Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as having received nominations for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen`s comedy-drama Stardust Memories (1980). Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven`s horror film Deadly Blessing (1981). Also in the 1980s, Stone appeared in Irreconcilable Differences (1984), King Solomon`s Mines (1985), Cold Steel (1987), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Action Jackson (1988), and Above the Law (1988). She found mainstream prominence with her part in Paul Verhoeven`s science fiction action film Total Recall (1990). Stone became a sex symbol after the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorsese`s epic crime drama Casino (1995), garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She received two more Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty (1998) and The Muse (1999). In 1995, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2005, she was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. On television, Stone has had notable performances in the miniseries War and Remembrance (1987) and the HBO television film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000). She made guest appearances in The Practice (2004), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010). Stone has also appeared in the series` Agent X (2015), Steven Soderbergh`s Mosaic (2017), The New Pope (2019) and Ryan Murphy`s Ratched (2020).