Emma Stone Biography

Date of Birth
6 November 1988, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Birth Name
Emily Jean Stone

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Trade Mark
Husky voice

Trivia
Attended Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona.

Although she's known as a redhead, her natural hair color is blonde. It was Judd Apatow who suggested she change her hair color for Superbad (2007) and she liked it so much that she decided to keep it.

She convinced her parents to let her move to Hollywood when she was fifteen by making a PowerPoint presentation aptly titled, Project Hollywood.

She got her start in acting at eleven years old at the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where she starred in over sixteen stage productions as well as performing the the theatre's comedy improv troupe.

Was ranked #93 in Ask Men's Top 99 Women of 2009.

Was ranked #66 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2009 list.

Was ranked #93 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2009).

Her favorite band is The Beatles.

She is of Swedish descent.

Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine Young Hollywood Issue.

Was ranked #49 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2010 list.

Some of her favorite films include Manhattan (1979), Network (1976), Harold and Maude (1971), and City Lights (1931).

Her idol is Gilda Radner.

Her parents owned the Camelback Golf Course in Scottsdale, Arizona.

She waited until she was 21 to have her ears pierced for the first time shortly after moving to New York City. Rather than having each ear pierced once, she had her left ear pierced twice, and three piercings in her right ear.

Her middle name, Jean, was her grandmother's first name.

Good friends with Superbad (2007) co-star, Jonah Hill.

Best friends with Taylor Swift.

Her father, Jeff, is a contractor and her mother, Krista, is a homemaker.

Her family's surname was anglicized to "Stone" when immigrating to the United States through Ellis Island.

Has a younger brother named Spencer.

Was ranked #42 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2011 list.

Her mother is a breast cancer survivor.

Her favorite movie is City Lights by Charlie Chaplin.

Emma Stone audition for the role of Claire Bennet in the TV series Heroes. She says that her audition for the role is her hardest Hollywood moment. The role eventually went to Hayden Panettiere.

Personal Quotes
[On shooting Superbad (2007)] It's incredible, it's been really fun and really funny and I can't stop breaking character which is getting me in trouble sometimes but it's alright, ya know...I just keep laughing.

I've got a great family and great people around me that would be able to kick me in the shins if I ever for one minute got lost up in the clouds. I've been really lucky in that sense.

Haven't had to fight off any Seth characters. And I'm not fighting him off. It's a situation where I really do like him. I just don't want our first kiss to happen in that situation. But, no, I've never really had that experience. Of someone coming on to me being out of their mind drunk. I'm the lucky one, maybe.

[On it being difficult for women to get into comedy] - There really aren't many parts. It's an unfortunate thing and something I hope will change, but never has, and who knows if it will? I think "Saturday Night Live" (1975), starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner. Nowadays it seems like the real goldmine is in creating your own characters and teaming with a good writer, but its not easy. It's a scary thing for a woman to put yourself out there and look like an idiot. Look at Lucille Ball. She said, 'I'm not funny. What I am is brave'. The comediennes I admire are the bravest people who aren't afraid to look ridiculous. Maybe that's a harder notion for women - the fear of not looking their best.

I realize I have a lot of amazing opportunities, but I don't know how you can play a human being going through real human experiences without being able to walk down the street. If you can't live a real life, how do you play a real person? It always confuses me when actors work back-to-back-to-back with no break. If you live your life on a film set, how the hell can you relate to real people? You don't know what its like to not have people fussing over you all day, and that's not life - that's silly movies. I will always want to take breaks and I wouldn't be OK with losing that.

[On her hair for her role in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)] I have blonde hair now since Gwen (Stacy) has blonde hair. My hair is naturally blonde, so it's kind of nice. I look in the mirror and say, "Oh my God, it's me again, it's been so long!"

The truth is I am naturally blonde anyway. Everyone thinks I'm a redhead but that's just dyed. I'm actually enjoying being a blonde again. It's been a while.

Blondes do have more fun. But sometimes I look in the mirror and still feel like I'm wearing a wig.

Where Are They Now
(January 2011) Filming The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Emma Stone