Sharon Stone says she has had three near-death experiences

Actor was struck by lightning in her youth

Sharon Stone (Getty Images)

Sharon Stone claims she has cheated death three times.

The Basic Instinct actor has been struck by lightning, suffered an accidental cut to the throat and had a stroke.

She told The Sun: “I had my neck cut to a sixteenth of an inch from my jugular vein when I was 14 on a clothesline.

“I’ve been hit by lightning and, wow, that was really intense. I was at home, we had our own well. I was filling up the iron with water and I had my hand on the tap.

“The well got hit by lightning and it came up through the water. I was indoors and I got picked up and thrown across the kitchen and hit the refrigerator. Thankfully my mum belted me round the face and brought me to."

Stone, 62, added: “It’s like, ‘How am I going to die next time?’ Probably something super dramatic and nuts.”

The star was hospitalised in 2001 after having a stroke, and was forced to take a two-year hiatus from acting.

Stone can next be seen in the Netflix thriller Ratched, premiering 18 September, which also stars Sarah Paulson.