Editing Sharon Stone (section)

==Career==
===Modeling and early screen appearances (1976–1989)===
While attending [[Edinboro State College]], Stone won the title of Miss [[Crawford County, Pennsylvania]], and in 1976,<ref name="flashback-sharon-stone-competing-miss-pa">{{cite news |last1=Rotunda |first1=Marie |title=In Your Own Words: A flashback to Sharon Stone, competing to become Miss Pennsylvania 1976 |url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/in-your-own-words-a-flashback-to-sharon-stone-competing-to-become-miss-pennsylvania-1976-ep-40654742-331458661.html/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |work=[[Naples Daily News]] |location=[[Naples, Florida]] |language=en |quote=On the other hand, at 17, Sharon was a real pageant novice.  We became fast friends during pageant week in Altoona, Pa. I was impressed by her all-American pretty looks and smarts. She was very confident sharing with me that she was going to be the next Marilyn Monroe. I was a little surprised at her remark since she weighed about 145 (or more) pounds. During the talent segment, she recited the Gettysburg Address with sparkles in her hair. During the evening gown competition, she announced to the audience that she was going to win an Academy Award.  She did not finish in the Top 10 that evening.  The following year, in June of 1977, as I was relinquishing my Miss Pennsylvania title, Sharon came to the pageant with her mother on the final night, she said, "to specifically thank me for helping her the year before."  Sharon was totally transformed. At a statuesque 5 foot 9, she now weighed about 115 pounds. She wasn't just pretty anymore. She was beautiful. I was thrilled when she told me she had signed a modeling contract with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in New York City |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214250/http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/in-your-own-words-a-flashback-to-sharon-stone-competing-to-become-miss-pennsylvania-1976-ep-40654742-331458661.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was a candidate for [[Miss Pennsylvania]].<ref name=tca/> One of the pageant judges told her to quit college and move to New York City to become a fashion model.<ref name=tca/> Stone left Meadville and moved in with an aunt in [[New Jersey]], and by 1977, she had been signed by [[Ford Models|Ford Modeling Agency]] in New York City.<ref name="models-turned-actresses">{{cite news| url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/05/the-50-hottest-models-turned-actresses/12| title=The 50 Hottest Models Turned Actresses| date=May 18, 2012| work=Complex Magazine| access-date=October 7, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312141939/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/05/the-50-hottest-models-turned-actresses/12| archive-date=March 12, 2016| url-status=live  |quote=Modeling Credentials: She was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in 1977 and worked for a time as a model in Europe.}}</ref> She soon moved to Europe, living for a year in Milan and then in Paris. While living there, she decided to quit modeling and pursue acting. "So I packed my bags, moved back to New York, and stood in line to be an [[extra (acting)|extra]] in a [[Woody Allen]] movie", she later recalled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dunn|first=Brad|title=When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddKTf8joKAQC&pg=PT140|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|year=2009|isbn=9780740786815|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514181424/https://books.google.com/books?id=ddKTf8joKAQC&pg=PT140|archive-date=May 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Galella |first1=Ron |author1-link=Ron Galella |title=Actress Sharon Stone attending 'Woody Allen New Year's Eve Party'  at Harkness House<!-- [[Edward S. Harkness House]] --> in New York City, New York. (156098186) |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-sharon-stone-attending-woody-allen-new-years-eve-news-photo/156098186 |website=[[Getty Images]] |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515025143/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-sharon-stone-attending-woody-allen-new-years-eve-news-photo/156098186 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |language=en-us |date=December 31, 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Galella |first1=Ron |author1-link=Ron Galella |title=Actress Sharon Stone attending 'Woody Allen New Year's Eve Party'  at Harkness House<!-- [[Edward S. Harkness House]] --> in New York City, New York. (156098202) |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-sharon-stone-attending-woody-allen-new-years-eve-news-photo/156098202 |website=[[Getty Images]] |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515025118/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-sharon-stone-attending-woody-allen-new-years-eve-news-photo/156098202 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |language=en-us |date=December 31, 1979}}</ref><ref name="beauty-of-living-twice-Role-Models">{{cite book |last1=Stone |first1=Sharon |title=The Beauty of Living Twice |chapter=Role Models |date=2021 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |location=New York |isbn=9780525656760 |edition=First |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1234479428 |access-date=June 2, 2021 |quote=I got a call from my friend Riccardo Bertoni, who was an extras casting agent. He said that he knew that there was a call for a Woody Allen movie, and I should go. I was twenty, still in New York, trying to book modeling work by going out on 'go-sees.'|oclc=1234479428 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323104421/https://www.worldcat.org/title/1234479428 |url-status=live }}</ref> At 20, Stone was cast for a brief role in Allen's dramedy ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' (1980)<ref name=tca/> and had a speaking part a year later in the horror film ''[[Deadly Blessing]]'' (1981).

