Sharon Stone reprises her role of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct 2. We look back at her colourful career

Before Sharon hit the big time, she had a bit-part in Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film Total Recall

After a string of disappointing movies - Sliver anyone? - Sharon was critically acclaimed for her role in Martin Scorsese's Casino

When she's not working, Sharon is a big charity fundraiser and arrives here at a Cinema Against Aids party in 2004

An almost unrecognisable Sharon on set in Islington for 2003 film A Different Loyalty

The original Basic Instinct caused uproar when it was released in 1992 due to its explicit sexual content. Its star,

I hope nobody recognises me honestly' sun glasses.

The major roles may have dried up by 2002, but Sharon found something to laugh about at the Oscars that year.

Shazza comes over all motherly to Christina Aguilera at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards