50 Fun Facts About Emma Stone

Emma Stone was born in which Arizona city?

From ages 12 to 15 she lived on the grounds of the Camelback Inn resort.

What is Emma Stone's real first name?

'Emily Stone' was already taken when she registered with the Screen Actors Guild at 16.

Stone's husky voice is traced to vocal-cord nodules caused by what in infancy?

She cried so much as a baby that she developed calluses on her vocal cords as a child.

Stone's paternal grandfather came from a family of which origin that anglicised its surname?

Conrad Ostberg Sten's family became 'Stone'; she also has German, English, Scottish and Irish ancestry.

At age 11, Stone made her acting debut playing which animal in The Wind in the Willows?

She later appeared in 16 productions at Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre while homeschooled.

Stone convinced her parents to let her move to LA with a PowerPoint presentation titled what?

She moved with her mother in January 2004 and took online high-school classes between auditions.

Between early auditions in LA, Stone worked part-time at what kind of business?

She auditioned for every Disney Channel show and every sitcom daughter role and got none of them.

Before settling on 'Emma', what stage name did Stone briefly use?

She struggled to answer to Riley and switched to Emma in honour of Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls.

Stone's stage name honours which Spice Girl?

Bunton was Baby Spice; Stone made the change after guest spots on Medium and Malcolm in the Middle.

Stone's TV debut was a VH1 reality show recasting which 1970s sitcom?

She won the role of Laurie Partridge, but the resulting pilot was never sold.

Stone called her failed audition for which NBC sci-fi drama her 'rock bottom' experience?

She had tried out for Claire Bennet; months later the Fox drama Drive cast her but was cancelled after seven episodes.

Which 2007 comedy marked Stone's feature film debut?

She dyed her hair red to play Jonah Hill's love interest and won a Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face.

Stone learned to play which instrument for her role in The Rocker (2008)?

She found it hard to play a straight-faced character so different from her own 'big smiler' personality.

In The House Bunny, Stone's sorority president covers which 1982 song by the Waitresses?

Reviews were poor but TV Guide said she was 'well on her way to becoming a star'.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, in which Stone plays a ghost, is loosely based on which Dickens work?

She haunted Matthew McConaughey's character in the 2009 romantic comedy.

What is the name of Stone's con-artist character in Zombieland?

The 2009 film grossed $102.3 million; she reprised the role in Zombieland: Double Tap a decade later.

Stone voiced which breed of dog in the 2010 comedy Marmaduke?

Marmaduke himself is a Great Dane; the film was based on Brad Anderson's long-running comic strip.

Easy A, Stone's breakthrough, is partially based on which 1850 novel?

She plays Olive Penderghast, a student caught up in a false rumour; the film made $75 million on an $8 million budget.

Easy A grossed $75M worldwide; what was its production budget?

Stone earned a BAFTA Rising Star nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.

Stone's first turn hosting SNL in 2010 played on her resemblance to which actress?

She called it 'the greatest week of my life' and returned to host in 2011 and for the 40th anniversary special.

Stone's character in Crazy, Stupid, Love has just graduated in which field?

It was her first pairing with Ryan Gosling; the film grossed $142.9 million on a $50 million budget.

In The Help, Stone plays an aspiring writer known by what nickname?

Eugenia Phelan was her escape from being typecast as 'the sarcastic interest of the guy'; she learned a Southern accent for it.

The Help is set in the 1960s in which city?

With $216 million worldwide against a $25 million budget, it became her highest-grossing film to that point.

Stone turned down a role in which action comedy after signing on to The Amazing Spider-Man?

She returned to her natural blonde for Gwen Stacy, having dyed her hair red for earlier roles.

Stone won a Spike Video Game Award for voicing a role in which 2012 game?

The crime-based game came out the same year as The Amazing Spider-Man.

Stone voices which character in DreamWorks' The Croods?

She reprised the role in The Croods: A New Age in 2020.

Gangster Squad (2013) is set in which city during the 1940s?

A. O. Scott called it 'a hectic jumble of fedoras and zoot suits' but praised her pairing with Ryan Gosling.

An Empire reviewer compared Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to which late actor?

The reviewer praised her for 'doing something unexpected with an easily dismissed supporting character'.

In Birdman, Stone plays the daughter of an actor played by whom?

Iñárritu based her recovering-addict character Sam on his experience with his own daughter.

Stone starred as Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of which musical from 2014 to 2015?

She took over from Michelle Williams and listened to a French radio station to prepare for 'the most nerve-racking thing ever'.

Stone regretted which 2015 Cameron Crowe film over the whitewashing of her part-Asian role?

Her character was meant to be of Asian, Hawaiian and Swedish descent; she called whitewashing a widespread Hollywood problem.

Damien Chazelle cast Stone in La La Land after seeing her perform where?

It was her third film with Ryan Gosling; she watched The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Astaire-Rogers films to prepare.

What is the name of Stone's aspiring-actress character in La La Land?

She recorded six songs for the soundtrack and borrowed several real-life experiences for the role.

La La Land's Venice premiere earned Stone which prize?

She went on to win the Academy, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA awards for the role.

Roughly how much did La La Land gross worldwide against its $30M budget?

Peter Bradshaw wrote that Stone had 'never been better', her 'huge doe eyes radiating intelligence'.

Stone gained 15 pounds to play which tennis player in Battle of the Sexes?

Steve Carell played Bobby Riggs; she attended the Golden Globes with King after her fourth nomination.

In 2017, Forbes ranked Stone the world's highest-paid actress with annual earnings of how much?

Time put her on its list of the 100 most influential people the same year.

In The Favourite, Stone and Rachel Weisz play cousins competing for the affection of which monarch?

Olivia Colman played the queen; Stone found it hard being the lone American in an all-British cast.

Stone reunited with Jonah Hill for the 2018 Netflix miniseries Maniac, directed by whom?

An admirer of his work, she agreed to the project without reading the script.

Stone appeared in the 2018 music video for which Paul McCartney song?

McCartney also designed the bird's-feet tattoos she and her mother got in 2010 to mark her mother's cancer remission.

Who originated Cruella de Vil in live action before Stone's 2021 version?

Close served alongside Stone as an executive producer on Cruella, which grossed $233 million.

What is the name of the production company Stone founded with Dave McCary in 2020?

Its first release, When You Finish Saving the World, was Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut.

Poor Things is based on a novel by which author?

Stone produced the film and played Bella, a Victorian woman whose morals clash with the world outside her home.

In the Showtime series The Curse, Stone's character Whitney hosts a show on which network?

She executive produced the satire and picked up a Golden Globe nomination for it.

How many characters does Stone play in Lanthimos's anthology film Kinds of Kindness?

It premiered at Cannes in 2024; Mashable called it the weakest of their collaborations.

Bugonia, in which Stone plays a kidnapped CEO, is a remake of a film from which country?

She shaved her head for the role and wore wigs in public for months to keep it a surprise.

Stone's seventh Oscar nomination made her the youngest woman to reach that mark, passing whom?

She was also the first woman nominated as both producer and actress for two different films.

In 2025, Stone and Jennifer Lawrence were announced as producers of a film about which Muppet?

Cole Escola was announced as the writer in 2025; Stone was also signed to reprise Cruella and to star with Chris Pine in The Catch.

Stone met her future husband Dave McCary while hosting which show in December 2016?

He was a segment director; they married privately in September 2020 and named their daughter Louise Jean.

The matching tattoos Stone and her mother got in 2010 reference which Beatles song?

They are birds' feet, designed by Paul McCartney, marking her mother's remission from breast cancer.