Childhood and youth
Emma was born in the town of Scottsdale, Arizona. Father Jeff Stone was a contractor, and mother Christina Yeager was a housewife. Emma has a younger brother, Spencer, who is 2 years younger.
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At first, the girl went to Sequoya elementary school, then to Cocopah High School, and then to Xavier Catholic School for Girls, but she studied very little in the latter and continued her education while being home-schooled.
Even as a child, while participating in school productions, Stone became seriously interested in the theater stage, and her mother took her daughter to the studio at the Valley of Youth Theater. Emma played her first role at the age of 11 in the play “The Wind in the Willows.” In total, the girl participated in 16 youth theater productions, including the shows “The Princess and the Pea,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Titanic” and others.
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At the age of 15, Emma Stone independently makes a computer photo presentation called “Project Hollywood,” shows her parents and convinces Jeff and Christina that an acting career is more important to her than a standard education. Father and mother allowed their daughter to leave school and even agreed to accompany Emma to castings in Los Angeles.
In 2004, Emma and Christina left for the American film capital, where young Stone immediately participated in the staged reality series “The New Partridge Family.” This show was not that popular, but the aspiring actress was noticed and invited to appear in TV series. Over the next 3 years, Emma appears in small roles in the series “Medium”, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”, “Malcolm V” and “Race”.
Childhood
Emma was lucky - her family was strong. The head of the house was the father, who was engaged in the construction business and provided for his wife and two children - Emma and her younger brother. Mom could afford not to work and devote all her time to her husband and children.
In childhood
Parents dreamed that their children would receive the best education and did everything possible for this. Emma attended a prestigious primary school before being transferred to a single-sex Catholic grammar school. But because of her passion for theater, which began at the age of five, the girl was soon transferred to home schooling.
Being just a baby, Emma loved to dress up, dance in front of the mirror and sing, imagining herself standing on stage as a star. From the very first days at school, the little girl began to take an active part in all productions and concerts. The mother realized that the girl had acting talent and took her to a children's theater studio.
Already at the age of 11, she made her debut in the leading role in the production of “The Wind in the Willows.” The work turned out to be very successful and the girl was then constantly involved in other performances. There was practically no time left for studying, but Emma herself was not too upset by this.
She understood that for a successful acting career, you do not need a basic education, but good looks, a decent portfolio and a little luck.
Movies
Emma Stone made her debut on the big screen in 2007 in the youth comedy Superbad, in which she played the supporting role of the girl Jules. The following year, the actress portrayed the bassist of a musical group named Amelia in the comedy musical The Naked Drummer, and also played a large role as sorority president Natalie in the teen comedy The Boys Like It.
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill (still from the movie "Superbad")
In 2009, Emma worked in 3 films at once. These are the melodramatic comedy “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” with Michael Douglas and Matthew McConaughey, the comedy melodrama “Paper Man” with Lisa Kudrow and the black comedy “Welcome to Zombieland.” In these films, Stone's roles were minor, but the latest film has already brought her some popularity. Zombieland competed with Avatar and Twilight. Saga. Eclipse" for the award in the field of science fiction, fantasy and horror films. And Emma competed for the title of best actress with Milla Jovovich, Emily Blunt and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
This circumstance allowed the young performer to get the main role in the next musical comedy “Excellent Student of Easy Virtue.” Stone was so successful in her portrayal of Olive Pendergast that she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Emma Stone (still from the movie “Easy Student”)
The following year, two more romantic comedies followed: Friendly Sex and This Stupid Love. In the first, Emma appeared as the on-screen girlfriend of Justin Timberlake, who exchanged her for the heroine of Mila Kunis. In the second, Stone played the daughter of the main character. The journalist in the drama “The Help” is the actress’s first serious role. The plot centers on an aspiring columnist, a girl writing a book about black women who served in the homes of wealthy “white” Americans and were subjected to racial humiliation.
The actress gained popularity in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man, in which Andrew Garfield became Emma's partner. The actress plays Gwen Stacy, the girl with whom the popular American superhero is in love. This comic book adaptation turned out to be very successful at the box office, although it received quiet criticism. Therefore, in 2014, a continuation of the film was released - “The Amazing Spider-Man. High voltage."
