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Academy Award-winning actress Emma Stone has starred in many films under her screen name, but she would like people to use her name. Stone's real name is Emily, although she's professionally known as Emma.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter during a conversation with her The Curse co-star, Nathan Fielder, Stone's real name came up. Now a two-time Academy Winner (for her roles in 2016's La La Land and 2023's Poor Things), the actress has been in different genres throughout her career, which spans almost two decades, with her first role being in the 2005 film The New Partridge Family, where she was credited as Emily Stone.

Related Emma Stone Reunites With Poor Things Cast and Director in Kinds of Kindness Trailer Several cast members from the Academy Award-winning film Poor Things returned to Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Kinds of Kindness.

When Stone first registered for the Screen Actors Guild, the name Emily Stone was taken.

Emma Stone and Timothee Chalamet sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.

Timothée Chalamet’s emergence in last year’s Oscar race felt like a tidal wave. All at once, a gifted young star had surfaced, perhaps to claim the mantle for a new generation of leading men. He’s followed his 2017 performances in “Call Me by Your Name” and “Lady Bird” with “Beautiful Boy,” a family saga in which the 22-year-old Chalamet, as a wayward drug addict, both yearns for and repels his family’s love.

Emma Stone, by contrast, is a movie veteran at only 30. Following her breakout in “Easy A” with “The Help,” her Oscar-nominated role in “Birdman” and a win for “La La Land,” Stone has established herself as a generational standard-bearer. In this year’s “The Favourite,” Stone, as an aspiring courtier seeking the attention of Queen Anne,...

As Emma Stone stood onstage at the Dolby Theatre accepting her Best Actress award at the Oscars on Sunday, she might think back to where it all started: A ninth grade history class in Scottsdale, Arizona.

That’s where Stone, 14 at the time, decided she was dropping out of school and moving to L.A. to become a star. “I had this Howard Beale-like moment,” she told The Hollywood Reporter about her realization, citing Peter Finch’s character’s iconic meltdown in Network. “It’s the last period of the day, and I have a revelation that I needed to...

Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television. Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice - over and over again. Check out these Academy Award nominees: Emma Stone In Search of the New Partridge...

Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television. Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice - over and over again. Check out these Academy Award nominees: Emma Stone In Search of the New Partridge...

Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television.

Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice – over and over again.

Check out these Academy Award nominees:

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In Search of the New Partridge Family...

Long before Emma Stone wooed us in hits like Superbad, Easy A, and The Amazing Spider-Man, she was competing on reality TV.

Back in 2004, VH1 launched a competitive reality show called In Search of the New Partridge Family. The show was… searching for people to star in a TV series called The New Partridge Family. Stone made it onto the series, where she got to show off her pipes onstage, singing songs like Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch” and Pat Benatar’s “We Belong.”

“You go in there rolling your eyes, thinking, ‘this is just a reality search competition,’ but then you’re there for seven weeks,...

Several weeks ago, Sony Pictures invited us to attend the press junket The Amazing Spider-Man. The reboot takes a grittier, more realistic approach to Peter Parker's journey to becoming your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and sees the wall-crawler struggling to come to grips with the mysterious of disappearance of his parents. For more on the film, click here for all of our previous coverage. During my on-camera interview with Emma Stone, who plays Gwen Stacy, we talked about the experience of previewing the film at Comic-Con and WonderCon, why the character's fate in the comics drew her to the role, playing Laurie Partridge in the TV movie The New Partridge Family, and more. Hit the jump to check out the interview, and click here for my interview with co-star Andrew Garfield. The Amazing Spider-Man opens in 3D on July 3rd. Emma Stone 0:10 – Playing Laurie Partridge in the TV Movie The New Partridge Family.

She kissed Ryan Gosling in "Crazy, Stupid, Love," stole the show in 2011's "The Help" and dates her "Amazing Spider-Man" costar Andrew Garfield.

Still, Emma Stone came from humble beginnings, and she's the first to admit it. The actress got her start covering Pat Benatar's "We Belong" on "The New Partridge Family," which aired in 2004 on VH1.

"It was totally, 100 percent a reality show," Stone told The Daily Beast of the series, based on the '70s hit show "The Partridge Family. "My mom had never pushed me to audition for anything, but she saw a commercial on TV for it and said, 'You look like Susan Dey a little, and just dyed your hair brown ... Why don’t you give this a shot? I have a weird feeling.' I did it and ended up winning. I don’t regret it for a minute."

The actress, who was...

She kissed Ryan Gosling in "Crazy, Stupid, Love," stole the show in 2011's "The Help" and dates her "Amazing Spider-Man" costar Andrew Garfield.

Still, Emma Stone came from humble beginnings, and she's the first to admit it. The actress got her start covering Pat Benatar's "We Belong" on "The New Partridge Family," which aired in 2004 on VH1.

"It was totally, 100 percent a reality show," Stone told The Daily Beast of the series, based on the '70s hit show "The Partridge Family. "My mom had never pushed me to audition for anything, but she saw a commercial on TV for it and said, 'You look like Susan Dey a little, and just dyed your hair brown ... Why don't you give this a shot? I have a weird feeling.' I did it and ended up winning. I don't regret it for a minute."

The actress, who was then a...

'Amazing Spider-Man' actress will accept the first-ever Trailblazer Award at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.

