Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone, also known as Emma was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988. She was married to Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a housewife, and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a company for contracting founder and chief executive officer). Stone is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began her acting career in her early years as an Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She first appeared on stage in the play of Kenneth Grahame "The Wind in the Willows." As a teenager Stone performed in of numerous productions until she decided to pursue a career in acting. The official narrative is that she created a PowerPoint presentation, backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and titled "Project Hollywood", in an attempt to persuade her parents to allow her to drop out of school and move to Los Angeles. After the pitch was accepted, she and her mother moved to LA. She continued to study at home while auditioning. Her TV breakthrough when she was awarded the part of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 reality show based on a talent show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004) that led to a number of small TV roles in the following years. After a string of successful 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 string more roles. She attended Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. While she is a redhead, the hair color that is natural to her hair is blonde. It was Judd Apatow who suggested she change her hair color to Superbad (2007) and she liked it so much that she chose to keep the color. She convinced her parents to allow her to move to Hollywood at the age of 15 by creating a PowerPoint presentation with the title, Project Hollywood. She started acting when she was 11 years old at Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. Here she performed on 16 stages, and took part in the theatre's comedy improv group. Caylee Cowan was also a part of the Valley Youth Theatre.