Catherine Tramell
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Catherine Tramell is the main female character in the film Basic Instinct (1992) and its sequel, Basic Instinct 2 (2006). She is played by Sharon Stone in both films.
Born Catherine Tramell (possibly with Davis in her name)[1] circa 1961 to Marvin Tramell and Elaine Tramell, her parents were killed in a boating accident in 1979, leaving her with $110 million. It´s very probable that she killed them, because it happenned exactly like one of her novels ("My first time") and this is her modus operandi.
She double-majored in psychology and literature at Berkeley, graduating magna cum laude in 1983, and quickly made millions by writing best selling crime novels.
Tramell, an open bisexual, had many short-lived, empty affairs with people of both sexes, ending when she discarded them. She was engaged however to a middleweight boxer named Manuel 'Manny' Vásquez, who was killed in 1984 during a box fight in Atlantic City. A brilliant, charismatic sociopath, she manipulated everyone around her, largely for her own amusement.
In the first film, Tramell was the suspect in the murder of her sometime boyfriend, Johnny Boz, which bore an almost identical resemblance to events in her latest book, Love Hurts, written under the pen name of Catherine Woolf. She charmed (and ultimately bedded) Detective Nick Curran, who was investigating the case, and "proved" her innocence, as the apparent murderer was revealed to be Curran's psychiatrist (and lover) Doctor Elisabeth 'Beth' Garner, who was revealed to be Tramell's lover in college. But, at the ending, it was revealed that Catherine was the real killer, and it is the interpretation that everybody (including the director -he says it even on the DVD - and the own Sharon Stone on multiple interviews) believes. It´s also the reason for including Catherine nominated for the AFI´s table of the best movie villains.
It was rumored by the fans that she killed Nick Curran between the first and the second movie, but there aren´t direct mentions on the sequel, in that Nick doesn´t appear. At Spain, Sharon Stone said that Nick was killed then.
Tramell ultimately escaped justice when her psychiatrist gave insufficient evidence at court. The police then procedeed to investigate her following several more murders in the sequel. In the end, she escaped justice once again when the "real murderer", Dr. Glass, was apprehended for having shot the lead detective, Roy Washburn, in the line of duty. Her fate after that is unknown.
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[edit] Trivia
- In Last Action Hero, Sharon Stone reprises her role playing an alternate Catherine Tramell.
- Prior to Wrestlemania 21, WWE aired a parody of the famous interigation scene from the first film with Stacy Keibler playing the role of Catherine Tramell.
[edit] Lovers
- Manuel 'Mannie' Vasquez, the boxer
- Roxanne 'Roxy' Hardy
- Johnny Boz
- Detective Nick Curran, San Francisco Police Department
- Kevin Franks, football player
- Adam Towers, investigative journalist[citation needed]
- Dr. Michael Glass, Scotland Yard psychiatrist
