Emily Jean Emma Stone born November 6 1988 is an American actress The recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Award she was the worlds highestpaid actress in 2017 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 with her mother 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 made her film debut in Superbad 2007 and received positive media attention for her role in Zombieland 2009 The 2010 teen comedy Easy A was Stones first starring role earning her nominations for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Stone gained wider recognition as Gwen Stacy in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing SpiderMan and its 2014 sequel She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a recovering drug addict in the black comedy Birdman 2014 and her Broadway debut came in a revival of the musical Cabaret 20142015 She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an aspiring actress in the romantic musical La La Land 2016 Stone received a third Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Abigail Masham in the historical comedydrama The Favourite 2018