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Emily Jean Stone (born November 6, 1988), known professionally as Emma Stone, is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a
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. In 2017, she was the world's highest-paid actress and named by '' Time'' magazine as one of the
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. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Stone began acting as a child in a theater production of '' The Wind in the Willows'' in 2000. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles and made her television debut in '' In Search of the New Partridge Family'' (2004), a reality show that produced only an unsold pilot. After small television roles, she appeared in a series of well-received teen comedy films, such as ''
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'' (2007), '' Zombieland'' (2009), and '' Easy A'' (2010). The last of these was Stone's first leading role, earning her a nomination for the
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. Following this breakthrough, she had supporting roles in the romantic comedy '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011) and the period drama '' The Help'' (2011), and gained wider recognition as
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in the 2012 superhero film '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' and its 2014 sequel. In 2014, Stone played a recovering drug addict in the black comedy '' Birdman'', which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in a revival of the musical '' Cabaret''. For playing an aspiring actress in the romantic musical '' La La Land'' (2016), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received a third Academy Award nomination for portraying
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in the historical comedy-drama '' The Favourite'' (2018). After a leading role in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries ''
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'' (2018), she reduced her workload, starring in the sequel '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019) and the crime comedy '' Cruella'' (2021). Stone is married to comedian and writer Dave McCary, with whom she has a daughter.


Early life and education

Emily Jean Stone was born on November 6, 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Jeffrey Charles Stone, the founder and CEO of a general-contracting company, and Krista Jean Stone (
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Yeager), a homemaker. She lived on the grounds of the Camelback Inn resort from ages twelve to fifteen. She has a younger brother, Spencer. Her paternal grandfather, Conrad Ostberg Sten, was from a Swedish family that anglicized their surname to "Stone" when they immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island. She also has German, English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. As an infant, Stone had baby colic and cried frequently; she consequently developed
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and calluses on her vocal cords while she was a child. She has described herself as having been "loud" and "bossy" while growing up. Stone was educated at Sequoya Elementary School and attended Cocopah Middle School for the sixth grade. Although she did not like school, she has stated that her controlling nature meant that "I made sure I got all As". Stone suffered panic attacks and anxiety as a child, which she says caused a decline in her social skills. She underwent therapy but claims it was her participation in local theater plays that helped cure the attacks; she recalled: Stone wanted to act since age four; she wanted a career in
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initially, but shifted her focus toward musical theater, and took vocal lessons for several years. Her acting debut, at age eleven, came in a stage production of '' The Wind in the Willows'', playing the part of Otter. Stone was homeschooled for two years, during which time she appeared in sixteen productions at Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatreincluding ''
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'', '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', and ''
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''and performed with the theater's improvisational comedy troupe. Around this time, she traveled to Los Angeles and auditioned unsuccessfully for a role on Nickelodeon's '' All That''. Her parents later sent her for private acting lessons with a local acting coach, who had worked at the William Morris Agency in the 1970s. Stone attended Xavier College Preparatoryan all-girl Catholic high schoolas a freshman, but dropped out after one semester to become an actress. She prepared a PowerPoint presentation for her parents titled "Project Hollywood" (featuring
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's 2003 song "
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") to convince them to let her move to California to pursue an acting career. In January 2004, she moved with her mother to an apartment in Los Angeles. She recalled, "I went up for every single show on the
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and auditioned to play the daughter on every single sitcom", adding, "I ended up getting none." Between auditions for roles, she enrolled in online high-school classes, and worked part-time at a dog-treat bakery.