French director [[Claude Lelouch]] cast Stone in the musical epic  ''[[Les Uns et les Autres]]'' (1982), starring [[James Caan]],<ref>{{cite book| last=Milne| first=Jeff| title=Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia Game| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZyqXZ_3sEwC&pg=PT638| publisher=Jeff Milne| year=2009| isbn=9780615285214| access-date=November 25, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610142426/https://books.google.com/books?id=YZyqXZ_3sEwC&pg=PT638| archive-date=June 10, 2016| url-status=live}}</ref> but she was on screen for two minutes and did not appear in the credits. She secured guest-spots on the television series ''[[Silver Spoons]]'' (1982), ''[[Bay City Blues]]'' (1983), ''[[Remington Steele]]'' (1983), ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' (1984), and ''[[T. J. Hooker]]'' (1985); played a starlet who breaks up the marriage of a successful director and his screenwriter wife in the drama ''[[Irreconcilable Differences]]'' (1984), opposite [[Ryan O'Neal]], [[Shelley Long]] and a  young [[Drew Barrymore]]; and starred as a resourceful woman teaming up with a fortune hunter (played by [[Richard Chamberlain]]) in the action-centered ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1985) and ''[[Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold]]'' (1986), a light, comedic take on the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' film series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089421/locations|title=King Solomon's Mines (1985)|website=IMDb|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107161827/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089421/locations|url-status=live}}</ref> which were poorly received by critics and audiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1011639-king_solomons_mines|title=King Solomon's Mines|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126081853/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1011639-king_solomons_mines|url-status=live}}</ref>  In his review for ''King Solomon's Mines'', Walter Goodman of ''[[The New York Times]]'' considered that Stone was "up to date as a spunky, sexy, smart-talking heroine with an effective right hook" but felt that the story was "lost in the effects".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/23/movies/film-in-updated-form-king-solomon-s-mines.html|title=FILM: IN UPDATED FORM, 'KING SOLOMON'S MINES'|first=Walter|last=Goodman|date=November 23, 1985|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=The New York Times|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126081855/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/23/movies/film-in-updated-form-king-solomon-s-mines.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For her performance in ''Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold'', she received her first [[Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for Worst Actress.

Stone obtained the role of Janice Henry in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] miniseries ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' (1987), the sequel to the 1983 miniseries ''[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'', based on the 1978 [[War and Remembrance|novel of the same name]] written by [[Herman Wouk]]. Through the remainder of the 1980s, she appeared as a reporter in the comedy ''[[Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol]]'' (1987), an attractive but mysterious woman with a hidden agenda in the thriller ''[[Cold Steel (1987 film)|Cold Steel]]'' (1987), the wife of an ex-CIA agent in the crime film ''[[Above the Law (1988 film)|Above the Law]]'' (1988) and the ill-fated wife of a successful businessman in the action film ''[[Action Jackson (1988 film)|Action Jackson]]'' (1988).

===Breakthrough and ''Basic Instinct'' (1990–1992)===
[[File:SharonStone91.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Stone at the [[Deauville American Film Festival]] in 1991]]
In [[Paul Verhoeven]]'s ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' (1990), a science fiction action film opposite [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Stone played the seemingly loving wife of a construction worker. The film received favorable reviews and made $261.2&nbsp;million worldwide, giving Stone's career a major boost,<ref name=tca/> leading to her being cast in five feature films released throughout 1991. She played what [[Roger Ebert]] described as the "bad girl" in the romantic comedy ''[[He Said, She Said (film)|He Said, She Said]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/he-said-she-said-1991|title=He Said, She Said movie review (1991) &#124; Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=Rogerebert.com/|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126033616/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/he-said-she-said-1991|url-status=live}}</ref> a sexually repressed woman in the psychological thriller ''[[Scissors (film)|Scissors]]'', a wealthy blonde in the crime drama ''[[Diary of a Hitman]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/releaseinfo|title=Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991)|access-date=October 11, 2017|website=IMDb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014937/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/releaseinfo|archive-date=March 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> a provocative young photojournalist in the thriller ''[[Year of the Gun (film)|Year of the Gun]]'' and the agent and former lover of a writer in the neo-noir ''[[Where Sleeping Dogs Lie]]''.

