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Emma Stone

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BIO

Born November 6, 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona, actress Emma Stone is best-known for her roles in Superbad and Easy A.

Determined to become an actress, the fiery redhead created a PowerPoint presentation to convince her parents to let her to her move to Hollywood. They agreed, and in 2004, Stone got her first big break on VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family (where she later won the part of Laurie Partridge).

Stone's next role came in 2007 when she was cast as Jonah Hill's love interest in Superbad. The following year, the actress began dating Teddy Geiger, her costar from The Rocker. Stone ended the relationship in early 2009.

Stone continued to make a name for herself with roles in Zombieland, The House Bunny and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. With several critically-acclaimed performances under her belt, she was later cast as the lead in Easy A, which debuted at No. 2 in 2010. That same year, Stone began dating actor Kieran Culkin, her costar in Paper Man.

Named one of Vanity Fair's It Girls in 2010, Stone is currently signed on to play Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, in the fourth Spider-Man film.