Career


Early roles (2004–2008)

Stone made her television debut as Laurie Partridge on the
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talent competition reality show ''In Search of the New Partridge Family'' (2004). The resulting show, retitled '' The New Partridge Family'' (2004), remained an unsold pilot. She followed this with a guest appearance in Louis C.K.'s
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series '' Lucky Louie''. She auditioned to star as Claire Bennet in the NBC science fiction drama ''Heroes'' (2007) but was unsuccessful and later called this her "rock bottom" experience. In April 2007, she played Violet Trimble in the Fox action drama ''
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'', but the show was canceled after seven episodes. Stone made her feature film debut in Greg Mottola's comedy ''
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'' (2007), co-starring Michael Cera and Jonah Hill. The film tells the story of two high school students who go through a series of comic misadventures after they plan to buy alcohol for a party. To play the role of Hill's romantic interest, she dyed her hair red. A reviewer for '' The Hollywood Reporter'' found her to be "appealing", but felt that her role was poorly written. Stone has described the experience of acting in her first film as "amazing ... utvery different than other experiences I've had since then". The film was a commercial success, and earned her the Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face. The following year, Stone starred in the comedy '' The Rocker'' (2008) playing Amelia Stone, the "straight face" bass guitarist in a band; she learned to play the bass for the role. The actress, who describes herself as "a big smiler and laugher", admitted that she found it difficult playing a character whose personality traits were so different from her own. The film, and her performance, received negative reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. Her next release, the romantic comedy '' The House Bunny'', performed better at the box office, becoming a moderate commercial success. The film saw her play the president of a sorority, and perform a cover version of the Waitresses' 1982 song "
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". Reviews for the film were generally negative, but Stone was praised for her supporting role, with '' TV Guide''s Ken Fox stating she "is well on her way to becoming a star".


Breakthrough (2009–2011)

Stone appeared in three films released in 2009. The first of these was opposite Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas in Mark Waters' '' Ghosts of Girlfriends Past''. Loosely based on Charles Dickens' 1843
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''
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'', the romantic comedy has her playing a ghost who haunts her former boyfriend. Critical reaction to the film was negative, though it was a modest commercial success. Her most financially profitable venture that year was Ruben Fleischer's $102.3 million-grossing horror comedy film '' Zombieland'', in which she features alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin. In the film, she appeared as a con artist and survivor of a zombie apocalypse, in a role which Chris Hewitt of '' Empire'' magazine thought was "somewhat underwritten." In a more positive review, Tim Robey of '' The Daily Telegraph'' found "the hugely promising Stone" to be "a tough cookie who projects the aura of being wiser than her years". Stone's third release in 2009 was Kieran and Michelle Mulroney's '' Paper Man'', a comedy-drama which disappointed critics. Stone voiced an Australian Shepherd in '' Marmaduke'' (2010), a comedy from director Tom Dey, which is based on Brad Anderson's long-running comic strip of the same name. Her breakthrough came the same year with a starring role in '' Easy A'', a teen comedy directed by Will Gluck. Partially based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 historical romance novel '' The Scarlet Letter'', the film tells the story of Olive Penderghast (Stone), a high school student who becomes embroiled in a comic sex scandal after a false rumor circulates that she is sexually promiscuous. Stone read the script before the project was optioned for production, and pursued it with her manager while production details were being finalized. She found the script "so different and unique from anything I'd read before", saying that it was "funny and sweet". When Stone discovered that the film had begun production, she met with Gluck, expressing her enthusiasm for the project. A few months later, the audition process started and she met again with Gluck, becoming one of the first actresses to audition. The film received positive critical reviews, and Stone's performance was considered its prime asset. Anna Smith of ''
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'' wrote, "Stone gives a terrific performance, her knowing drawl implying intellect and indifference with underlying warmth." The film was a commercial success, grossing $75 million against its $8 million budget. Stone was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and won the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.

