Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. Stone is one of the world's highest-paid actresses and frequently appears on various listings of the most attractive celebrities. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and has won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In addition to her acting career, Stone supports various charities and causes, such as creating awareness on breast cancer.
Drawn to acting as a child, Stone began her career with a role in a theater production of The Wind in the Willows. She was homeschooled for two years; during this period, she featured in sixteen plays in a regional theater in Arizona. She studied at Xavier College Preparatory for one semester, and dropped out to pursue a career in film. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother. Stone made her television debut in VH1's In Search of the New Partridge Family, a reality show that produced only an unsold pilot. Following a series of minuscule television roles, Stone made her film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007), for which she won a Young Hollywood Award. She achieved further mainstream attention in the horror comedy Zombieland (2009).
Stone had her breakthrough with her first starring role in the teen comedy Easy A (2010), and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and Golden Globe Award. She followed this with a role in the romantic comedy-drama Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), and portrayed a more dramatic part in the critically acclaimed film The Help (2011). Her roles in the successful superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its sequel in 2014 were well received by critics. Stone garnered an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for the role of a recovering drug addict in the black comedy-drama Birdman (2014). She made her Broadway debut in the musical Cabaret (2014–15).
