American actress Emma Stone is best known for her witty and charming roles in several popular comedies. After getting her start on a VH1 reality show in 2004, she starred in teen hits Superbad (2007), The House Bunny (2008) and Zombieland (2009). Her role as Olive Penderghast in 2010's Easy A, which was based loosely on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, earned Stone a Golden Globe nomination. She also had roles in the critically praised film The Help and the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love—which were both released in 2011. Recently, Stone was cast as Gwen Stacy, the 17-year-old love interest of Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Childhood
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her family's surname was anglicized to Stone when her grandfather, who is of Swedish descent, immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island. Stone began acting when she was 11, with her first stage role in a youth theater production of The Wind in the Willows. Throughout middle school, she appeared in 16 productions with the theater, some of which included The Princess and the Pea, Alice in Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She also performed with the theater's improvisational comedy troupe.
After attending an all-girl Catholic high school for one semester, Stone dropped out in order to focus on an acting career. To convince her parents to let her move to Los Angeles, the witty actress put together a PowerPoint presentation aptly titled "Project Hollywood," set to Madonna's song, "Hollywood." Her tactic proved successful, and in January 2004, at the age of 15, Stone moved with her mother to a Los Angeles apartment.
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