Emma Stone

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German and British Isles descent. Stone started 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". Through her teens, Stone was a part of numerous productions until she made the decision to make acting her career. According to the official account, she put together an PowerPoint presentation, backed by Madonna's "Hollywood" and also titled "Project Hollywood", in an effort to convince her parents to let her drop out of school and relocate to Los Angeles. She and her mother made the pitch, and then moved to LA. Her schooling was done at home, and she spent her time auditioning. Her TV breakthrough when she won the role of Laurie Partridge in the VH1 reality show based on a talent show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004) which resulted in a variety of smaller TV parts in the subsequent years. Her debut film was Jules in Superbad (2007) and after a string great performances, her lead role as Olive in Easy A (2010) established her as a leading actress. The school she attended was Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. Although she's a redhead her natural hair shade her is blonde. Judd Apatow was the one who suggested she change her natural hair color to match Superbad (2007). The film was so popular that she chose to keep it. When she was 15years old, she convinced her parents to allow her to go to Hollywood by presenting an PowerPoint presentation that was appropriately titled Project Hollywood. At the age of 11, she began acting in the Valley Youth Theatre, Phoenix, AZ. There, she was a part of 16 stage productions as well as in the comedy Improv troupe. Caylee Cowan was also acted at the Valley Youth Theatre.