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield (still from the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man")
In 2013, Stone’s filmography was supplemented by the animated film “The Croods,” the main characters of which are primitive people. The artist’s voice is spoken by the girl Gip, who introduced her fellow tribesmen to fire.
In addition, Emma Stone is involved in the crime thriller “Gangster Hunters” and the Oscar-winning black tragicomedy “Birdman”, together with Bradley Cooper she starred in the comedy drama “Aloha” and with Colin Firth in the romantic film “Magic of Moonlight”. The director of the latter, Woody Allen, invited the actress to the mystical film “Irrational Man,” released in 2015. Emma played a cheerful student who began an affair with a university teacher and subsequently realized that he had committed a crime.
At the end of 2021, Emma Stone was awarded the prestigious Oscar for her leading role in the film “La La Land” as the best actress. Her co-star Ryan Gosling remained among the nominees. The musical itself is the record holder for the number of Golden Globes, a contender for 14 Oscars, of which it received 6, and winner of 5 out of 11 BAFTA awards.
“La La Land” is a comedy-drama musical film that showed a touching love story between two creative personalities. The film received numerous positive reviews from both professional film critics and viewers who decided to express their opinions on cinema-related platforms.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (still from the movie "La La Land")
The project gave a second wind to the genre of musical films, and Emma Stone's acting is a good reason to watch it. On the popular website Rotten Tomatoes, the musical received an approval rating of 92%, and similar ratings are observed on other sites of similar subjects. In addition, La La Land became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.
In 2017, Stone played in only one film – the sports drama Battle of the Sexes. It is based on the biographies of real athletes and the famous tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King.
Emma Stone (still from the movie "Battle of the Sexes")
Emma Stone played professional athlete Billie Jean King, at the time of the events of the film (1973) - the second racket of the world and the leader of the movement for equal prize money for women and men. Wimbledon winner Bobby Riggs, played by Steve Carell, ridiculed the movement's claims and advocated that women's sports were inherently inferior to men's sports. To prove this, Riggs challenged Billie Jean in a highly publicized challenge called the "Battle of the Sexes."
In 2021, Netflix released the series Maniac starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. The heroes participate in an experiment to test a psychotropic drug, unaware of the side effects.
The actress got into “The Favorite,” according to the film’s director, Yorgos Lanthimos, for successfully portraying on-screen heroines who “do terrible things, but at the same time evoke, if not sympathy, then at least pity.” Therefore, on the set, Emma and her colleagues simply fooled around, not afraid to look funny, and sometimes without even understanding what they were doing.
Stone, along with Rachel Weisz, competed for the title of best supporting actress, but both lost to Regina King by decision of the Oscar academicians. In the historical film about the times of Queen Anne and the struggle for the royal throne, the girl starred naked for the first time, and she herself proposed this interpretation of the scene.
Then Emma worked on the 2nd part of “Welcome to Zombieland”. The release of the horror film, filled with black humor, took place on the 10th anniversary of the 1st part - in October 2019. The sequel introduced a new antagonist and a new tribe of zombies, stronger than the previous one and more difficult to destroy.
Actor career
“I see the goal, I see no obstacles”: this is how you can describe Emma Stone’s determination on the path to her dream. She decided to convince her parents that their daughter should follow her own path in a very original way. First, at the age of 12, the girl used a Power Point presentation to justify her reasons for switching to home schooling. And three years later she “consolidated the result” and did the same thing, only this time with the goal of moving to Dreamland. The slides to Madonna’s song “Hollywood” apparently turned out to be very convincing: a month later, Emma, under the supervision of her mother, set off to conquer Hollywood.
Emma Stone's mother always supported her talented daughter, but a career in Hollywood was not built right away: firstly, an actress named Emily Stone was already a member of the US Screen Actors Guild, and, secondly, the young girl was simply not noticed at the castings. Emily first tried to take the pseudonym Riley, but she categorically did not respond to this name, so she solved the problem very simply: she shortened “Emily” and became simply Emma.