By Josh Wigler

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Emma Stone is a trailblazer. That's not hyperbole, it's fact: Just watch the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday and you'll see for yourself when Stone accepts the first-ever MTV Trailblazer Award. The prize speaks for itself!

It's no secret that Stone's a favorite around these parts. What's not to love? She's spunky, talented and bold in her choices both on and off the screen. Don't believe us? We'll prove it! Here are seven other reasons Emma is more than deserving of the inaugural MTV Trailblazer Award.

» Because she faced a rocky start to her career — having to embody an expectations-heavy character such as Laurie Partridge in the short-lived "The New Partridge Family" and heartbreakingly losing out on a starring role on NBC's religiously watched "Heroes," to list two...

'Amazing Spider-Man' actress will accept the first-ever Trailblazer Award at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.

By Josh Wigler

Emma Stone

Photo: Getty Images

Emma Stone is a trailblazer. That's not hyperbole, it's fact: Just watch the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday and you'll see for yourself when Stone accepts the first-ever MTV Trailblazer Award. The prize speaks for itself!

It's no secret that Stone's a favorite around these parts. What's not to love? She's spunky, talented and bold in her choices both on and off the screen. Don't believe us? We'll prove it! Here are seven other reasons Emma is more than deserving of the inaugural MTV Trailblazer Award.

» Because she faced a rocky start to her career — having to embody an expectations-heavy character such as Laurie Partridge in the short-lived "The New Partridge Family" and heartbreakingly losing out on a starring role on NBC's religiously watched "Heroes," to list two...

We're used to seeing Emma Stone walking the red carpet and promoting her hit movies, but it was just a few short years ago that she was still looking for fame -- on a VH1 talent show.

In 2004, a pre-"Superbad" Stone showed off her singing skills on the reality show, "In Search of the Partridge Family," hoping to win a role on the network's revival of the musical program.

Luck must have been on her side because -- spoiler alert! -- Stone actually went on to win a spot on "The New Partridge Family" as Laurie Partridge, but the show didn't make it past a pilot episode.

Check out the video below to see Stone in action, singing "We Belong."

Watch:...

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Emily Jean “Emma” Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. Stone was a cast member of the TV series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). She appeared in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). She then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Stone’s upcoming films include the Steve Carell comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, an adaptation...

Actress Emma Stone -- best known for her turns in "Superbad" and "Easy A" -- is hosting "Saturday Night Live" Oct. 23. But exactly who Is Emma Stone?

Here's an easy A to Z list of all the things you need to know about this up-and-coming star.

For a guide to all the 2010 fall movies, click here!

Emma Stone: A to Za is for Actress

Emma Stone wanted to be an actress for as long as she can remember.

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She may squeeze laughs out of compulsively crooning Natasha Bedingfield's irritatingly catchy "Pocketful of Sunshine" in this week's 'Easy A,' but once upon a time Emma Stone sang those kinds of easy listening ditties in earnest.

On national television.

Competing for the chance to play ... Laurie Partridge?

The year was 2004, and Stone (then going by her given name, Emily) was a competitor on the VH1 reality show 'In Search of the New Partridge Family.' The 'American Idol'-esque competition had audiences call in to vote on who they wanted cast in VH1's planned 'Partridge Family' reboot, but of course that was a terrible idea -- except for the fact that Stone won, beating out seven other wannabe Laurie Partridges for the role on the quickly-cancelled 'The New Partridge Family' series, and in doing so earned her first credited screen role.

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Filed under: Cinematical

She may squeeze laughs out of compulsively crooning Natasha Bedingfield's irritatingly catchy "Pocketful of Sunshine" in this week's 'Easy A,' but once upon a time Emma Stone sang those kinds of easy listening ditties in earnest.

On national television.

Competing for the chance to play ... Laurie Partridge?

The year was 2004, and Stone (then going by her given name, Emily) was a competitor on the VH1 reality show 'In Search of the New Partridge Family.' The 'American Idol'-esque competition had audiences call in to vote on who they wanted cast in VH1's planned 'Partridge Family' reboot, but of course that was a terrible idea -- except for the fact that Stone won, beating out seven other wannabe Laurie Partridges for the role on the quickly-cancelled 'The New Partridge Family' series, and in doing so earned her first credited screen role.

Reviews...

Actress Emma Stone -- best known for her turns in "Superbad" and "Zombieland" -- is hitting her comedic stride as the lead in the upcoming high-school flick "Easy A," playing a straight-a student who pretends to sully her reputation to gain popularity. But exactly who Is Emma Stone?

Here's an easy A to Z list of all the things you need to know about this up-and-coming star.

For a guide to all the 2010 fall movies,...

Emily Jean Stone, better known as Emma Stone, was born on November 6, 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Jeff and Krista Stone, and the older sister of Spencer. Stone started acting at a relatively young age, appearing in a school production of The Wind in the Willows when she was just 11. Regional theater appearances followed and eventually, at 15, Stone convinced her parents -- using popcorn and a PowerPoint presentation, of all things, keyed to the Madonna song "Hollywood" -- to let her take a serious shot at acting, which meant relocating to Los Angeles. "I just always wanted to act from birth,” Stone told Saturday Night Magazine. "I think I was drawn to comedy originally because when I was really young, by the time I was eight, I had seen movies like The Jerk (1979), Animal House (1978), and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) with my dad, and I knew them by heart. I loved them,...