In another Verhoeven film, the erotic thriller ''[[Basic Instinct]]'' (1992),<ref name=tca/> she took on the role that made her a star, playing [[Catherine Tramell]], a brilliant [[bisexuality|bisexual]] novelist and alleged [[serial killer]]. Several actresses at the time turned down the role, mostly because of the [[nudity in film|nudity]] required.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|title=Basic Instinct': The Suspect Is Attractive, and May Be Fatal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/movies/film-basic-instinct-the-suspect-is-attractive-and-may-be-fatal.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=May 10, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=March 15, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429001640/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/movies/film-basic-instinct-the-suspect-is-attractive-and-may-be-fatal.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=April 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 
Critical response towards ''Basic Instinct'' was mixed, but Stone received critical acclaim for her "star-making performance";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct/|title=Basic Instinct|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830115706/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' remarked that "Verhoeven's cinematic wet dream delivers the goods, especially when Sharon Stone struts on with enough come-on carnality to singe the screen," and observed of the actress' portrayal: "Stone, a former model, is a knockout; she even got a rise out of Ah-nold in Verhoeven's ''Total Recall''. But being the bright spot in too many dull movies (''He Said, She Said''; ''Irreconcilable Differences'') stalled her career. Though ''Basic Instinct'' establishes Stone as a [[bombshell (slang)|bombshell]] for the 1990s, it also shows she can nail a laugh or shade an emotion with equal aplomb."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Travers, Peter|title=Review: ''Basic Instinct''|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/basic-instinct-19920320|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628215638/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/basic-instinct-19920320|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Australian critic Shannon J. Harvey of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' called the film "one of the best films of the early [[1990s in film|1990s]], doing more for female empowerment than any feminist rally. Stone – in her star-making performance – is as hot and sexy as she is ice-pick cold."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite book|title=Basic Instinct|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct/reviews|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213002918/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct/reviews|url-status=live}}</ref> For the part, Stone earned a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]], four [[MTV Movie & TV Awards|MTV Movie Awards]] nominations, and a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]] for her "tribute to [[Beaver Cleaver|Theodore Cleaver]]". The film also became one of the most financially successful productions of the 1990s, grossing US$352.9&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=basicinstinct.htm|title=Basic Instinct (1992)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321233141/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=basicinstinct.htm|archive-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Leading lady status (1993–1999)===
In 1993, Stone played a [[femme fatale]] in the erotic thriller ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]'', based on [[Ira Levin]]'s [[Sliver (novel)|eponymous novel]] about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York City high-rise apartment building. The film was heavily panned by critics and earned Stone a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]] but became a commercial success, grossing US$116.3&nbsp;million at the international box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sliver.htm|title=Sliver (1993)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233153/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sliver.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She also made a cameo appearance in the action film ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' (1993), reuniting with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1994, Stone appeared as the wife of an architect opposite [[Richard Gere]] in the drama ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]'', and as a woman who entices a bomb expert she is involved with into destroying the criminal gang that killed her family, alongside [[Sylvester Stallone]], in the action thriller ''[[The Specialist]]''. While ''Intersection'' found limited success, ''The Specialist'' made US$170.3&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=specialist.htm|title=The Specialist (1994)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011034419/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=specialist.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> For her work in both films, she won a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] and a [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Award]] for Worst Actress, but was nominated for the [[MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female]] for ''The Specialist''.

In ''[[The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)|The Quick and the Dead]]'' (1995), Stone took on the role of a gunfighter who returns to a frontier town in an effort to avenge her father's death. She served as a producer on the film and had some creative control over the production;<ref name=first>Muir, pp. 171-179</ref> she chose director [[Sam Raimi]], after being impressed by his work on ''[[Army of Darkness]]'', and co-star [[Russell Crowe]] after watching ''[[Romper Stomper]]''.<ref name=first/> She paid [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s salary herself after a reluctance from Sony, the film's studio, over his casting. ''The Quick and the Dead'' was a modest profit and earned Stone a [[Saturn Awards|Saturn Award]] nomination for [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html|title=Past Saturn Awards|date=February 7, 2008|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207072429/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html|archive-date=February 7, 2008}}</ref> Stone starred opposite [[Robert De Niro]] in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s epic crime drama ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'' (1995), where she took on the role of Ginger McKenna, the scheming, self-absorbed wife of a top gambling handicapper (De Niro). The film, based on the non-fiction book ''[[Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas]]'' by [[Nicholas Pileggi]], received widespread critical acclaim, made US$116.1&nbsp;million globally,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=casino.htm|title=Casino (1995)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201164641/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=casino.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref name=tca/> During an interview with ''[[The Observer]]'', published on January 28, 1996, Stone said of the response: "Thank God. I mean just finally, wow [...] I am not getting any younger. It couldn't have happened at a better time".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/22/sharon-stone-interview-basic-instinct|title=Interview 1996: Sharon Stone|date=March 22, 2009|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044552/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/22/sharon-stone-interview-basic-instinct|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, she received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, and was awarded the [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film]] [[Crystal Award]].<ref name="WIF">{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients |website=Women in Film |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stone portrayed the mistress of a cruel school master in the psychological thriller ''[[Diabolique (1996 film)|Diabolique]]'' (1996), a woman waiting on death row for a brutal double murder in the drama ''[[Last Dance (1996 film)|Last Dance]]'' (1996), and a biologist  in the suspense film ''[[Sphere (1998 film)|Sphere]]'' (1998). The three aforementioned films were panned by critics and failed to find an audience in theaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1071413_last_dance|title=Last Dance|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126191120/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1071413_last_dance|archive-date=November 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/22/movies/film-review-forget-the-cerebral-just-kill-him.html |title=Movie Review : Forget the Cerebral. Just Kill Him|work=The New York Times|date=March 22, 1996 |access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731144951/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9a04e0d71739f931a15750c0a960958260|archive-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|last1=Maslin |first1=Janet }}</ref> In 1998, Stone also lent her voice for the successful animated film ''[[Antz]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm|title=Antz (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918112522/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm|archive-date=September 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and played the mother of a 13-year-old boy suffering from [[Morquio syndrome]] in the drama ''[[The Mighty]]'', which garnered a positive critical response.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty/|title=The Mighty|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127043923/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mighty.htm|title=The Mighty (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233106/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mighty.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the lattermost<!--uh???-->.

