Congratulations to Sharon Stone!
Today, a bright talented actress, a sex symbol of the 90s and the smartest woman in Hollywood, whose IQ of 154 is comparable to that of Albert Einstein, is celebrating her anniversary. Golden Globe winner Sharon Stone turns 60!Sharon Yvonne Stone was born in 1958 in the small town of Midville, Pennsylvania, the son of a factory worker and accountant. The gifted girl developed rapidly and began to walk and talk when she was not yet a year old. Already at the age of five, Sharon went to school, and she was immediately accepted into the second grade. And, according to the birthday girl herself, at school she drove everyone crazy, because she had adult questions, and she wanted to receive adult answers to them. Given Stone's mind and the fact that she was, as they say, a bookworm, she was once told that the most suitable profession for her was a lawyer. However, the girl herself was drawn towards creativity and acting. Sharon has always loved black and white films, especially with the participation of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and as a child put on theatrical performances in the garage of her own house to entertain her neighbors. While still in high school, she began not only to participate, but also to take first places in various beauty contests, including the title of "Miss Pennsylvania". Young Stone spent the money from victories in such competitions on teachers who instructed her in all the intricacies of the acting craft and helped hone her own skills. At 15, Sharon Stone won a scholarship to the University of Edinboro, where she studied literature and the visual arts. After graduation, the girl decided to pursue a modeling career and moved to New York, where she signed a contract with the Ford agency. By the late 70s, she had become a highly successful model, appearing for both print and television commercials.  Sharon Stone began her acting career in 1980, making her debut in Woody Allen's film Stardust Memories. The role was tiny and without words, but it was this fleeting appearance on the screen that became the starting point for the girl. The following year, she landed a full role in Wes Craven's horror film Mortal Blessing. However, it cannot be said that the actress's career developed rapidly. For the next ten years, she took part in the filming of a fairly large number of films and television series, but all of these were not particularly noticeable projects, of which the most famous to the wide audience, perhaps, only the adventure film "The Mines of King Solomon" and the fourth part of the popular comedy franchise "Police Academy ". A breakthrough was outlined only in 1990, when Stone played the wife of the hero Arnold Schwarzenegger in Paul Verhoeven's fantasy action movie Total Recall. The film was a hit with audiences, grossed more than $ 260 million worldwide and received several Academy Award nominations, eventually picking up a special achievement in visual effects statuette. As part of the advertising campaign for the picture, Sharon Stone decided to take a bold step and starred in a photo shoot for Playboy, which earned her a place in the list of "25 Sexiest Stars of the Century" according to this magazine.  In 1992, Sharon Stone played one of her most famous roles - the suspect in the murder of the owner of a nightclub, the writer Catherine Tramell in the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct" by the same Paul Verhoeven. The film became a box office hit, and the iconic interrogation scene of Stone's heroine is still called one of the sexiest in the history of cinema. The role of the femme fatale brought Sharon Stone nominations for the Golden Globe and Saturn awards, in addition, she was included in the next list of "50 most beautiful people", this time according to People magazine.After the resounding success of Basic Instinct, the actress did not want to retain only one role for herself, so in the next few years she chose a wide variety of projects, trying on more and more new images. So, in the thriller "Sliver" she played the victim of a maniac, in the drama "Crossroads" - the cold and indifferent wife of the hero Richard Gere, in "The Specialist" the heroine Stone was obsessed with the desire to take revenge on the gangsters who killed her parents, and in the western "The Fast and the Dead" the actress appeared in the form of a female shooter who challenged the merciless mayor of a small town in a duel tournament.  Despite the fact that the roles were diverse and characteristic, some critics began to express the opinion that Sharon Stone's success had more to do with her sexuality than with her acting talent. However, in 1995, the actress was able to prove how wrong they were. The role of hero Robert De Niro's drug addicted wife in Martin Scorsese's gangster drama Casino brought Stone not only love and fame among fans, but also recognition from colleagues and critics. The actress became a Golden Globe laureate and received an Oscar nomination. Several years later, she starred in the sci-fi thriller The Sphere opposite Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson, and in 1999 was nominated for the third Golden Globe nomination for her role in the drama The Giant. In 2000, Sharon Stone again entered the list of contenders for the "Globe", now for the role of a real muse in the comedy of the same name by Albert Brooks.  In September 2001, Sharon Stone faced serious health problems. Fortunately, everything worked out, and after a short break, the actress returned to the big screens again. In recent years, Stone's piggy bank has been replenished with such projects as the fantastic action movie Catwoman, the tragicomedy road movie Broken Flowers, the crime drama Alpha Dog, the sequel, albeit not as successful as the original, of Basic Instinct. the biopic Lovelace, the comedy The Woe Creator; and Steven Soderbergh's series Mosaic. The actress also managed to appear in a USA-made film, starring in 2013 in the romantic melodrama Love in the City 3.  As for Stone's future projects, among them the satirical comedy "The Story of an Allergist's Wife," where the birthday girl will accompany the actress and singer Bette Midler, and the melodrama "What About Love?" with Andy Garcia. Despite being quite busy in the cinema, Sharon Stone devotes a lot of time to charity: she is an activist and honorary chairman of the AmFAR Foundation, which is looking for an AIDS vaccine. 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