Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Stone at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born Emily Jean Stone
November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06) (age 23)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Riley Stone
Occupation Actress, voice actress
Years active 2004–present

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress.

Stone was a cast member of the TV series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). She appeared in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). She then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 2011, she featured in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love. and The Help, which received critical acclaim and were commercial successes. Stone will play Gwen Stacy in the Amazing Spider-Man film, a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise.

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Early life

Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Krista (née Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeff Stone, a contractor.[1] She has a brother who is younger by two years.[2] Stone's paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and his family's surname was anglicized to "Stone" when immigrating to the U.S. through Ellis Island; her ancestors also lived in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.[3]

She was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona, where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11.[4] Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, The Wiz, Titanic, Honk!, The Little Mermaid, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Alice in Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,[4][5] and performed with the theater's improv comedy troupe.[6]

Stone attended Xavier College Preparatory,[4] an all-girl Catholic high school, as a freshman for one semester. She gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents, set to the Madonna song "Hollywood," to convince them to let her move to California for an acting career. [7] She dropped out of high school, and in January 2004, moved with her mother to a Los Angeles apartment, at the age of 15.[8] She was then home schooled, so that she could audition during the day.[9]

Career

2004–present

Stone launched a career in television after winning the role of Laurie Partridge on In Search of the New Partridge Family (2004), a VH1 talent competition reality show.[10] The resulting show, The New Partridge Family (2005), only produced a pilot episode. Stone next had appearances in the television series Medium, Malcolm in the Middle and Lucky Louie. In 2007, she had a regular role on the Fox drama Drive, playing Violet Trimble, until the series was cancelled. She also auditioned for Heroes, and overheard in the casting room "On a scale of 1 to 10, you are an 11" — the casting directors were referring to Hayden Panettiere, who was cast as Claire Bennet instead. Stone called this experience "rock bottom."[11]

Stone made her feature film debut in the 2007 teen comedy Superbad, playing Jules, the love interest of lead character Seth (Jonah Hill). In 2008, she appeared in the comedy The Rocker, with Rainn Wilson. Stone played Amelia, the bass guitarist in a band featuring singer Teddy Geiger. Stone learned to play bass for the role. Also that year, Stone appeared in The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris, alongside Katharine McPhee, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis, and Colin Hanks.[12] Stone played the president of a sorority and sang on a single from the film, "I Know What Boys Like," a cover version of the 1982 song by The Waitresses.[13]

In 2009, Stone appeared in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a romantic comedy directed by Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner.[14] Stone played "The Ghost of Girlfriends Past," a takeoff of the Ghost of Christmas Past from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. She starred in the horror/comedy Zombieland, along with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. The project began shooting in Atlanta in February 2009.[15] Stone played Wichita, a survivor/con artist from Wichita, Kansas, traveling across the U.S. with her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin).[16] Stone also starred in Paper Man in 2009, alongside Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow, directed by Kieran and Michele Mulroney.[17] She played Abby, a babysitter that Daniels' character hires after moving to Long Island.[18] Stone began filming the independent comedy on November 11, 2008, in Montauk, New York, using well-known local locations.[19]

In 2010, Stone had a voice role in Marmaduke, a film adaptation of the long-running comic strip about a Great Dane.[20] She voiced Marmaduke's friend, Mazie, a tomboyish Australian Shepherd.[21] Stone landed her first leading role that year, starring with Amanda Bynes as a high school student in Easy A, a comedy directed by Will Gluck.[22] Her character scandalizes her teachers and more conservative religious classmates after a false rumor circulates that she is sexually promiscuous.[23] The script contrasts the novel The Scarlet Letter and its heroine, Hester Prynne, to the life of the protagonist in the film. Stone read the script before the project was optioned for production, and kept an eye on it along with her manager until preparations were made.[24] She was attracted to the script because it was "funny and sweet" and her character was "fantastic from the first read" who was "fleshed [..] out so much in the script".[24] When she found out that the film had gone into production, she met with Gluck to express her enthusiasm about the project.[24] A few months later, the audition process started and Stone met again with Gluck to be one of the first actresses to audition.[24] Stone was nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role.[25]

Stone appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010, and introduced Linkin Park. She stated in 2008 that she would eventually like to venture into film production, producing her own films, and that her dream was to appear on Saturday Night Live.[12] Stone hosted the late-night sketch comedy show on October 23, 2010, and again on November 12, 2011.[26][27]

Stone appeared in Friends With Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and directed by Will Gluck. The sex comedy began filming in July 2010, in New York, and was released in July 2011.[28] She also starred in Crazy, Stupid, Love. that year, alongside Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei. The Warner Bros. film, about a husband (Carell) with marital problems and difficulties with his children, began shooting on April 16, 2010, in Los Angeles and was released on July 29, 2011.[29] Stone starred in The Help, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel of the same name, a period piece set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s, which was released in August 2011. She plays Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, an aspiring writer, and employed a Southern dialect for the role.[18]

Upcoming roles

Stone joined the voice cast of The Croods, a 3D computer animated caveman comedy by DreamWorks Animation. She will voice the role of Eep, the oldest daughter of Grug (Nicolas Cage) and Ugga (Catherine Keener). Ryan Reynolds voices Gy, the love interest to Stone's character. The film is scheduled for release on March 30, 2012.[30]

