Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone, also called Emma was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988 to Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a homemaker, as well as Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a contracting firm founder and CEO). Stone is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began her acting career as a child as a part of 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". She appeared in many more productions in her early teens until, around the age of 15 she made the decision to pursue a career in acting. As per the official report she performed a PowerPoint slide show that was supported by Madonna's Hollywood and dubbed "Project Hollywood" in an effort to persuade her parents and let her to quit school and move 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. Her TV breakthrough when she won the role of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 talent/reality show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004) that led to several smaller TV roles over the next years. After a string of successes, her role as Olive in Easy A (2010) was her first film role. She was a student at Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona. Although she is known for being a redhead, her real hair color is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested that she change her natural hair shade to Superbad (2007). The movie was so well received that she chose to stay with. When she was 15years old, she persuaded her parents to allow her to go to Hollywood by creating an PowerPoint presentation appropriately titled Project Hollywood. She started acting when she was 11 years old, at Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. Here she performed on 16 stages, and performed with the comedy improv troupe of the theatre. Caylee Cowan was also an actor at Valley Youth Theatre.