Emma Stone is one distinguished American actress who has captivated the hearts of many since she ventured into the film and television industry. No wonder she earned an award nomination in the 91st Academy Awards and the 23rd Satellite Awards. Aside from this nomination, she had in the past taken home many other awards such as the Golden Globe, Academy, SAGA, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA), among others for her excellent portrayals of various characters.
The actress gained widespread fame after she featured as Jules in Superbad in 2007 and that fame later skyrocketed globally when she was cast as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-man and its spin-off in 2012 and 2014. Read on to learn more about this truly amazing, down to earth and funny actress.
Emma Stone Bio
Her full name is Emily Jean Emma Stone, she was born to a contractor and home keeper in Scottsdale, Arizona United States of America in 1988. Jean marks her birthday every 6th day of November.
Growing up, Emily Stone suffered from vocal issues but that did not stop her from attending school, as she had her early education at the Sequoya Elementary School from there she proceeded to Cocopah Middle School where she wrapped her basic schooling.
Due to her phobia and panic attacks as a young child, it negatively impacted her social skills early in life, resulting in her not furthering her education. She, however, affirms that her full participation in drama sketches did work like magic apart from the therapy she attended which made her healing process faster.
At 4 years old she began acting drama but officially made her main public appearance in the late 90s and early 2000s at the age of 11. This was with her stage presence on The Wind in the Willows (2000).
The young Stone being hungry for success in her chosen career relocated to Los Angeles with her mum, then 4 years down the line she earned her first minor role in the television show In Search of the New Partridge Family (2004). Her breakthrough in the industry came after her debut as Jules in Superbad (2007), the following year 2008, we saw Emma appear in 2 films The Rocker and The House Bunny.
From there onward, she has had the good luck charm of featuring in several commercially successful films which include the Netflix comedy mini-series Maniac (2018), Her excellent depiction of Abigail Masham in The Favourite (2018) got her Oscars nomination. Emma Stone’s other notable films are the biographical sports movie Battles of the Sexes in 2017. Before then she clinched an Academy Award for her top-notch display in La La Land, a romantic musical movie in 2016.
She then had her foray in Broadway shows in 2014 when she mounted the musical play stage of Cabaret, the play ran in theatre from 2014 to 2015.
Emma’s global prominence in the industry brewed when she was cast in 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man and its continuation in 2014 where she played Gwen Stacy. This too got her nominated for the Best supporting actress in the Academy Awards that year.
Indeed without much ado, we can say that Emily Jean has had a long blissful ride in the movie industry getting better with each new film feature, warming her way into the hearts of many. Little wonder this distinguished on-screen personality will be starring in the upcoming movies titled Zombieland: Double Tap, an action-adventure film due to be released in October 2019 and the fantasy animated film, The Croods 2 coming out in September 2020.
The 5 ft 6 inches tall actress has been repeatedly listed by several media outlets as one of the 100 most beautiful, powerful, and influential people in the world. Her spectacular acting talent earned her nominations in the 23rd Satellites Awards as Best Actress in the mini-series Maniac and the 91st Oscars Awards as another Best Supporting Actress in The Favourite.
Her Net Worth
The La La Land actress is worth $30 million. She was one of the highest-paid in her field and was listed on the Forbes 2017 list of the World’s Highest-Paid actress with her earnings pegged at $ 26 million edging out the amiable Jennifer Aniston who ended that year with $ 25.5 million.
Although she was later knocked off the No.1 spot by the gorgeous actress Scarlett Johansson with her whopping $40.5 million earnings from back to back features in the Marvel Avengers film series in the 2018 Forbes list.
Emma Stone’s Brother
Emily Jean Emma Stone’s parents Jeffrey Charles Stone and Krista Jean Yeager Stone gave birth to another child whom they named Spencer Stone.
He was born sometime in 1991 and he is not a stranger to the glamours and flashes of the camera in the entertainment industry as he has acted as a stunt man in some movies such as The Divergent, True Blood, scary V/H/S/2 and hilarious Sharknado.
Who is She Dating or is She Married?
The hot Scottsdale Bella has always been private and economical with her personal information or affairs as she prefers to leave her love affairs personal and wrapped up.
Although at the moment we may just classify her as single she is perhaps ready to mingle with the right man. Emma Stone might as well be in a relationship, but for all we know, she and her new man are keeping things on the low away from the media.
However, one fact we know is that she was romantically linked to fellow actor and co-star Andrew Garfield in 2011 and that affair lasted till 2015 before they purportedly broke up.
Andrew Garfield acted alongside Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man. The pair has over the years maintained a good friendship and no love is lost between them. Andrew even celebrated the actress when she won an Academy Award after they broke up.
The stunning actress is currently dating Dave McCary, an American comedian, writer, and director who works with Saturday Night Live. She has revealed in an interview that she wishes to be a wife and a mother someday soon although in her growing up days she was averse to the idea of being a wife and mother all that has changed as the years wore on.