In October 2010, Stone hosted an episode of NBC's late-night sketch comedy '' Saturday Night Live''; her appearances included a sketch playing off her resemblance to
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. Stone described it as "the greatest week of my life". She hosted it again in 2011, appeared in an episode in 2014, and in its 40th anniversary special in 2015. A brief appearance in the sex comedy '' Friends with Benefits'' (2011) reunited her with Gluck. She followed this with a supporting role in Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's romantic comedy '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011) alongside Steve Carell,
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and Julianne Moore. The film featured her as a law school graduate, and the love interest of Gosling's character. Despite finding "some inevitable collapses into convention" in the film, Drew McWeeny of HitFix wrote that Stone "ties the whole film together". At the
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, she won the Choice Movie Actress – Comedy award for her performance in the film. ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' was a box office success, grossing $142.9 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million. Dismayed at being typecast as "the sarcastic interest of the guy", Stone co-starred with Viola Davis in Tate Taylor's period drama '' The Help'' (2011), a film she found challenging. The film is based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name and is set in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi. She met with Taylor to express a desire to work on the film. The director said, " tonewas completely awkward and dorky, with her raspy voice, and she sat down and we got a little intoxicated and had a blast, and I just thought, 'God! God! This is Skeeter." She was cast as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, an aspiring writer learning about the lives of the African-American maids. In preparation for the part, she learned to speak in a Southern accent and educated herself on the Civil Rights Movement through literature and film. With a worldwide gross of $216 million against a $25 million budget, ''The Help'' became Stone's highest-grossing film to that point. The film, and her performance, received positive reviews from critics. Writing for ''Empire'', Anna Smith thought Stone was "well-meaning and hugely likable" despite finding flaws in the character. The film was nominated for an
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, and won Best Ensemble Cast from the Women Film Critics Circle and the Broadcast Film Critics Association.


''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Birdman'', and Broadway (2012–2015)

Stone turned down a role in the action comedy ''
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'' after signing on to
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's 2012 film '' The Amazing Spider-Man'', a reboot of
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's ''Spider-Man'' series. She portrayed
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, the love interest of the titular superhero (played by Andrew Garfield). Stone returned to her natural blonde hair color for the role, having dyed it red previously. She admitted to having never read the comics, and therefore felt responsible to educate herself about Spider-Man: "My experience was with the Sam Raimi movies ... I always assumed that Mary Jane was his first love", adding that she was only familiar with Stacy's character as portrayed by
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in ''
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''. ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' was a commercial success and was the seventh highest-grossing film of the year with global revenues of $757.9 million. '' Entertainment Weekly''s Lisa Schwarzbaum found Stone to be "irresistible", and Ian Freer of ''Empire'' was particularly impressed with Stone's and Garfield's performances. At the annual People's Choice Awards ceremony, she was nominated for three awards, including Favorite Movie Actress. Later that year, Stone voiced a role in the crime-based video game '' Sleeping Dogs'', which earned her a Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Human Female. Stone began 2013 with a voice role in the
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film '' The Croods'', which was nominated for the
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. This followed with an appearance in '' Movie 43'', an
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which consists of sixteen short stories—she played the title role in the segment entitled "Veronica". She next starred alongside Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn in Ruben Fleischer's '' Gangster Squad'' (2013), a crime thriller set in Los Angeles during the 1940s. A. O. Scott of '' The New York Times'' dismissed the film as "a hectic jumble of fedoras and zoot suits", but praised Stone's pairing with Gosling. She expressed a desire to work with Gosling on more projects. In 2014, Stone reprised the role of Gwen Stacy in '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2''. She believed that her character did not depend on the film's protagonist, asserting: "She saves him more than he saves her. She's incredibly helpful to Spider-Man ... He's the muscle, she's the brains." Her performance was well received by critics; an ''Empire'' reviewer commended her for standing out in the film, writing, "Stone is the Heath Ledger of this series, doing something unexpected with an easily dismissed supporting character." The role won her the Favorite Movie Actress award at the
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. Later that year, Stone took on a role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy '' Magic in the Moonlight'', a modest commercial success. A. O. Scott criticized her role, and pairing with
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, describing it as "the kind of pedantic nonsense that is meant to signify superior intellect". The black comedy-drama '' Birdman'', directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, was Stone's final film release of 2014. Co-starring Michael Keaton and Edward Norton, it featured her as Sam Thomson, the recovering-addict daughter of actor Riggan Thomson (Keaton), who becomes his assistant. Iñárritu created the character based on his experience with his daughter. ''Birdman'' was critically acclaimed, and was the most successful film at the 87th Academy Awards; it was nominated for nine awards, winning four, including Best Picture. The Movie Network deemed it one of Stone's best performances to date, and
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of ''The Daily Telegraph'' found her to be "superb" and "tremendous" in her role, while also highlighting her monologue in the film which he believed to have been "delivered like a knitting needle to the gut." She received numerous accolades for her performance, including nominations for an Academy, a BAFTA, a
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, a Screen Actors Guild, and a Critics' Choice Movie award for Best Supporting Actress.



