, the marriage ended in divorce in January 2004. She later adopted two more boys — Laird in 2005 and Quinn in 2006. Sharon has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography:

In Memoriam (2026)
Nobody 2 (2025)
What About Love (2024)
The Trainer (2024)
Beauty (2022)
Here Today (2021)
The Laundromat (2019)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
All I Wish (2017)
Running Wild (2017)
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
Hero Quest (2015)
Life on the Line (2015)
Scorsese's Women (2014)
A Golden Boy (2014)
Love in Vegas (2014)
Godes Behaving Badly (2013)
Lovelace (2013)
Border Run (2012)
Largo Winch II (2011)
Streets of Blood (2009)
$5 a Day (2008)
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007)
When a Man Falls (2007)
Alpha Dog (2007)
Bobby (2006)
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Catwoman (2004)
A Different Loyalty (2004)
Cold Creek Manor (2003)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Beautiful Joe (2000)
Simpatico (1999)
The Muse (1999)
Gloria (1999)
Picking up the Pieces (1999)
Antz (1998) (voice)
The Mighty (1998)
Sphere (1998)
Diabolique (1996)
Last Dance (1996)
Casino (1995)
Catwalk (1995)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Intersection (1994)
The Specialist (1994)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Sliver (1993)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Diary of a Hit Man (1992)
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1992)
He Said, She Said (1991)
Scissors (1991)
Year of the Gun (1991)
Total Recall (1990)
Beyond the Stars (1989)
Blood and Sand (1989)
Above the Law (1988)
Action Jackson (1988)
Tears in the Rain (1988)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
Cold Steel (1987)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Stardust Memories (1980)