Sharon Stone
Bust
36
Waist
25
Hip
35
Eyes
Blue
Hair
Blonde
Shoes
8.5
Height
5 Feet, 8 Inches

Net worth $40 Million

Birthday
March 10, 1958
Birthplace
Birth Sign

About

Sharon Stone is an American actor, producer, and humanitarian admired for her sharp intelligence as much as for her magnetic screen presence. She found worldwide fame with the provocative thriller Basic Instinct (1992), then defied expectations by earning an Academy Award® nomination for Martin Scorsese’s Casino (1995), where she played the complex Ginger McKenna. Over a career spanning four decades, Stone has slipped easily between big-budget blockbusters, television dramas, and independent films, collecting an Emmy®, a Golden Globe®, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Off camera, she survived a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in 2001, a turning point that deepened her commitment to philanthropy. Today she raises funds for HIV/AIDS research, LGBTQ+ equality, and brain-injury awareness, while continuing to take on roles that champion strong, complicated women.

Before Fame

Born on March 10, 1958, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Sharon Vonne Stone grew up in a blue-collar family where curiosity was encouraged and encyclopedias doubled as entertainment. She graduated high school at fifteen and earned a creative-writing scholarship to Edinboro University, but the campus fashion shows nudged her toward modeling. A Miss Crawford County crown paid her way to the Miss Pennsylvania pageant, and judges urged her to try her luck in New York City. By 1977 she had signed with the prestigious Ford Agency, posing for Vogue and European brands while absorbing acting classes at night. Early background parts in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980) and the horror spoof Deadly Blessing (1981) offered a crash course in movie sets. Though the roles were small, they taught her pacing, camera angles, and the discipline required to command attention—skills that would soon prove crucial.

Trivia

  • Genius IQ: Stone’s childhood teachers tested her at an IQ of 154, placing her in the same range as gifted mathematicians. She skipped two grades and still jokes that acting was her “rebellion against the honor-roll life.”
  • Scarface Audition: Brian De Palma considered her for Scarface (1983). She didn’t land it, yet he remembered her and later cast her opposite Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct, the role that changed everything.
  • Polyglot Talents: Besides English, she speaks conversational French and dabbles in American Sign Language, skills she practiced while raising three sons adopted from 2000 to 2006.
  • Art Collector: An avid art lover, Stone owns pieces by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, and a cherished sketch that Pablo Picasso gave to her godfather.
  • Author: Her memoir The Beauty of Living Twice (2021) became a New York Times bestseller, praised for candid reflections on Hollywood, health, and resilience.
  • Comeback Queen: After her stroke, doctors gave her a one-percent chance of survival. She relearned speech, reading, and balance before returning to the screen in Broken Flowers (2005) and winning an Emmy® for The Practice.

Family Life

Stone’s parents, Dorothy (an accountant) and Joseph (a factory foreman), instilled a fervent work ethic and a belief that imagination could outdistance circumstance. She remains close to her three siblings—Michael, Kelly, and Patrick—often crediting them for keeping her grounded when fame accelerated. Although her first marriage to producer Michael Greenburg ended in 1990, the two remain friendly collaborators. In 1998 she wed journalist Phil Bronstein; they adopted son Roan Joseph the following year. The couple separated in 2003, and Stone later welcomed sons Laird Vonne (2005) and Quinn Kelly (2006) through adoption. She calls parenthood her “truest role,” scheduling shoots around school recitals and soccer games. The family divides time between Los Angeles and a ranch in Northern California, where unplugged weekends mean board games, horse riding, and cooking Italian dishes she learned while filming in Rome. Despite paparazzi interest, Stone shields her sons’ privacy, sharing only occasional glimpses of birthdays or charity events on social media.

Associated With

Throughout her career, Stone has formed creative partnerships with many of cinema’s boldest names. She has traded rapid-fire dialogue with Robert De Niro in Casino, faced off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in the sci-fi classic Total Recall (1990), and embraced indie storytelling alongside Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005). Martin Scorsese praises her instincts, while Leonardo DiCaprio once cited her as an early champion who insisted he star with her in The Quick and the Dead (1995) when the studio hesitated. On television she sparred wits with James Spader in The Practice, winning that coveted guest-star Emmy®. Off-screen allies include pop icon Elton John—she hosts his AIDS Foundation auctions—and human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney, with whom she campaigns for global press freedom. Whether lighting up a red carpet, lobbying the U.S. Senate for stroke research, or mentoring younger actors like Jennifer Lawrence, Sharon Stone remains synonymous with daring choices, quick wit, and a heart committed to making the world as captivating as her films.

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