From November 2014 to February 2015, Stone starred in a revival of the Broadway musical '' Cabaret'' as Sally Bowles, taking over the role from Michelle Williams. Deeming it "the most nerve-racking thing ever", Stone listened to a French radio station to mentally prepare herself for the role. Marilyn Stasio of ''Variety'' was critical of her singing abilities and found her performance to be "a bit narrow as an emotional platform, but a smart choice for her acting skills, the perfect fit for her sharp intelligence and kinetic energy." Both of Stone's 2015 films—the romantic comedy-drama ''
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'', and the mystery drama ''
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''—were critical and commercial failures, and her roles were panned by critics. In Cameron Crowe's ''Aloha'', she played the role of an air force pilot alongside Bradley Cooper, and in Woody Allen's ''Irrational Man'', she played the love interest of Joaquin Phoenix's character, a philosophy professor. The former was controversial for whitewashing the cast, as Stone's character was meant to be of Asian, Hawaiian, and Swedish descent. She later regretted taking part in the project, acknowledging whitewashing as a widespread problem in Hollywood. Despite the backlash, Stone was nominated for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy at the
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. She also appeared in the music video for Win Butler's single "Anna".


Established actress (2016–present)

During her run in the ''Cabaret'' revival, Stone met filmmaker
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, who, impressed with her performance, cast her in his musical comedy-drama '' La La Land''. The project, which marked her third collaboration with Gosling, starred Stone as Mia Dolan, an aspiring actress living in Los Angeles. Stone borrowed several real-life experiences for her character, and in preparation, watched '' The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' and films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. For the film's soundtrack, she recorded six songs. ''La La Land'' served as the opening film at the
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, where it generated critical acclaim and earned Stone the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. In addition to being her best-reviewed film on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it emerged as a commercial success, with a worldwide gross of over $440 million against a production budget of $30 million. Peter Bradshaw of '' The Guardian'' wrote that "Stone has never been better: superbly smart, witty, vulnerable, her huge doe eyes radiating intelligence even, or especially, when they are filling with tears." For her performance, Stone won the Academy,
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,
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, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.

Stone's sole release of 2017 was the sports comedy-drama ''
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'', based on the 1973 eponymous match between tennis players
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(Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell). In preparation, Stone met with King, watched old footage and interviews of her, worked with a dialect coach to speak in King's accent, and drank high-calorie protein shakes to gain . The film premiered to positive reviews at the
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, and certain critics considered Stone's performance to be the finest of her career. Benjamin Lee of ''The Guardian'' praised her for playing against type, and for being "strong" and "convincing" in the part. Even so, the film earned less than its $25 million budget. Stone received her fourth Golden Globe nomination for it, and attended the ceremony with King. In 2018, Stone and Rachel Weisz starred as
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and Sarah Churchill, two cousins fighting for the affection of Queen Anne (
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), in Yorgos Lanthimos' historical comedy-drama '' The Favourite''. She found it challenging being an American among an all-British cast, and struggled with mastering her character's accent. The film premiered at the
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to critical acclaim. Michael Nordine of IndieWire praised Stone for taking on such a bold role following the success of ''La La Land'', and termed the three lead actresses "a majestic triumvirate in a period piece that's as tragic as it is hilarious." For ''The Favourite'', she received her fifth Golden Globe nomination and third Oscar nomination. She then executive-produced and starred in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries ''
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'', directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It featured Stone and Jonah Hill as two strangers, whose lives are transformed due to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial. An admirer of Fukunaga's work, she agreed to the project without reading the script. Lucy Mangan of ''The Guardian'' commended both Stone and Hill for playing against type and delivering career-best performances; Judy Berman of '' Time'' magazine was similarly impressed with their growth as actors since ''Superbad'' and noted the complexity in their performances. In the same year, Stone appeared alongside Paul McCartney in a music video for his song " Who Cares". Stone reprised her role as Wichita in '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019), the sequel to 2009's ''Zombieland'', which received mixed reviews and has grossed $122 million worldwide. She narrated the Netflix documentary series ''
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'' (2019) and reprised the voice role of Eep in '' The Croods: A New Age'' (2020), the sequel to 2013's ''The Croods''. In 2021, Stone played Cruella de Vil (originally played by Glenn Close in the 1996 live-action adaptation and its 2000 sequel) in Craig Gillespie's crime comedy '' Cruella'', a Disney live-action based on the 1961 animation '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians''. Starring opposite
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, Stone also served as an executive producer of the film alongside Close. The film was released in US theaters and on
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to positive reviews and grossed $233 million worldwide against its $100 million budget.

