In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stoner was known for several roles on Australian television and was popularly regarded as a sex symbol. She appeared in "The Paul Hogan Show", then had leading regular roles in the soap opera "The Young Doctors" from 1977 to 1979 and followed this with the police drama "Cop Shop". In 1985 she played the glamorous villain Eve Wilder in the cult soap opera "Prisoner" and her character was spectacularly lynched during the infamous episode 600 riot, screened in 1986. This was followed by a guest role in the raunchy drama serial "Chances" in 1991 where she played a sex therapist.