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. She is of Swedish as well as British Isles heritage. Stone started acting as a child as a participant in the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where she made her stage debut in the Kenneth Grahame production "The Wind in the Willows". Through her teens, she performed in numerous other productions until she decided to make acting her career. Officially, she created a PowerPoint presentation that was backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and titled "Project Hollywood", to convince her parents to let her leave school and move to Los Angeles. The presentation was successful, and she and her mother moved to LA after completing her education at home. She then spent her time auditioning. She made her TV debut in 2004 when she was chosen to play the character of Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent/reality show In Search of the Partridge Family. This resulted in a variety of small TV roles over the years following. Her movie debut was as Jules in Superbad (2007) and after a string successful performances, her leading role in the film Olive in Easy A (2010) established her as a rising star. In Phoenix, Arizona, she attended Xavier College Preparatory. While she is famous as a redhead her true color is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested she change her hair's color to match Superbad (2007). The film was so popular that she decided to stay with. She convinced her parents to allow her to move to Hollywood when she reached the age of 15 by presenting an PowerPoint presentation with the title, Project Hollywood. When she was 11 she started her acting career at the Valley Youth Theatre, Phoenix, AZ. There, she starred in 16 stage productions and was a part in the comedy group improv. Caylee Cowan was also acted at the Valley Youth Theatre.