Emma Stone

Born: 6 November 1988

Birthplace: Scottsdale, Arizona

Best known as: The love interest in Superbad and Zombieland

Name at birth: Emily Jean Stone

Actress Emma Stone got her big break in the movies as the wide-smiling redhead who enchants Jonah Hill in the 2007 comedy Superbad. A native of Arizona, Stone got her first experience with Hollywood in the VH1 reality show In Search of the Partridge Family (2004); she won the role of Laurie Partridge and appeared in a TV movie, The New Partridge Family, in 2005. Her fine comic work in Superbad led to parts in other feature-length comedies, including The Rocker (2008, with Christina Applegate), The House Bunny (2008) and Zombieland (2009, with Abigail Breslin).

Career

Stone launched a career in television after winning the role of Laurie Partridge on In Search of the New Partridge Family (2004), a VHI talent competition reality show. The resulting show, The New partridge Family(2005), only produced a pilot episode. Stone next had appearances in the television series Medium,Malcolm in the Middle and Lucky Louie. In 2007, she had a regular role on the Fox drama Drive, playing Violet Trimble, until the series was cancelled.

Stone made her feature film debut in the teen comedy Superbad in 2007, playing Jules, the lone interest of lead character Seth (Jonah Hill). In 2008, she appeared in the comedy The Rocker, with Rainn Wilson. Stone played Amelia, the bassist in a band featuring singer Teddy Geiger. Stone learned to play bass for the role. Also that year, Stone appeared in The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris, alongside Katharine Mcphee, Rumer Willis and Colin Hanks. Stone played the president of a sorority and sang on a single from the film, "I Know What Boys Like", a cover version of the 1982 song by the Waitresses.

In 2009, Stone appeared in Ghosts of Girlfriends past, a romantic comedy directed by Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls(2004), starring Matthew Mc Conaughey and Jennifer Garner. Stone played "The Ghost of Girlfriends Past", a takeoff of the Ghost of Christmas past from Charles Dickens’A Christmas Carol. She starred in theHorror/comedy Zombieland, along with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. The project, her third comedy for Columbia pictures, began shooting in Atlanta in February 2009. Stone played Wichita, a survivor/Con artist from Wichita, Kansas, traveling across the U.S. with her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin).

Stone stars in paper Man, alongside Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow, directed by Kieran and Michele Mulroney. In the film, a middle-aged novelist, Richard (Jeff Daniels), has an imaginary friend named Captain Excellent (Ryan Reynolds) and also suffers from writer’s block. Stone plays Abby, a babysitter Richard hires after moving to Long Island. Stone began filming the independent

comedy on Veterand Day, November 11, 2008, in Montauk, New York, using well-known local locations.

Stone will star as a high school student in Easy A with Amanda Bynes, a comedy directed by Will Gluck. Stone's character divides the strictly moral students and teachers against the liberals in her school after a false rumor circulates that she's sexually promiscuous. The script contrasts the novel The Scarlet Letter and its heroine, Hester Prvnne , to the life of the protagonist in the film. Stone also has a voice role in an upcoming film adaptation of the comic strip Marmaduke.

Stone will star in an as-yet untitled Steve Carell comedy, alongside Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei. The Warner Bros . film, about a husband (Steve Carell) with marital problems and difficulties with his children, began shooting on April 16, 2010 in Los Angeles. Stone will also star in an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel The Help, a period piece set in Jackson,Mississippi in the 1960s. She plays an aspiring writer and plans to employ a Southern dialect for the role. Stone joined the voice cast of The Croods, a 3D computer animated caveman comedy by Dream Works Animation. She will voice the role of Eep, the oldest daughter of Grug (Nicolas Cage) and Ugga (Catherine Keener). Ryan Reynolds voices Gy, the love interest to Stone's character. The film is scheduled for release on March 30, 2012.

Stone has stated that she would eventually like to venture into film production, producing her own films, and would like to appear on Saturday Night Live.