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 housewife, and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a company for contracting founder and CEO). Stone is of Swedish, German and British Isles descent. Stone started acting as a youngster in Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. There she performed her first stage performance in "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. In her teens, Stone was in a variety of other shows until she decided to make acting her profession. According to the official account, she developed 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 abandon school and relocate to Los Angeles. After the pitch was accepted, the couple moved to LA. She continued to study at home, while auditioning. She made her TV breakthrough when she won the part of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 talent/reality show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004) that led to a number of smaller TV roles over the following years. After several successful performances she was chosen to take on the role of Jules in Superbad (2007). Her stardom was as Olive in Easy A (2010) followed by a string more roles. Attended Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. Although she's known as redhead, her actual hair color is blonde. Judd Apatow suggested that she change her hair color to fit the style of Superbad (2007). The actress was so impressed, she decided to keep it. She persuaded her parents to allow her to move to Hollywood when she reached the age of fifteen by creating the PowerPoint presentation that was appropriately titled Project Hollywood. When she was 11 years old she started her acting career in the Valley Youth Theatre, Phoenix, AZ. There, she performed in 16 stage productions as well as in the comedy Improv troupe. Caylee Cowan also performed at the Valley Youth Theatre.