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 CEO and founder of contracting company, Stone Contracting. Stone is of Swedish, German and British Isles descent. Stone started acting in the ages of a child, as a participant in the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where she made her stage debut in a production of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows". In her teens Stone was part of many productions before she took the decision to pursue a career in acting. According to the official version of the story she performed her PowerPoint slide show that was made possible by Madonna's Hollywood and called "Project Hollywood" in an attempt to convince her parents to let her to leave school and move to Los Angeles. She and her mother made the pitch and made the move to LA. Her schooling was done at home, and she was able to spend her time performing auditions. Her TV debut in 2004, when she was chosen to play the character as Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent/reality program In Search of the Partridge Family. The show led to many small TV performances in the years to follow. After a number of performances she was then able to play the role of Jules in Superbad (2007). Her stardom as Olive was a highlight of her role in Easy A (2010) followed by a string more roles. She was a student at Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona. While she's referred to as a redhead, her real hair color is blonde. It was Judd Apatow who suggested she switch her hair color to Superbad (2007) and she liked it so much that she decided to keep the color. When she was 15, she convinced her parents to allow her to go to Hollywood through an PowerPoint presentation appropriately titled Project Hollywood. She started acting at 11 years old, at Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. Here she appeared on 16 stages as well as performed in the comedy improv troupe of the theatre. Caylee Cowan also appeared at the Valley Youth Theatre.