Her turn as a street-wise, middle-aged moll in ''[[Gloria (1999 American film)|Gloria]]'' (1999), a remake of the 1980 [[Gloria (1980 film)|film of the same name]], proved to be a critical and commercial misfire.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,63876,00.html |title=Gloria Review &#124; Movie Reviews and News |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 5, 1999 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224203154/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,63876,00.html |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-25-ca-1541-story.html |title=Remake of Cassavetes' 'Gloria' Is Mostly an Acting Exercise |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 27, 2004 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |first=Jack |last=Mathews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306163244/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/25/entertainment/ca-1541 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Van |first=Lawrence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/23/movies/film-review-tough-moll-with-heart-of-mush.html |title=Movie Review – Gloria – FILM REVIEW; Tough Moll With Heart of Mush |work=The New York Times |date=January 23, 1999 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310215509/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E7D91F30F930A15752C0A96F958260 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> A titular role followed in 1999 with the comedy ''[[The Muse (film)|The Muse]]'', playing the inspiration of an esteemed screenwriter. Wade Major, a critic for ''Boxoffice'', found her portrayal of a "dizzy Muse" to be "the film's most delightful surprise",<ref>Major, Wade. Boxoffice, August 1, 1999: 52.</ref> but most reviews were ultimately lukewarm. Helmut Voss, then president of the [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]], which gave the annual [[Golden Globe Awards]], ordered all 82 of its members to return gift luxury watches sent by either Stone or [[October Films]] (now merged into [[Focus Features]]) as these were considered to be promotions for a nomination for Stone's performance in the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wolk |first=Josh |title=Bribe, She Said |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84878,00.html |date=December 21, 1999 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120113233/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84878,00.html |archive-date=January 20, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> She ultimately received the nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]].

===Hiatus and downturn (2000–2004)===
[[File:Sharon Stone..jpg|thumb|right|upright|Stone at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2000, Stone played a lesbian trying to start a family, opposite [[Ellen DeGeneres]], in the [[HBO]] television film ''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]'' and starred as an exotic dancer, alongside [[Billy Connolly]], in the comedy ''[[Beautiful Joe (film)|Beautiful Joe]]''. While she was recognized by [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film]] with her second [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#Lucy Award|Lucy Award]] for her performance in ''If These Walls Could Talk 2'',<ref name="WIF"/> ''Beautiful Joe'' premiered on [[cable TV|cable television]] instead of receiving a theatrical release in North America.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Joe Airs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496433286/ |work=Vancouver Sun |date=December 12, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220231029/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496433286/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Tonight's TV tips |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/346860715/ |work=[[The Bismarck Tribune]] |date=November 19, 2000 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220231044/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/346860715/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sunday listings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107109499/ |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=November 19, 2000 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230834/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107109499/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=New Releases |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/195679598/ |work=Star Tribune |date=May 25, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230945/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/195679598/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Cynthia |title=Here is a schedule of upcoming video... |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-05-10-0105100016-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=May 10, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230740/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-05-10-0105100016-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Nathan Rabin of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', who had been critical of Stone's previous films, wrote that "nothing she's done has been quite as shameless or appalling as ''Beautiful Joe'', a toxic piece of whimsy that ranks among the worst films of 2000".<ref>{{cite web |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |title=Beautiful Joe |url=https://www.avclub.com/beautiful-joe-1798197292 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=December 19, 2018 |date=April 19, 2002 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219211027/https://film.avclub.com/beautiful-joe-1798197292 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following her September 2001 hospitalization for a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]], Stone took a hiatus from screen acting. She faced professional challenges as she was in the process of recovery. She felt that she had "lost [her] place" in Hollywood, and during a 2015 interview with ''USA Today'', she remarked: "[When] you find yourself at the back of the line in your business, as I did, [you] have to figure yourself out all over again."