Emma Stone | The US Trends | Emma Stone or Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. Stone was an actor in the television series on Drive, and made her film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). She appeared in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). Stone , then starred in the horror comedy Zombieland, and role in the independent comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character of Pedro Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the comedy of a high school Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical.
Emma Stone's upcoming films include the Steve Carell comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, and a role in the comedy Friends With Benefits. She will voice a character in the DreamWorks Animation comedy The Croods, and will play Gwen Stacy in a reboot of the Spider-Man film series, as well as the character "Skeeter" Phelan in an adaptation of the Kathryn Stockett bestselling novel, The Help.
Emma Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Krista (née Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeff Stone, a contractor. She has a brother who is younger by two years. Stone's paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and her family's surname was anglicized to "Stone" when immigrating to the U.S. through Ellis Island; her ancestors also lived in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
She was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona, where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11. Emma Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, The Wiz, Titanic, Honk!, The Little Mermaid, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Alice in Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and performed with the theater's improv comedy troupe.
Emma Stone attended Pierre Xavier College Preparatory, a Catholic school all-girl high as a rookie for one semester. Stone gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents, started singing Madonna's "Hollywood" to convince them to let her go to California for an acting career. She dropped out of high school, and in January 2004, Stone and her mother moved into an apartment in Los Angeles at the age of 15,.She was then schooled at home so she can audition during the day. - THE US TRENDS