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of '' Los Angeles Times'' wrote that despite the film's flawed screenplay, Stone was "wholly committed, glammed-to-the-nines"; Chang favorably compared it with her performance in ''The Favourite'', adding that she "nailed every nuance as another lowly young woman turned ambitious schemer". For ''Cruella'', Stone garnered another Golden Globe nomination.


Upcoming projects

Stone will collaborate with Yorgos Lanthimos on three more projects. These will be the short film ''Bleat'', and the feature films ''
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'' and '' And''. ''Poor Things'' is based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray and co-stars Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo, while ''And'' will team Stone with Dafoe,
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, and Margaret Qualley. She will also reprise her role as Cruella de Vil in a sequel to ''Cruella'', and will star in the Showtime comedy series '' The Curse'' about a troubled couple hosting a
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show.


Reception and acting style

Commenting on her performance in ''The Help'', Kirk Honeycutt of '' The Hollywood Reporter'' called her "one of our very best young actresses". She is known for starring both in high-profile, mainstream productions and in low-budget independent films. ''Time''s Daniel D'Addario describes the latter as "substantive risk" and adds that taking on a role in them provides her an opportunity to "try something new and to get credibility". Analyzing her on-screen persona, Jessica Kiang of IndieWire noted that Stone "usually laysthe approachable, down-to-earth, girl-next-door type, ndin person she demonstrates many of those qualities too, along with an absolute refusal to take herself too seriously." Biographer Karen Hollinger wrote that at the beginning of her career, Stone was often labeled a "star ingénue", a perceived limitation she escaped despite not being a classically trained actress. Hollinger attributed Stone's success as an actress to her willingness to rely on her acting talent rather than off-screen personae. As such, Stone "crafted a brilliant career based on performative skills, careful choice of roles and distinctive personality". She was further praised as a performer who "eschew dglamour and the trappings of the 'starlet and established a career through "talent, diligent work, and often surprising, unconventional characterizations". In 2008, Stone topped '' Saturday Night Magazine''s Top 20 Rising Stars Under 30 and was included in a similar list compiled by Moviefone. LoveFilm placed her on their list of 2010 Top 20 Actresses Under 30, and her performance in ''Easy A'' was included in ''Time''s Top 10 Everything of 2010. She appeared in the 2013 Celebrity 100 list, a compilation of the 100 most powerful people in the world, as selected annually by '' Forbes''. The magazine reported that she had earned $16 million from June 2012 to June 2013. That same year, she was ranked first in the magazine's Top 10 Best Value Stars. In 2015, ''Forbes'' published that she had become one of the world's highest-paid actresses with earnings of $6.5 million. The magazine would rank her as the world's highest-paid actress two years later with annual earnings of $26 million. In 2017, she was included on ''Time''s annual list of the
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. Stone has been described as a style icon, with her hair, eyes, and husky voice listed as her trademark features. '' Vogue'' credits the actress for her "sophisticated, perfectly put-together looks", writing that "her charisma, both on-screen and off-, has charmed many." In 2009, she was featured on '' FHM''s
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and '' Maxim''s Hot 100; the latter also placed her on the list on three other occasions2010, 2011, and 2014. In 2011, she featured on Victoria's Secret's list of "What is Sexy?" as the Sexiest Actress. She was mentioned in other media outlet listings that year, including '' People''s 100 Most Beautiful Women, each of ''FHM''s and '' FHM Australia''s 100 Sexiest Women in the World, and '' Men's Health''s 100 Hottest Women. She was ranked sixth on ''Empire''s list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013. Stone was named the best-dressed woman of 2012 by ''Vogue'' and was included on similar listings by ''
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'' in 2013 and 2015, and ''People'' in 2014.


