Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone, also called Emma, was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988 to Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a homemaker, and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a firm that contracts and was its founder and CEO). She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone started acting in her early years as a Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She first appeared on stage in Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." Through her teens, she was in a variety of other shows until she made acting her career. The official version of the story is that she created an PowerPoint presentation, backed up by Madonna's "Hollywood" and also titled "Project Hollywood", in an effort to convince her parents to allow her to quit school and move to Los Angeles. After the presentation was accepted by the parents, the couple moved to LA. She continued her education at home, and also auditioned. Her TV debut was when she was cast as Laurie Partridge on the VH1 reality/talent show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004). The show led to a variety of minor TV parts over the years. After several performances that were successful she was offered the chance to portray the character of Jules in Superbad (2007). Her fame as Olive in Easy A (2010) followed by a series of roles. The school she attended was Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. Although she is known as a redhead, her actual color is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested that she change her natural hair shade to Superbad (2007). The movie was so well-received that she chose to keep. She convinced her parents to let her move to Hollywood when she was age fifteen by creating an PowerPoint presentation aptly titled, Project Hollywood. She started her journey into acting at 11 years of age at the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, AZ, where she performed in more than 16 stage productions as well as performing the theatre's comedy improv troupe. Caylee Cowan also acted in the Valley Youth Theatre.