Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone, also known as Emma was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988. She was the daughter of Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a homemaker as well as Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a firm that contracts and was its founder and chief executive officer). She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began acting in her early years as a Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She made her stage debut in Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." Through her teens, Stone appeared in many other productions until she decided to make acting her profession. The official narrative is that she put together an PowerPoint presentation, which was backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and also titled "Project Hollywood", in an attempt to persuade her parents to allow her to drop out of school and relocate to Los Angeles. After the presentation was accepted she and her mother moved to LA. She continued her education at home and was able to audition. She made her TV debut in 2004 when she was cast in the role of Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent/reality show In Search of the Partridge Family. The show was followed by a number of smaller TV roles in the years to follow. After a string of success in the role, her appearance as Olive in Easy A (2010) was her film debut. She was a student at Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona. Although she's known as redhead, her actual hair color is blonde. It was Judd Apatow who suggested she change her hair color to Superbad (2007) and she was so pleased with it that she chose to keep it. At age 15 she persuaded her parents she could go to Hollywood. She made this happen by creating an PowerPoint presentation entitled Project Hollywood. She got her start in acting at 11 years of age in the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, AZ, where she performed in more than 16 stage productions , as well as acting in the comedy improv troupe. Caylee Cowan also performed at the Valley Youth Theatre.