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/07/19/sharon-stone-stroke-impaled-her-career-i-lost-everything/1776056001/ |title=Sharon Stone remembers career strife after near-fatal stroke: 'I lost everything I had' |work=USA Today |last=Jensen |first=Erin |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109175824/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/07/19/sharon-stone-stroke-impaled-her-career-i-lost-everything/1776056001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She returned to the screen in 2003, when she took on a three-episode arc as Sheila Carlisle, an attorney who believes she can communicate with God, in the eighth season of ''[[The Practice]]''. For her performance, she received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/sharon-stone|title=Sharon Stone|website=Television Academy|access-date=December 27, 2011|archive-date=March 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323104415/https://www.emmys.com/bios/sharon-stone|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stone attempted a return to the mainstream with roles in the films ''[[Cold Creek Manor]]'' (2003), with [[Dennis Quaid]], and ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' (2004), with [[Halle Berry]]. In the mystery psychological thriller ''Cold Creek Manor'', she and Quaid played a couple terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in [[foreclosure]]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine remarked in its review for the film that both actors "fish in vain to find any angles to play in their dimension-free characters".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117921878/?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0|work=Variety|title=Review: ''Cold Creek Manor''|access-date=October 2, 2017}} {{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The superhero film ''Catwoman'' saw her play the age-obsessed CEO of a cosmetic company and the story's antagonist. While both films flopped at the box office, ''Catwoman'' is considered by many critics to be [[List of films considered the worst#Catwoman (2004)|one of the worst movies of all time]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jean Lowerison |url=http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/reel/index.php?reelID=713 |title='Catwoman' The cat and the Bratt |website=San Diego Metropolitan |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724130824/http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/reel/index.php?reelID=713 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kim, Janet |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-07-20/film/me-ouch/1 |title=Me-Ouch – Page 1 – Movies – New York |work=The Village Voice |date=July 20, 2004 |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629162951/http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-07-20/film/me-ouch/1/ |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Independent films and ensemble dramas (2005–2017)===
Her next film release was [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s dramedy ''[[Broken Flowers]]'' (2005), in which Stone took on the role of a grasping and overly eager closet organizer who re-connects with a former womanizer (played by [[Bill Murray]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brokenflowers.htm|title=Broken Flowers (2005)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233150/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brokenflowers.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike her previous few film outings, ''Broken Flowers'' was met with critical acclaim, upon its premiere at Cannes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broken_flowers|title=Broken Flowers|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830115408/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broken_flowers|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> where it was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] and won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278008/year/2005.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Broken Flowers |year=2005 |access-date=December 5, 2009 |work=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120171412/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278008/year/2005.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Far Out Magazine]]'' ranked Stone's role among one of her "10 best performances",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sharon-stone-10-best-films-martin-scorsese-jim-jarmusch/|title=Sharon Stone's 10 best film performances|website=Faroutmagazine.co.uk|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126133641/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sharon-stone-10-best-films-martin-scorsese-jim-jarmusch/|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'' remarked: "Sharon Stone, playing a widow who's half-hippie, half-working-class-tough, demonstrates that, given the right part, she's still not merely sexy but knockabout funny and sly".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/12373/|title=Ex Marks the Spot|work=New York Magazine|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023072831/http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/12373/|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, she was named [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters]] in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/theDailyArticle/43222.html|title=Sharon Stone Becomes an Officier des Arts et Lettres|website=festival-cannes.com|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160224075120/http://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/theDailyArticle/43222.html|archive-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>