But she tried to become more noticeable at castings by changing her natural blonde to dark chestnut - but at first this did not help. And if theater begins with a hanger, then Hollywood for many actors begins with television. This happened in the case of Emma. At first, the girl was approved for the role of Laurie Partridge in the series “The New Partridge Family”, however, after the pilot episode the show was rejected.
Emma Stone's first role (“The New Partridge Family”) Then followed a series of episodic roles in youth TV series: “Medium” (where she had to play a girl who is raped by her own father), “Malcolm in,” “All is Top, or the Life of Zach and Code." In 2007, Emma appeared in the cast of the drama series “Race”, and a little later she tried her hand at the television series “Heroes”, but lost to Hayden Panettiere in the audition.
A still from the TV series “Malcolm in the Middle” But a change in Emma’s image once did help. Judd Apatow advised her to change her color, only this time from a dark color to bright red. Apatow produced the teen comedy Superbad and noticed the potential for comedy in the mischievous Stone. The film about the adventures of two eccentric friends (played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera) was loved by fans of the genre, and Emma received a Young Hollywood Award for her role as student Jules.
“Superbad” - Emma Stone and Jonah Hill In the same year, Emma began an independent life in Los Angeles, saying goodbye to parental care forever. And two years later, tired of the Hollywood hustle and bustle, she moved to the suburbs of New York.
After the success of Superbad, the actress got the role of bass guitarist Amelia in the comedy The Naked Drummer. At the same time, Emily began working with Anna Faris on the main role in the film “Boys Like It.” By the way, Emma recorded the song “I Know What Boys Like”, a cover version of the 1982 song by The Waitresses, especially for the film. I Know What Boys Like (“The Naked Drummer”) In 2009, together with Jennifer Garner and Matthew McConaughey Emma starred in the romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. The actress played one of the “ghosts” – the girl Allison. At the same time, Emma, in company with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin, was involved in the filming of the comedy horror film “Welcome to Zombieland” on a well-known theme, shown from a new angle. The film won the Scream Awards, which are traditionally awarded to the best films of the year in the horror and science fiction genres. Around the same time, viewers saw the girl in the film “Paper Man” with Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow.
Still from the film “Welcome to Zombieland” Also in 2010, Stone plunged headlong into her new work - she finally got her first leading role! This was a youth comedy “Excellent Student of Easy Virtue” quite suitable for the actress in spirit, full of irony and witty humor. True, there was some stress on the set - Emma was unusual that all the attention was focused on her as the main actress.
But everything paid off in full. For the role, Emma sacrificed an invitation to the film “Sucker Punch” by Zack Snyder, and, as it turned out, not in vain - for the image of the slandered good girl Olive, the actress was nominated for a Golden Globe for “Best Actress in a Comedy,” but Snyder’s film failed at the box office.
“An excellent student of easy virtue” In 2010, Stone got another leading female role in the film “The Amazing Spider-Man” - a restart of the series of films about the famous superhero Peter Parker, where Emma played his beloved Gwen Stacy. It is noteworthy that the actress, who showed up for the audition at the very last moment, might not have been allowed into the casting, but she was noticed by Andrew Garfield, who had already been cast in the leading role. According to him, when he saw Emma, it was as if he had woken up after tests where monotonous faces flashed by. The young man insisted that Stone be his on-screen partner.
“The Amazing Spider-Man”: Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy The film was released in wide release in the summer of 2012, and the filming process lasted from December 2010 to April 2011. In 2013, the continuation of the saga, Spider-Man: High Voltage, was filmed.
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone at the premiere of "Spider-Man" A little before getting into the first part of "Spider-Man", Emma Stone starred in the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help" about the American South of the 60s. The actress played Eugenia Skeeter Filan, a girl who decided to write a novel about black maids. It is noteworthy that Stone herself used to want to become a journalist and voraciously read articles by Hunter S. Thompson. Perhaps this is why the role of a thoughtful and intellectual girl was a brilliant success for her - in 2012, the actress even received an invitation from Michelle Obama to watch the film at the White House.
