Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone was born to Krista Jean Stone and Jeffrey Charles Stone in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 6 1988. She is a homemaker. Jeffrey Charles Stone is the founder and CEO of the contracting firm, Stone Contracting. She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone started acting in her early years as an Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She made her stage debut in the play of Kenneth Grahame "The Wind in the Willows." In her teens, Stone was in a variety of other shows until she decided to make acting her career. Officially, she designed an PowerPoint presentation that was backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and titled "Project Hollywood", to convince her parents to allow her to go to school and relocate to Los Angeles. After the presentation 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 Reality/Talent show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004) which led to a number of smaller TV parts in the subsequent years. Her movie debut was as Jules in Superbad (2007) and following a string of impressive performances, her lead part as Olive in Easy A (2010) established her as a leading actress. In Phoenix, Arizona, she was a student at Xavier College Preparatory. While she's referred to as a redhead, her real hair shade is blonde. Judd Apatow suggested that she change her hair color to be more in line with Superbad (2007). The actress loved it so much, she decided to keep the color. When she was 15 she convinced her parents she could go to Hollywood. She made this happen by making a PowerPoint presentation called Project Hollywood. She started acting when she was 11 years old in Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. Here, she starred on over 16 stages as well as performed in the theatre's comedy improv group. Caylee Cowan was also an actor at Valley Youth Theatre.