Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. Her strict father was a factory worker and her mother was a homemaker. She was the second of four children. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania and, at that same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. She was a very smart girl, became a bookworm, and once was told that a suitable job for her (and her brains) was to become a lawyer. However, her first love was still the black-and-white movies, especially those featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. So, the 17-year-old Sharon got herself into the Miss Pennsylvania beauty contest and won it. From working part-time as a McDonald's counter girl, she worked her way up to become a successful Ford model, both in TV commercials and print ads. Finally, in 1980, she made her debut in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories as "pretty girl on train". Her first speaking part, though, was in Wes Craven's horror movie, Deadly Blessing. She struggled through many parts in B-movies, notably in King Solomon's Mines, and Action Jackson. She was also married in 1984 to Michael Greenburg, the producer of MacGyver, but they divorced two years later. She finally received her big break with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall and also posed nude for Playboy, a daring move for a 32-year-old actress. But it worked; she accepted a breakthrough role as a sociopath novelist, "Catherine Tramell", in Basic Instinct with Michael Douglas. Her interrogation scene has become a classic in film history and her performance captivated everyone, from MTV viewers, who honored her with Most Desirable Female and Best Female Performance Awards, to a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. After she got famous, she didn't want to be typecast, so she played a victim in Sliver and, in Intersection, she was the aloof, estranged wife of Richard Gere. These movies didn't "work", so she got herself again into more aggressive roles, such as The Specialist with Sylvester Stallone and The Quick and the Dead with Gene Hackman. But, it wasn't until she played a beautiful but drug-crazy wife of Robert De Niro in Casino that she got far more than just fame and fortune--she also received the acknowledgment of the movie industry for her acting ability. She received her first Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She did a couple of films after wards, teaming up with Isabelle Adjani in Diabolique, and as a woman waiting for her death penalty in Last Dance. In 1998, she married a newspaper editor, Phil Bronstein. She also received her third Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress that year for The Mighty, a film that her company, "Chaos", also co-executive produced. The next year, she entered her first comedic role in The Muse, which starred and was directed by Albert Brooks and gave her another Golden Globe nomination. Sharon Stone, a diva who thoroughly enjoys her hard-won stardom, is now a mother of an adorable baby boy, Roan Joseph.



Basic Instinct 2 (2006): $13,600,000
Last Dance (1996): $6,000,000
Diabolique (1996): $6,000,000
The Specialist (1994): $5,000,000
Intersection (1994): $5,000,000
Sliver (1993): $2,500,000
Basic Instinct (1992): $500,000

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" (#49). [1995] Playboy Magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century," Number 24. [1999] Ranked #77 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Engaged to producer William J. MacDonald. [1993-1994] Owns her own production company, Chaos. Went to school at Saegertown High School, Saegertown, Pennsylvania. Has one older brother (Mike Stone), one younger brother (Patrick Stone), and a younger sister (Kelly Stone). As a teenager worked part-time as a McDonald's countergirl. Is allergic to caffeine. Auditioned for the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987). Auditioned for the Madonna role in Dick Tracy (1990). Speaks Italian Ex-husband Phil Bronstein is one of the editors of the San Francisco Examiner. Stone's former housekeeper Socorro Del Carmen Membreno pleaded not guilty to grand theft of $300,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from Stone's L.A. home two months earlier. [2 March 2000] Sharon was granted a restraining order against Agostino P'omata, who allegedly had made threats of violence against her. [27 March 2001] Suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalized for a while. [October 2001] Has one adopted son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, born on 22 May 2000. Is a close friend of Jeanne Moreau. Presented a 1998 American Academy of Motion Pictures life tribute to her. Spent many long workdays in agony while filming scenes for Casino (1995). She has back trouble due to an old injury, and the gold and white beaded gown she wore during a casino scene weighed 45 pounds. Made a teenage ballet star's dreams come true by giving her $ 75,000 for tuition fees. June 11, 2001: her husband, Phil Bronstein, underwent foot surgery after being attacked by a Komodo dragon during a private tour of the Los Angeles Zoo. The tour was arranged by Stone as a Father's Day gift for Bronstein, who had always wanted to see one of the Indonesian lizards up close. The attack occurred after Bronstein had removed his white shoes. Zookeepers later speculated the 5-foot-long lizard may have mistaken the shoes for white rats it ate regularly. A sex scene in The Quick and the Dead (1995) between Ellen (Stone) and Cort (Russell Crowe) was shot, but Stone and director Sam Raimi decided that it wasn't a necessary part of the story. The scene was not included in the American release of the film, but international versions do include it. Is diabetic. Is a big supporter of the AIDS research organization AMFAR. Entered the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant at age 17. Appeared as spokesmodel contestant on the pilot for the syndicated series "Star Search" (1983); won the competition (1983). As a child, put on theatrical productions in the family's two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a picnic table; as one garage door went down, the other would go up, revealing a new Stone-created set. She attended Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania where she majored in creative writing and fine arts in the 1970s on a writing scholarship, but left the school before graduating to pursue a modeling career. However, she was later awarded a honorary Doctorate in Philosophy in public service by the school in 2007. Created Officer in France's Order of Arts and Letters by Festival President Gilles Jacob, 20 May 2005, on the sidelines of the 58th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival. Good friends with singer Christina Aguilera and attended Aguilera's November 19, 2005 wedding to music producer Jordan Bratman in Napa Valley, California. Owns a ranch in New Zealand. Daughter of Joseph Stone, a tool and die manufacturer, and Dorothy Stone, an accountant and homemaker. Her aunt, Vonne Stone, was a painter and writer. Member of the Jury at Cannes Festival in 2002 alongside David Lynch, Christine Hakim, Claude Miller, Michelle Yeoh, Raoul Ruiz, Régis Wargnier, Walter Salles and Bille August (full-length films category). Her adopted son, Quinn Kelly Stone, was born in June 2006. Son, Laird Vonne Stone, was born May 7, 2005 (adopted). After Richard Gere introduced her to the The Dalai Lama, she converted to Buddhism. Was considered for the role of Lana in Risky Business (1983). Auditioned for the role of Crystal Connors in Showgirls (1995). Lost custody of her son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, to Phil Bronstein after their divorce.