Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone, also called Emma, was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988. She was the daughter of Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a homemaker and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a contracting firm founder and chief executive officer). She has Swedish as well as British Isles origins. Stone began her acting career in her early years as a Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She made her stage debut in the play of Kenneth Grahame "The Wind in the Willows." As she grew older, Stone participated in various other productions until she made acting her profession. As per the official story she presented a PowerPoint slide show sponsored by the Madonna's Hollywood and called "Project Hollywood" in an effort to persuade her parents and allow her to quit school and move to Los Angeles. Her mother and she made the pitch and made the move to LA. The schooling she had taken was completed at home and she spent her time auditioning. She made her TV debut in 2004 when she was given the role of Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent/reality program In Search of the Partridge Family. It was followed by a number of smaller TV performances in the years following. After a number of performances she was offered the chance to play Jules in Superbad (2007). Her popularity as Olive was a highlight of her role in Easy A (2010) followed by a series of roles. In Phoenix, Arizona, she was a student at Xavier College Preparatory. Although she's a redhead, her natural hair shade her is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested she change her natural hair color to match Superbad (2007). The movie was so well-received , she chose to stay with. At age 15, she convinced her parents to let her to move to Hollywood through a PowerPoint presentation that was appropriately titled Project Hollywood. When she was 11 years old she started her acting career at the Valley Youth Theatre, Phoenix, AZ. There, she starred in 16 stage productions as well as in the comedy Improv troupe. Caylee Cowan was also acted in the Valley Youth Theatre.