Happy Birthday Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She first achieved international recognition for her performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct.
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Happy Birthday Sharon StoneIn 1977 she left Meadville, moving in with an aunt in New Jersey. And within four days of her arrival, she was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York. After that she spent a few years modeling and appeared in TV commercials for Burger King, Clairol and Maybelline. -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneWhen French director Claude Lelouch saw Sharon in Stardust Memories, he was so impressed that he cast her in Les Uns et Les Autres (1982) starring James Caan. She was on screen for a mere two minutes and her name wasn't even mentioned in the credits. -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneNext came Irreconcilable Differences (1984), starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and a young Drew Barrymore. Sharon played a starlet who breaks up the marriage of a successful director and his screenwriter wife. The highlight of Stone's performance was when her cocaine-addict character plays Scarlett O'Hara in a musical pitched as a remake of Gone with the Wind. -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneHer appearance in Total Recall (1990) with Arnold Schwarzenegger gave Stone's career a jolt. To coincide with the movie's release, she posed nude for Playboy, showing off the muscles she developed in preparation for the movie (she lifted weights and learned Tae Kwon Do). -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneIn November 1995, Sharon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. That same year, Empire chose her as one of the 100 sexiest stars in film history. In October 1997, she was ranked among the top 100 movie stars of all time by Empire. -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneIn 1995, she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture for her role as "Ginger" in Martin Scorsese's Casino opposite Robert De Niro. She also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the role. -
Happy Birthday Sharon StoneAfter years of litigation, Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction was released on March 31, 2006. A reason for a long delay in releasing the film was reportedly Stone's dispute with the filmmakers over the nudity in the movie; she wanted more, while they wanted less.
