American actress and producer, Sharon Stone had a modeling career before she decided to try acting. Being part of numerous movies as well as starring in most of them brought her a huge success, because of which Sharon is nowadays known as a hardworking woman.

Early Life and Career

Sharon Yvonne Stone was born on the 10th of March 1958, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. She is a daughter of Dorothy Marie and Joseph William Stone II who was a factory worker. She also has an older brother Michael and younger siblings, Kelly and Patrick. Being a good student who comes from a poor family, she got a scholarship for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania when she was 15 years old. At the university, she studied fine arts and creative writing.

Her participation in a beauty contest in 1977 contributed her a win of Miss Crawford Country. One of the judges advised her to start modeling and to drop out of school. After getting parents’ permission she moved in in New Jersey and started a new life with her aunt. After appearing in television and printed commercials, she debuted as an extra in a film titled ‘Stardust Memories’ in the 1980s.

Her first career massive success was when she appeared in the role of beautiful but deadly Lori in ‘Total Recall’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film was a big success for a box office, and to also promote it she appeared on the cover page of Playboy magazine the same year. After that photo shoot, she entered the magazine’s list “Top 25 Sexiest Stars of the Century”.