She stars in the comedic short film, "Veronica," alongside Kieran Culkin, directed by Griffin Dunne.[31] The short is a comedy segment that is part of an anthology film called Movie 43, featuring Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, and others.[32] The feature-film was produced by the Farrelly brothers[1] and directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill and Steve Carr.[32]

Stone will star as the female lead in The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment of the Spider-Man film series.[33] She plays Gwen Stacy, the 17-year-old love interest of Peter Parker.[34] Marc Webb is directing the film, which has a release date of July 3, 2012.[33] The film went into production in December 2010, and was scheduled to last through April 2011.[35] Stone was considered for the lead in a reboot of 21 Jump Street, alongside Superbad co-star Jonah Hill.[36] She did not take the role however, after signing on to Spider-Man.[37]

Stone will again work with writer/director Will Gluck, starring in and executive producing an untitled comedy for Screen Gems.[38] The film studio has given Gluck and Stone full discretion in developing a new project, after the success of Easy A.[39]

Stone joined the cast of The Gangster Squad, a film by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. She will again play opposite Ryan Gosling in the ensemble crime drama, which also stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña. Stone plays Jean, a femme fatale caught in a love triangle with Gosling and Penn's character, mobster Mickey Cohen.[40]

Personal life

Although known as a redhead, Stone is naturally a blonde. She landed her first role as a teenager after dyeing her hair dark brown.[1] Film producer Judd Apatow had her change from a brunette to a redhead for her role in Superbad.[6] She returned to blonde for her role in The Amazing Spider-Man.[39]

Stone's low-pitched husky voice is a result of having baby colic, a condition of constant screaming as an infant, resulting in the development of nodules. She has calluses on her vocal cords as an adult.[41] Stone chose the name "Emma" when she registered for the Screen Actors Guild as the name "Emily Stone" was already taken. Her family and friends call her Emily.[39]

Stone moved from Los Angeles to Greenwich Village, New York City in 2009.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Superbad Jules Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face
2008 Rocker, TheThe Rocker Amelia
2008 House Bunny, TheThe House Bunny Natalie
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Vandermeersh, AllisonAllison Vandermeersh
2009 Paper Man Abby
2009 Zombieland Wichita (Krista) Scream Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated-Scream Award for Best Horror Actress
Nominated-Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
2010 Marmaduke Mazie Voice
2010 Easy A Penderghast, OliveOlive Penderghast MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated - MTV Movie Awards Best Female Performance[42]
Nominated - MTV Movie Awards Best Line from a Movie[43]
Nominated - The Comedy Awards Breakthrough Performer
Nominated - The Comedy Awards Best Comedy Actress – Film
2011 Friends with Benefits Kayla
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love. Hannah Weaver Nominated - People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
2011 Help, TheThe Help Phelan, EugeniaEugenia Phelan (Skeeter) Lead role
Nominated - 38th People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress
2012 Movie 43 Ellen Malloy Post-production
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Gwen Stacy Post-production
2013 Croods, TheThe Croods Eep Voice
2013 The Gangster Squad Jean Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 New Partridge Family, TheThe New Partridge Family Partridge, LaurieLaurie Partridge TV movie
2005 Medium McCallister, CynthiaCynthia McCallister 1 episode
2006 Suite Life of Zack & Cody, TheThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody Ivana 1 episode (voice) (season 1, episode 24, credited as Emily Stone)
2006 Malcolm in the Middle Diane 1 episode (season 7, episode 16)
2006 Lucky Louie Shannon 1 episode (season 1, episode 8)
2007 Drive Trimble, VioletViolet Trimble 7 episodes (1 unaired)

Awards

Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result
2008 Young Hollywood Awards Exciting New Face[44] Superbad Won
2009 Detroit Film Critics Society Best Ensemble[45] Zombieland Nominated
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Comedy[46] Zombieland Nominated
2010 Scream Awards Best Horror Actress[47] Zombieland Nominated
2010 Scream Awards Best Ensemble[47] Zombieland Won
2011 Golden Globes Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy[25] Easy A Nominated
2011 BAFTA Awards Orange Rising Star Award[48] Nominated
2011 The Comedy Awards Best Comedy Actress – Film Easy A Nominated
2011 The Comedy Awards Breakthrough Performer Nominated
2011 NewNowNext Awards Brink of Fame Nominated
2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Female Performance[49] Easy A Nominated
2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Performance[50] Easy A Won
2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Line from a Movie[51] Easy A Nominated
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy [52] Easy A Won
2011 Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year The Help Won
2011 National Board of Review Best Ensemble The Help Won

Rankings

Year Title Rank
2008 Moviefone's 25 hottest actors under 25[53] No.14
2008 Saturday Night Magazine's Top 20 Rising Stars Under 30[54] No.1
2009 AskMen.com's Top 99 Women[55] No.93
2009 FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world (US)[56] No.93
2009 Maxim's Hot List[57] No.66
2010 AskMen.com's Top 99 Women[58] No.39
2010 Maxim's Hot List[59] No.49
2010 LoveFilm.com's Top 20 Actresses Under 30[60] No.18
2011 AskMen.com's Top 99 Women[61] No.32
2011 NextMovie.com's 20 Funniest Women in Movies[62] No.6
2011 People's 100 Most Beautiful[63] No.10
2011 Maxim's Hot List[64] No.42
2011 FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world (UK)[65] No.68
2011 FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world (AUS)[66] No.38
2011 Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of 2011[67] No.2

Discography

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