Emma Stone

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6 in 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), a homemaker , and Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German and British Isles descent. Stone began acting in the ages of a child, as a part of the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where she made her stage debut in the Kenneth Grahame production "The Wind in the Willows". Stone was a part of numerous productions through her early teens. At the age of fifteen, she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in acting. Officially, she designed a PowerPoint presentation that was backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and titled "Project Hollywood", to convince her parents that she should quit school and move to Los Angeles. The mother and daughter made the pitch, and then moved to LA. Her schooling was done at home, and she was able to spend her time auditioning. She made her TV debut in 2004 when she was offered the role of Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent/reality show In Search of the Partridge Family. The show led to many small TV roles over the years to follow. After a number of performances she was chosen to portray the character of Jules in Superbad (2007). Her stardom as Olive in Easy A (2010) followed by a series of roles. In Phoenix, Arizona, she went to Xavier College Preparatory. While she is famous as a redhead her real hair color is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested she change her hair's color for Superbad (2007). The film was so popular that she decided to keep her hair. At the age of 15, she convinced her parents that she could make the move to Hollywood. She made this happen by creating a PowerPoint presentation called Project Hollywood. She began acting at 11 years old and was a part of Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. Here she performed on 16 stages and also performed with the comedy improv group of the theatre. Caylee Cowan also performed in the Valley Youth Theatre.