After years of litigation, ''[[Basic Instinct 2]]'' was released on March 31, 2006. A reason for a long delay in releasing the film was reportedly Stone's dispute with the filmmakers over the nudity in the film; she wanted more while they wanted less. Stone told an interviewer, "We are in a time of odd repression and if a popcorn movie allows us to create a platform for discussion, wouldn't that be great?".<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428042109/http://www.insideeonline.com/news/details/20060315-57/sharon_stone_sought_%22brazen%22_nude_scenes.html|title=Sharon Stone sought 'brazen' nude scenes|work=Inside Entertainment|date=March 2006|archive-date=April 28, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011|url=http://www.insideeonline.com/news/details/20060315-57/sharon_stone_sought_%22brazen%22_nude_scenes.html}}</ref> Despite an estimated budget of US$70 million, ''Basic Instinct 2'' placed only tenth in gross on its opening weekend with a meager US$3.2 million and finished with a total domestic gross of under US$6&nbsp;million. Stone appeared in [[Nick Cassavetes]]'s crime drama ''[[Alpha Dog]]'' (2006), opposite [[Bruce Willis]], playing Olivia Mazursky, the mother of a real-life murder victim; she wore a [[fatsuit]] for the role.<ref name="AlphaDog">{{cite web |title=Stone struggles to look bad in a fat suit |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stone%20struggles%20to%20look%20bad%20in%20a%20fat%20suit_1016226 |website=contactmusic.com |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429114527/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stone%20struggles%20to%20look%20bad%20in%20a%20fat%20suit_1016226 |archive-date=April 29, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]] and was an arthouse success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alphadog.htm|title=Alpha Dog (2007)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043642/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alphadog.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She made part of an ensemble cast in [[Emilio Estevez]]'s drama ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006), about the hours leading up to the [[assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]]. Stone received favorable comments for her performance, particularly a scene alongside [[Lindsay Lohan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112202099.html|title='Bobby' Turns Back the Clock To a Fateful Day|first=Ann|last=Hornaday|date=November 23, 2006|access-date=October 11, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112195203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112202099.html|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003443730_bobby23.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125005056/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003443730_bobby23.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2006 |title=Poignant story gets a lift from heavyweight cast |access-date=November 4, 2008 }}</ref> As a member of the cast, she was nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]], but won in the [[Hollywood Film Festival|Hollywood Film Festival Award]] for Best Ensemble Cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=Sagawards.org|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|archive-date=December 4, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Sharon Stone Cannes 2013 2.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Stone at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Stone took on the role of a [[major depressive disorder|clinically depressed]] woman in the independent drama ''[[When a Man Falls in the Forest]]'' (2007), which premiered in competition at the [[57th Berlin International Film Festival]] where it was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20073122.php#tab=boulevard|title=- Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 2007 – Programme – When A Man Falls in the Forest|website=Berlinale.de|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043849/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20073122.php#tab=boulevard|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Mike|last1=Collett-White|access-date=April 3, 2021|title=Stone says latest film challenges "Prozac society"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berlin-film-stone-idUSL1251160520070215|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 15, 2007|via=www.reuters.com|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814165907/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berlin-film-stone-idUSL1251160520070215|url-status=live}}</ref> All of her late 2000s films —''[[If I Had Known I Was a Genius]]'' (2007), ''[[The Year of Getting to Know Us]]'' (2008), ''[[Five Dollars a Day]]'' (2009) and ''[[Streets of Blood]]'' (2009)— were [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] releases in North America. In 2010, Stone made guest-appearances in four episodes of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'',<ref name="svu">{{cite magazine|last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=January 5, 2010 |title=Scoop: 'Law&nbsp;& Order: SVU' collars Sharon Stone |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/05/law-order-svu-casts-sharon-stone |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009201343/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/05/law-order-svu-casts-sharon-stone/ |archive-date=October 9, 2010 }}</ref> portraying [[Jo Marlowe]], a former cop turned prosecutor. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' included in a review such descriptions of her performance as a "great presence", and having "had to revive her best [...] tone to sell hokey lines" in a series it described as "mawkish and overwrought".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Tucker|date=April 29, 2010|title=Sharon Stone on 'Law & Order: SVU' review: Fire, but no sparks|url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/04/29/sharon-stone-law-amp-order-svu|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717014705/http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/04/29/sharon-stone-law-amp-order-svu/|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> She took on the leading female role in the French action sequel ''[[Largo Winch II]]'' as a United Nations investigator named Diane Francken. Her first [[wide release|theatrical-released]] production since 2007, the film premiered on February 16, 2011, in France, where it opened in second place at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11448|title=Largo Winch 2 (2011)- JPBox-Office|last=JP|website=Jpbox-office.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233455/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11448|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She next starred as a hard-hitting journalist in the thriller ''[[Border Run]]'' (2012), which received a [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] release.

