- 2007: Co-starred as the mother of a kidnapped boy in "Alpha Dog," about real-life drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood; Nick Cassavetes wrote and directed
- 2006: Cast as a a beautician married to William H. Macy in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination
- 2005: Starred as an ex-flame of Bill Murray's in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers"
- 2004: Cast as the scheming wife of a cosmetics mogul in "Catwoman"
- 2003: Had a recurring guest starring role on the ABC drama "The Practice"
- 2003: Co-starred with Dennis Quaid in the thriller "Cold Creek Manor"
- 2001: Appeared opposite Billy Connolly in "Beautiful Joe"
- 2000: Teamed with Allen again in "Picking Up the Pieces", a black comedy whose all-star cast also included Fran Drescher and David Schwimmer, among many others; aired on Starz! in lieu of a theatrical release
- 2000: Signed for a reported $14 million pay or play deal to reprise role of Catherine Trammell in a sequel to "Basic Instinct"; sued producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar in June 2001 when project was canceled
- 2000: Acted in Anne Heche's writing-directing project "Miss Conception", one of the three stories comprising HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk 2", examining the lesbian experience in America in three different decades; starred opposite Ellen DeGeneres
- 1999: Had title role of Zeus' daughter opposite Albert Brooks in his romantic comedy "The Muse"
- 1999: Starred as "Gloria", Sidney Lumet's remake of the 1980 John Cassavettes film which had starred Rowlands
- 1999: Played opposite Jeff Bridges and Nick Nolte in "Simpatico", adapted from the play by Sam Shepard; released in France (September 1999); feature directorial debut of Matthew Warchus
- 1998: Starred with Dustin Hoffman in Barry Levinson's underwater flop "Sphere"
- 1998: Got many tips from Gena Rowlands regarding a future part while acting with her in Peter Chelsom's "The Mighty"; played the single mother of a disabled child, and her company co-produced the picture
- 1998: Rendered as an insect, reunited with Woody Allen on "Antz", providing the voice of Princess Bala
- 1996: Sported a very unglamorous look as a woman on death row in "Last Dance"
- 1995: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (November 16)
- 1995: Feature producing debut (as co-producer), the Sam Raimi-directed Western "The Quick and the Dead"; despite the presence of Gene Hackman and Leonardo DiCaprio in the cast, the public balked at the idea of a female gunfighter
- 1995: Earned Best Actress Oscar nomination for "Casino"; picture reteamed her with Woods playing her ne'er-do-well boyfriend
- 1995: Signed a multi-year first-look deal, under her newly formed Chaos Productions with Miramax Films
- 1994: Starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in "The Specialist"; first film with James Woods
- 1993: Acted in "Sliver", also written by Eszterhas
- 1993: Hosted a TV biography of 1930s film star Jean Harlow, "Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell" (TNT)
- 1992: Reteamed with Verhoeven for breakthrough role in the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct", written by Joe Eszterhas
- 1991: Acted in "Diary of a Hitman", directed by her beloved acting teacher Roy London; played a beautiful blonde who "hits" on assassin-for-hire Forest Whitaker, sent to kill her sister
- 1990: Capitalized on her role as Arnold's kick-boxing cyber-wife with a ten-page photospread in PLAYBOY
- 1990: First film with director Paul Verhoeven, "Total Recall", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 1988: Played Robert Mitchum's daughter-in-law in TV miniseries, "War and Remembrance" (ABC)
- 1987: Reteamed with Chamberlain on "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold", actually shot immediately after its predecessor but shelved for two years
- 1985: First of two films with Richard Chamberlain, the remake of "King Solomon's Mines"; later referred to her performance as "a bad hairdo running through a jungle"
- 1984: Attracted notice as Ryan O'Neal's conniving girlfriend in "Irreconcilable Differences"
- 1983: Appeared as spokesmodel contestant on the pilot for the syndicated series "Star Search"; won the competition
- 1983: Played a baseball player's wife in the short-lived NBC TV series "Bay City Blues"
- 1982: TV debut, "Not Just Another Affair" (CBS)
- 1980: Film debut, bit part in Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories"; Allen offered her the part after the two spent a half hour discussing infinity
- 1977: Moved to New York City
- 1977: Became one of the top ten models at the Ford Agency, most memorably in the Charlie perfume ads; appeared in TV commercials, magazine layouts and billboard campaigns; worked in New York, Paris and Milan; modeling career adversely affected by a scar on her neck (received in a horseback riding accident), which cast a shadow requiring photo-retouching; as plastic surgery was unable to correct it, often hides it with scarfs, high necks, etc.
- 1975: Won the Miss Crawford County (Pennsylvania) beauty pageant and was also queen of her high school's spring festival
- As a child, put on theatrical productions in the family's two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a picnic table; as one garage door went down, the other would go up, revealing a new Stone-created set
- Entered the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant at age 17
- Worked as counter girl at McDonald's as a teenager




