In Scorsese's 'Casino', what actress plays Ginger McKenna?

In Scorsese's Casino, Sharon Stone plays Ginger McKenna. Ginger is a streetwise chip hustler whose turbulent relationship with Sam “Ace” Rothstein forms one of the film's central storylines.

Casino was released in 1995 and was directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nicholas Pileggi. The film follows Ace, played by Robert De Niro, as he runs the fictional Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas for Chicago Outfit bosses. Ginger marries Ace and has a daughter with him, but her long-standing connection to hustler Lester Diamond creates continuing conflict.

Stone's performance was one of the film's most acclaimed elements. Ginger is not simply a romantic partner: she is resourceful, manipulative, financially shrewd, and increasingly trapped by addiction and unstable relationships. The character was inspired partly by Geri McGee, a former dancer and socialite associated with real-life casino figure Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal.

Stone earned a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture—Drama and an Academy Award nomination for the role. The other prominent performances include Joe Pesci as mob enforcer Nicky Santoro and De Niro as Ace.