In 2013, Stone played the mother of porn actress [[Linda Lovelace]] ([[Amanda Seyfried]]) in the [[biographical film|biographical]] drama ''[[Lovelace (film)|Lovelace]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lovelace.htm|title=Lovelace (2013)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233310/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lovelace.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and a dermatologist seeking a ''[[ménage à trois]]'' in the [[Woody Allen]]–[[John Turturro]] comedy ''[[Fading Gigolo]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo|title=TIFF.net – Fading Gigolo|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509121141/http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo|archive-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> Both films were released in limited theaters to a decent critical reception; [[Glenn Kenny]], in his review for ''Fading Gigolo'', found Stone to be "splendidly understated" in what he described as "a New York story through and through [...] often funny, sometimes moving, occasionally goofy as hell".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fading-gigolo-2014|title=Fading Gigolo Movie Review & Film Summary (2014) – Roger Ebert|first=Glenn|last=Kenny|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233255/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fading-gigolo-2014|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, she starred as an actress-turned-publisher, opposite [[Riccardo Scamarcio]], in the Italian dramedy ''[[A Golden Boy]]'' (''Un ragazzo d'oro''), directed by [[Pupi Avati]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=IT&id=_fUNRAGAZZODORO01|title=Un ragazzo d'oro|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043802/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=IT&id=_fUNRAGAZZODORO01|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-golden-boy-film-review-735435|title='A Golden Boy': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 24, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233039/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-golden-boy-film-review-735435|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/sharon-stone-on-how-basic-instinct-nearly-broke-her |title="You Can't Shame Me": Sharon Stone on How Basic Instinct Nearly Broke Her, Before Making Her a Star |magazine=Vanity Fair |last=Stone |first=Sharon |date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804192517/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/sharon-stone-on-how-basic-instinct-nearly-broke-her |url-status=live }}</ref> and portrayed America's first female Vice President in the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] action drama series ''[[Agent X (TV series)|Agent X]]'', which only aired for one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/24/sharon-stone-to-star-in-tnts-action-drama-pilot-agent-x/231904|title=Sharon Stone To Star in TNT's Action-Drama Pilot 'Agent X'|date=January 24, 2014|website=Zap2it|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530153017/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/24/sharon-stone-to-star-in-tnts-action-drama-pilot-agent-x/231904/|archive-date=May 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stone next played an adoptive mother in the drama ''[[Mothers and Daughters (2016 film)|Mothers and Daughters]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2016/05/mothers-and-daughters-takes-on-a-familiar-theme-and-comes-up-wanting/|title='Mothers and Daughters' Takes on a Familiar Theme and Comes Up Wanting|date=May 5, 2016|website=The New York Observer|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043847/http://observer.com/2016/05/mothers-and-daughters-takes-on-a-familiar-theme-and-comes-up-wanting/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mothers-daughters-film-review-891365|title='Mothers and Daughters': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232547/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mothers-daughters-film-review-891365|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> a "lineman widow" and the "alcoholic mom" of a high-wire worker in the action film ''[[Life on the Line (film)|Life on the Line]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/life-on-the-line-2016|title=Life on the Line Movie Review (2016) – Roger Ebert|first=Glenn|last=Kenny|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232924/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/life-on-the-line-2016|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/life-on-the-line-2016|title=Life on the Line|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012000321/http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/life-on-the-line-2016|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and a greedy billionaire in the drama  ''[[Running Wild (2017 film)|Running Wild]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runningwildmovie.com/|title=About|website=RUNNING WILD|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043720/http://www.runningwildmovie.com/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> These three films all received a VOD release, to varying responses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theaters.runningwildmovie.com/#|title=Running Wild|website=theaters.runningwildmovie.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232906/http://theaters.runningwildmovie.com/|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[James Franco]]'s biographical comedy ''[[The Disaster Artist (film)|The Disaster Artist]]'' (2017), which featured Stone as [[Iris Burton]], the agent of actor [[Greg Sestero]], was a critical and commercial success, and was chosen by the [[National Board of Review]] as one of the top ten films of 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2017/11/national-board-review-announces-2017-award-winners/ |title=National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |date=November 28, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129092703/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2017/11/national-board-review-announces-2017-award-winners/ |archive-date=November 29, 2017 }}</ref>

===Film and television balance (2018–present)===
