Emma Stone

**Emily Jean "Emma" Stone** (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. Her first movie was the 2007 teen comedy _Superbad_. Stone has won two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards for her roles in _La La Land_ and _Poor Things_.

## Early years

Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Jeff and Krista Stone, and has a younger brother named Spencer. As a child, she joined the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, where she performed in her first play, The Wind in the Willows, at age 11. She went to Sequoya Elementary and Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade before being homeschooled for two years. During that time, she acted in 16 productions at the theatre, including Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and Alice in Wonderland, and also performed with its improvisation comedy group. In a 2008 interview with Teen Vogue, she said she enjoyed improvisation because her mind "works in five-minute increments."

She attended Xavier College Preparatory which is an all-girls school and stayed there for one semester and moved to Los Angeles at fifteen years old.

## Career

She was ranked #1 on Saturday Night Magazine's Top 20 Rising Stars Under 30. Stone won a Young Hollywood Award in 2008 for Exciting New Face in _Superbad_ and was nominated in 2009 by the Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Ensemble in _Zombieland_ and nominated again in 2010 for the Teen Choice Award's _Choice Movie Actress: Comedy_ for _Zombieland_.

## Awards

Stone has won many awards, including two Academy Award for Best Actress: one in 2017 for _La La Land_ and another in 2024 for _Poor Things_. She has had three other Oscar nominations, one of which was for Academy Award for Best Picture.  She was nominated for the Orange Rising Star Award in 2011. In 2012, she won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Movie Actress".

### Movies

- _Superbad_ – Jules (2007)
- _The Rocker_ – Amelia Stone (2008)
- _The House Bunny_ – Natalie (2008)
- _Ghosts of Girlfriends Past_ – Allison Vandermeersh (2009)
- _Paper Man_ – Abby (2009)
- _Zombieland_ – Wichita / Krista (2009)
- _Marmaduke_ – Mazie (2010) (voice)
- _Easy A_ – Olive Penderghast (2010)
- _Friends with Benefits_ – Kayla (2011)
- _Crazy, Stupid, Love_ – Hannah Weaver (2011)
- _The Help_ – Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (2011)
- _The Amazing Spider-Man_ – Gwen Stacy (2012)
- _Gangster Squad_ – Grace Faraday (2013)
- _Movie 43_ – Veronica (2013)
- _The Croods_ – Eep Crood (2013) (Voice)
- _The Amazing Spider-Man 2_ – Gwen Stacy (2014)
- _Magic in the Moonlight_ – Sophie Baker (2014)
- _Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)_ – Sam Thomson (2014)
- _The Interview_ – Herself (2014) (Cameo)
- _Aloha_ – Allison Ng (2015)

- _Irrational Man_ – Jill Pollard (2015)
- _Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping_ – Claudia Cantrell (2016) (Uncredited cameo)
- _La La Land_ – Mia Dolan (2016)
- _Battle of the Sexes_ – Billie Jean King (2017)
- _The Favourite_ – Abigail Masham (2018)
- _Zombieland: Double Tap_ – Wichita / Krista (2019)
- _The Croods: A New Age_ – Eep Crood (2020) (Voice)
- _Cruella_ – Estella / Cruella de Vil (2021) (Also executive producer)
- _Bleat_ – Woman (2022) (Short film)
- _Poor Things_ – Bella Baxter (2023) (Also producer)
- _Kinds of Kindness_ – Rita, Liz, Emily (2024)
- _Bugonia_ – Michelle Fuller (2025) (Also producer)

### Movies (producer only)

- _When You Finish Saving the World_ – Producer (2020)
- _Problemista_ – Producer (2023)
- _I Saw the TV Glow_ – Producer (2024)
- _A Real Pain_ – Producer (2024)

### Television

- _In Search of the Partridge Family_ – Herself (2004)
- _The New Partridge Family_ – Laurie Partridge (2004)
- _Medium_ – Cynthia McCallister (2005)
- _The Suite Life of Zack & Cody_ – Ivana Tipton (2006) (Voice)
- _Malcolm in the Middle_ – Diane (2006)
- _Lucky Louie_ – Shannon (2006)
- _Drive_ – Violet Trimble (2007)
- _Saturday Night Live_ – Herself (Host) / Various characters (2010-2023)
- _Robot Chicken_ – Various voices (2011)
- _30 Rock_ – Herself (2012)
- _iCarly_ – Heather (2012)
- _Maya & Marty_ – Herself (2016)
- _Maniac –_ Annie Landsberh (2018) (Also executive producer)
- _The Curse_ – Whitney Siegel (2023-2024) (Also executive producer)
- _Fantasmas_ – Genevieve (2024) (Also executive producer)

### Video games

- _Sleeping Dogs_ – Amanda Cartwright (2012)

### Theater

- _Cabaret_ – Sally Bowles (2014-2015) (Studio 54, Brodway)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Emma Stone
- **image**: Emma Stone at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 03 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Stone in 2025
- **alt**: Emma Stone at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
- **birth name**: Emily Jean Stone
- **birth place**: Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 2004-present
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Jennifer Lawrence, Full list