Personal life

Stone moved from Los Angeles to Greenwich Village,
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, in 2009. In 2016, she moved back to Los Angeles. Despite significant media attention, she refuses to publicly discuss her personal life. Concerned with living a "normal" life, Stone has said she finds little value in media attention. She has expressed her fondness for her profession, and has cited Diane Keaton as an acting influence, calling her "one of the most covered-up actresses of all time". She has also named Marion Cotillard as one of her inspirations. Stone has a close relationship with her family. She says, "I am blessed with 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." During the filming of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' in 2010, Stone began dating her co-star Andrew Garfield. Their relationship was reported in the media with various speculations; the pair refused to speak publicly about it, though they made several appearances together. In 2014, on an occasion in New York City, Stone and Garfield encouraged paparazzi to visit websites that spread awareness of causes such as
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. In 2015, they were reported to have broken up. In 2017, Stone began a relationship with ''Saturday Night Live'' segment director Dave McCary. They became engaged in December 2019 and married the following year. In January 2021, the couple were reported to be expecting their first child together. In March 2021, they had their first child, a daughter. The couple named their daughter Louise Jean McCary—a tribute to Stone's grandmother, Jean Louise. Jean is also Stone's middle name.


Philanthropy

Stone has said she suffers from asthma, which she discovered after having difficulty breathing during the filming of ''Easy A''. Her mother was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and was cured in 2008. Stone and her mother celebrated by getting tattoos of birds' feet, designed by Paul McCartney, a reference to The Beatles song " Blackbird", which she and her mother love. She appeared in a Revlon campaign that promoted breast cancer awareness. In 2011, Stone featured in a collaborative video between ''
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'' and Stand Up to Cancer, which aimed to raise funds for cancer research. Two years later, she attended an event by Gilda's Club, an organization working for a similar purpose. From 2012 to 2014, she hosted the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Revlon Run/Walk, which helps fight women's cancer. Stone, alongside three other celebrities, was present at the 2012
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, a television special that profiled four teenagers who are "Helping And Leading Others" (HALO). She attended the 2014
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, a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. In 2015, she was part of a fundraising event in support of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which helps people in the film and television industries with limited or no resources. In 2018, she collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up the Time's Up initiative to protect women from
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and discrimination.


Acting credits and awards

According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site Box Office Mojo, Stone's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are ''Superbad'' (2007), ''Zombieland'' (2009), ''Easy A'' (2010), ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), ''The Help'' (2011), ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012), ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014), ''Birdman'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), ''Battle of the Sexes'' (2017), ''The Favourite'' (2018), and ''Cruella'' (2021). Stone has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for ''Birdman'' and ''The Favourite'', and Best Actress for ''La La Land''; and four
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: BAFTA Rising Star Award, Best Supporting Actress for ''Birdman'' and ''The Favourite'', and Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''La La Land''. She won both her nominations for ''La La Land''. Other awards for the film include Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the
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and Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice Film Festival.


See also

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* List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories


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