Sharon Stone Biography

Biography

leg crossing, it was unknown to her that the director shot at an angle that revealed it all. There was an attempt to sue, but it was basically left astray as the movie quickly gained its success which most probably was because of that particular scene. Through the role, the 1993 Golden Globes nominated her for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama but unfortunately she lost it to Emma Thompson in "Howards End" (1992). One thing led to another. Her image in "Basic Instinct" hadn't leave moviemakers' mind that whenever there were any films that required erotic scenes, Sharon's name was mentioned as the first choice. One obvious example was that seen in the next movie "Sliver" (1993), which despite the sexual scenes between Sharon and William Baldwin, didn't go successful as planned.

Next she took a frigid wife role in "Intersection" (1994), thinking that she should leave the sex bomb image behind. It was a fair attempt but wasn't convincible enough so she focused on producing "The Quick and the Dead" (1995) where she would employ two rising actors, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio as well as veteran actor Gene Hackman to play opposite ...

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her. The cast were good, the director Sam Raimi was great but overall the movie was average and it wasn't until her role as Ginger McKenna in Martin Scorsese's "Casino" (1995) that she appeared on the surface again. As a troublesome drug-taking wife of a mob, she was convincing enough to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role category. Happy with the winning she wasn't careful in landing her next role in "Diabolique" (1996). It was a thick plotted movie but compared to the original version which was made in 1955 with the title "Les Diaboliques", it was a total loser. The failure, however, was quickly compensated with her better appearances as a woman who was waiting to be death sentenced in "Last Dance" (1996) and also one of the scientists discovering an unknown object beneath the sea in "Sphere" (1998). By that time it could be noticed that the 40 years old Sharon had completed the transition from a sex bomb to a refined actress. In that same year, she put her production company, Chaos effective by producing "The Mighty" (1998), a touching story of two 7th grade boys' friendship and she also filled in ...