Sharon Stone wins lifetime award; from Woody Allen debut to revisiting Taormina after Basic Instinct

Italy's Taormina Film Festival will present Sharon Stone with a Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement at its upcoming 70th edition this month.

The actress joins a distinguished list of past honorees, including Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin Firth, Isabelle Huppert, Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi, and Monica Vitti.

Stone will receive the award on the festival's closing night and participate in an on-stage discussion about her career as part of the honor.

Since her film debut in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories in 1980, Stone has amassed over 150 film and TV credits. Highlights of her career include Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Sliver, and Casino, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress and received an Oscar nomination.

This will be Stone’s first visit to Taormina, which hosted the Italian premiere of Basic Instinct in 1992.

The Taormina Lifetime Achievement award adds to Stone's numerous accolades, including being named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005, receiving the Gold Medal of Merit from the Italian Red Cross in 2021, and being honored as Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

The festival takes place from July 13 to 19.