Emma Stone(III)
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began acting as a child as a member of the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where she made her stage debut in a production ofKenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows". She appeared in many more productions through her early teens until, at the age of fifteen, she decided that she wanted to make acting her career.
The official story is that she made a PowerPoint presentation, backed byMadonna's "Hollywood" and itself entitled "Project Hollywood", in an attempt to persuade her parents to allow her to drop out of school and move to Los Angeles. The pitch was successful and she and her mother moved to LA with her schooling completed at home while she spent her days auditioning.
She had her TV breakthrough when she won the part of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 talent/reality showIn Search of the Partridge Family (2004)which led to a number of small TV roles in the following years. Her movie debut was as Jules inSuperbad (2007)and, after a string of successful performances, her leading role as Olive inEasy A (2010)established her as a star.
The official story is that she made a PowerPoint presentation, backed byMadonna's "Hollywood" and itself entitled "Project Hollywood", in an attempt to persuade her parents to allow her to drop out of school and move to Los Angeles. The pitch was successful and she and her mother moved to LA with her schooling completed at home while she spent her days auditioning.
She had her TV breakthrough when she won the part of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 talent/reality showIn Search of the Partridge Family (2004)which led to a number of small TV roles in the following years. Her movie debut was as Jules inSuperbad (2007)and, after a string of successful performances, her leading role as Olive inEasy A (2010)established her as a star.
Emma Stone Through the Years
Emma Stone Through the Years
Take a look back at Oscar-winner Emma Stone over the years.