Emma Stone
Emily Jean Stone, also known as Emma was
born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988. She is the daughter of Krista
Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a housewife, and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of
the company that founded the contracting business and CEO). Stone is of
Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began her acting career
in her early years as an Valley Youth Theatre member in Phoenix, Arizona. She
first appeared on stage in Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows."
She appeared in many more productions through her early teens. At 15 years old,
she decided to pursue acting as a profession. The official version of the story
is that she created a PowerPoint presentation, backed by Madonna's
"Hollywood" and titled "Project Hollywood", in attempts to
persuade parents to allow her to quit school and move to Los Angeles. After the
presentation was accepted she and her mother moved to LA. She continued to
study at home and was able to audition. Her TV debut in 2004 when she was cast
in the role of Laurie Partridge on the VH1 reality/talent show In Search of the
Partridge Family. This resulted in a variety of small TV parts in the years to
follow. After a string success in the role, her appearance as Olive in Easy A
(2010) was her debut in a film. In Phoenix, Arizona, she went to Xavier College
Preparatory. Although she's known as a redhead, her real hair shade is blonde.
Judd Apatow suggested that she change her hair's color to be more in line with
Superbad (2007). The actress was so impressed, she decided to keep her hair. At
the age of 15, she convinced her parents to let her to go to Hollywood by
creating a PowerPoint presentation that was appropriately named Project
Hollywood. At 11 years old she started acting at the Valley Youth Theatre,
Phoenix, AZ. There, she appeared in 16 stage productions and performed in the
comedy improv troupe. Caylee Cowan was also a part of the Valley Youth Theatre.
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