Emma Stone in the film “The Help” In 2013, Emma Stone again remembered her love for the comedy genre and starred in one of the short stories (“Veronica”) in the black comedy “Movie 43.” The film featured Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry and many other world-class actors. Despite the star cast, the film received mixed reviews - the vigorous humor without cuts shocked many unprepared viewers. Emma Stone in the film "Movie 43" But after the premiere of "The Help", more and more serious projects began to appear in the actress's filmography - thoughtful Stone quickly realized that it was time take on new, better material. The most important thing is that suitable offers did not take long to arrive, and Emma turned out to be an ideal candidate for such venerable directors as Woody Allen and Alejandro Inarittu.
Emma Stone and Colin Firth in the film Moonlight Magic After successive roles in Allen's melodramas Moonlight Magic and Irrational Man, Emma Stone even began to be called the new muse of the New York maestro, replacing Scarlett Johansson. It is not surprising that Emma, with her appearance as if from the 20s of the last century, captivated the famous director, thanks to which she “played love” on the set with Colin Firth, and then with Joaquin Phoenix.
Actress Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix in the film “Irrational Man” In 2014, another major premiere with Emma Stone took place: Alejandro Inarittu’s drama “Birdman”, which won the Oscar. In the film about an actor who decided to regain his former glory, Emma played his daughter, suffering from drug addiction. The actor himself was played by Michael Keaton, and Edward Norton and Naomi Watts also starred in the film.
In this film, Stone's talent as a dramatic actress was fully revealed: the episodes with her character's participation became some of the most intense and emotional in the film. As a result, nominations for all possible awards (including Oscar and Golden Globe), but 2015 became the year of Patricia Arquette with her role in the drama Boyhood.
Still from the film "Birdman"
Personal life
Despite the fact that the viewer is accustomed to seeing Emma with red hair, in life she is a natural blonde. To film television films at the beginning of her career, the girl had to dye her hair brunette, but the producer of the comedy “Superbad” Judd Apatow insisted on red hair. The actress herself liked this image so much that she decided to make it the main one.
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Stone's best friend is the famous country singer Taylor Swift. Emma tried to combine her personal life, as often happens with representatives of her profession, with work. In 2008, on the set of the musical “The Naked Drummer,” the girl met actor and musician Teddy Geiger. The couple dated for about a year.
In 2010, the actress began an affair with the famous actor Andrew Garfield. They would later star in Spider-Man films together. The young people stayed together for 5 years and even planned a wedding for the summer of 2015, but broke up a few months before this event.
In 2021, rumors appeared in the press that the artist was dating the 32-year-old director and screenwriter of the popular TV show “Saturday Night Live,” Dave McCary. Journalists suggested that the actress met him when she became a participant in the program at the end of 2021.
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Emma came out with her new boyfriend for the first time in May 2017 - the lovers attended the SNL after-party, where they were caught kissing. The romance was confirmed when, at the beginning of 2019, Stone brought Dave to the Golden Globe party and to the Oscars. She was nominated for this award for her role as Duchess Abigail Masham in the drama The Favorite.
In 2020, Stone and McCarey got married, and at the beginning of 2021 it became known that Emma was pregnant. On March 13, the celebrity gave birth to her first child.
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Emma Stone in 2021
The artist does not maintain pages on Instagram, but more than one fan account is registered under the name Stone. Capturing a celebrity in a swimsuit is a rare success for the paparazzi; a girl is much bolder when she poses without makeup or demonstrates unusual images, despite the fact that she suffers from allergies. Emma's favorite skincare products are olive, argan and coconut oils. With a height of 168 cm, the actress tries to keep her weight between 50-52 kg, but she succeeds with difficulty. She admits that stress and age make it difficult to maintain her figure.
“I try to fight my demons and always work on myself. I convince myself that I am beautiful and at the same time terrible, but in any case, I am unique.”
Emma Stone now
The story of a family of Neanderthals living in the Ice Age was continued in 2020. In the dubbing of “The Croods 2”, Stone again included Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Peter Dinklage.
Stone played the heroine of the cartoon 101 Dalmatians in the comedy Cruella. That was the name of an eccentric person who dreamed of a fur coat made from the skins of small puppies. In 2021, fans of Disney characters had the opportunity to compare the heroines of Emma and Glenn Close, who already starred as the owner of a fashion house in the 1996 film.