Stone returned to television in 2018, when she portrayed a murdered children's book author and illustrator in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s [[HBO]] mystery production ''[[Mosaic (murder mystery)|Mosaic]]'', which was released as an [[iOS]]/[[Android (operating system)|Android]] [[mobile app]] serving as an interactive film and as a television drama. She received positive reviews for her performance. [[Maureen Ryan]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' felt that the actress "displays terrific range and depth" and "holds the screen with effortless charisma",<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|title=TV Review: Steven Soderbergh's 'Mosaic' on HBO|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 17, 2018|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-review-steven-soderbergh-mosaic-hbo-1202667201/|access-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120044258/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-review-steven-soderbergh-mosaic-hbo-1202667201/|archive-date=January 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and Nick Schager of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' wrote that "Stone's turn is something close to masterful."<ref>{{cite news|last=Schager|first=Nick|title=Steven Soderbergh's 'Mosaic' Is the Most Innovative TV Series Maybe Ever|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=January 16, 2018|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-soderberghs-mosaic-is-the-most-innovative-tv-series-maybe-ever/|access-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123032838/https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-soderberghs-mosaic-is-the-most-innovative-tv-series-maybe-ever|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> She earned the [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/news/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-23rd-annual-satellite-awards-copy/ |title=ROMA, A STAR IS BORN, Set for Top Honors at 23rd Satellite™ Awards |last=Johnson |first=Quendrith |date=January 3, 2019 |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104102728/http://www.pressacademy.com/news/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-23rd-annual-satellite-awards-copy/ |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In ''[[Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese]]'' (2019), a [[Pseudo-documentary|pseudo-documentary film]] covering [[Bob Dylan]]'s 1975 [[Rolling Thunder Revue]] concert tour,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/why-did-martin-scorsese-prank-his-audience-in-rolling-thunder-revue-1203243856/|title=Why Did Martin Scorsese Prank His Audience in 'Rolling Thunder Revue'? Even He May Not Know|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=June 15, 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616211207/https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/why-did-martin-scorsese-prank-his-audience-in-rolling-thunder-revue-1203243856/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Stone played an exaggerated version of herself. The film was released on [[Netflix]], to critical acclaim. [[Owen Gleiberman]] described her appearance as a "marketing hook" and further stated: "The presence of Sharon Stone embodies the spirit of [the Hollywood] machine. She has always been a good actress (probably better than many know; just watch her in ''Casino''), but her fame will forever rest on a certain crudely riveting but debased high-budget exploitation thriller".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/why-did-martin-scorsese-prank-his-audience-in-rolling-thunder-revue-1203243856/ |title=Why Did Martin Scorsese Prank His Audience in 'Rolling Thunder Revue'? Even He May Not Know |work=Variety |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=June 15, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728065923/https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/why-did-martin-scorsese-prank-his-audience-in-rolling-thunder-revue-1203243856/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She reunited with Soderbergh for ''The Laundromat'' (2019), in which she played a harried realtor, opposite [[Meryl Streep]].

In [[Netflix]]'s psychological thriller series ''[[Ratched (TV series)|Ratched]]'' (2020), a prequel to [[Miloš Forman]]'s 1975 film ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' developed by [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]], Stone portrayed a wealthy heiress who hires a hit man to kill a doctor for disfiguring her son. Intrigued by Murphy's pitch for her character, which he wrote for her, Stone described the part as "completely insane. And at the same time she thinks she's really a loving mother who has her shit together".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a33915326/sharon-stone-nurse-ratched-interview-2020/|title=Sharon Stone's Done with Monkey Business—Mostly|first=Hunter|last=Harris|date=September 16, 2020|website=Town & Country|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205233459/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a33915326/sharon-stone-nurse-ratched-interview-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratched-sharon-stone-cynthia-nixon-10-cast-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-sarah-paulson-1202535205/|title='Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series|author=Denise Petski|work=Deadline|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075834/https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratched-sharon-stone-cynthia-nixon-10-cast-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-sarah-paulson-1202535205/|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The series garnered a decent critical response and was viewed by 48 million people in its first four weeks of release.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=netflix|author=Netflix|number=1317125663631892481|date=October 16, 2020|title=In its first 28 days, 48 million members have booked an appointment with Nurse Ratched, making it our biggest original Season 1 of the year.|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020142909/https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1317125663631892481|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020 Stone appeared as herself in an introduction to the fifth episode of [[The New Pope]], where she had an audience with [[John Malkovich]] as Pope John Paul III.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://decider.com/2020/02/10/the-new-pope-sharon-stone-cameo//|title='The New Pope' Made Such An Obvious Leg-Crossing Joke With Sharon Stone It Was Actually…Brilliant?|first=Hunter|last=Harris|date=February 10, 2020|website=Decider|access-date=July 3, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704000956/https://decider.com/2020/02/10/the-new-pope-sharon-stone-cameo/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, she also appeared as herself in the dramedy ''[[Here Today (film)|Here Today]]'', directed by [[Billy Crystal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/here-today-review-billy-crystal-tiffany-haddish-1234966838/|title='Here Today' Review: Billy Crystal, as a Comedy Writer Losing His Memory, Meets Tiffany Haddish in a Lively Movie With a Soft Center|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|date=May 5, 2021|access-date=May 8, 2021|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508042934/https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/here-today-review-billy-crystal-tiffany-haddish-1234966838/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was cast in the romantic drama ''[[Beauty (2022 film)|Beauty]]'', directed by [[Andrew Dosunmu]] for [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ioncinema.com/news/festival-predictions/2021-sundance-film-festival-andrew-dosunmu-beauty|title=2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Dosunmu's Beauty|website=IonCinema.com|first=Eric|last=Lavalee|date=November 16, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116160140/https://www.ioncinema.com/news/festival-predictions/2021-sundance-film-festival-andrew-dosunmu-beauty|url-status=live}}</ref>