Her birth name is Emily Jean Stone, but she adopted "Emma" to avoid confusion with another actress registered with the same name.
Emma created a PowerPoint presentation titled
"Project Hollywood"
to convince her parents to let her pursue acting.
She made her debut as a voice actress in the TV show
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
.
Despite being known for her red hair, Emma is actually a natural blonde.
She had an allergic reaction to her makeup on the set of
The Amazing Spider-Man
, requiring a reformulation of the makeup used.
Emma’s favorite comedy show growing up was
I Love Lucy
, and she credits it for sparking her love for comedy.
She won her first Oscar for
La La Land
in 2017, becoming one of the youngest Best Actress winners.
Emma has openly discussed battling anxiety and panic attacks as a child, which led her to join acting as a coping mechanism.
She loves baking, especially cookies, and often gifts homemade treats to friends and co-stars.
Her first official acting role was as "Otter" in a youth theater production of
The Wind in the Willows
.