Emma Stone Birthday & Age: Real Name, Husband Dave McCary, Upcoming Movies

Emma Stone celebrates her birthday on November 6. Born Emily Jean Stone in 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona, she is 38 years old and has grown from a comedy scene-stealer into one of the most decorated actresses of her generation, with two Academy Awards for Best Actress and a busy slate of new projects.

Real Name and Early Years in Arizona

Her real name is Emily Jean Stone. When she tried to register with the Screen Actors Guild, the name “Emily Stone” was already taken, so she briefly went by “Riley” before settling on Emma. She grew up in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, where she lived for a few years on the grounds of the Camelback Inn resort. Her family has Swedish roots on her father’s side: her paternal grandfather’s family anglicised the surname “Sten” to “Stone”.

As a child she acted in local theatre productions in Arizona. She later convinced her parents to let her move to Los Angeles as a teenager to chase screen work. Her first television appearance came on the reality competition In Search of the New Partridge Family in 2004.

Family: Parents, Brother, Husband and Daughter

Relation	Name	Details
Father	Jeffrey Charles Stone	Founder and CEO of a general-contracting company
Mother	Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager)	Homemaker
Brother	Spencer Stone	Younger brother
Husband	Dave McCary	Director and former Saturday Night Live segment director; married in 2020
Child	One daughter	Born in 2021

Emma Stone’s Husband, Dave McCary

Emma Stone met Dave McCary in 2016, when she guest-hosted Saturday Night Live and he was working as the show’s segment director. They started dating the following year and married in a private ceremony in 2020. Their daughter was born in 2021. The family has lived in New York City in recent years, and Stone has also had homes in Malibu, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. The couple keep their private life low-key, and Stone rarely talks about her daughter in interviews.

McCary is also part of her work life. He is set to direct The Catch, an upcoming romantic comedy in which Stone stars opposite Chris Pine. The two have also produced projects together through their company, Fruit Tree.

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Career Timeline

Year	Project	Why It Mattered
2007	Superbad	Feature film debut in a hit comedy
2009	Zombieland	Another box-office success
2010	Easy A	First leading role; Golden Globe nomination
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Help	Moved into romance and period drama
2012–2014	The Amazing Spider-Man films	Global fame as Gwen Stacy
2014	Birdman	First Oscar nomination (Supporting Actress)
2016	La La Land	First Academy Award for Best Actress
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Played tennis legend Billie Jean King
2018	The Favourite	Oscar nomination; first film with Yorgos Lanthimos
2021	Cruella	Title role as Cruella de Vil
2023	Poor Things	Second Best Actress Oscar; Best Picture nomination as producer
2024	Kinds of Kindness	Played three different characters
2025	Eddington and Bugonia	Shaved her head for Bugonia; more Oscar nominations

Awards and Records

Stone’s trophy shelf includes two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and the Volpi Cup from the Venice Film Festival. In 2017 she was the world’s highest-paid actress, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world that year.

Her nominations for Bugonia (Best Actress and, as a producer, Best Picture) took her to seven Oscar nominations. That made her the youngest woman in Academy history to reach seven nominations, passing a record held by Meryl Streep.

Emma Stone Upcoming Movies

Here is what has been publicly announced for her next chapter. Release dates can shift, so treat these as projects in development rather than fixed premieres.

• The Catch – a Universal romantic comedy co-starring Chris Pine, directed by her husband Dave McCary.
• Cruella sequel – she is set to return as Cruella de Vil in a follow-up to the 2021 film.
• Miss Piggy movie – Stone and her close friend Jennifer Lawrence are attached to produce a film about the Muppets star, written by Cole Escola.

Is There Any Controversy?

Stone has largely avoided scandal. The most discussed moments have been about her work, such as critics debating her casting in some films. The best-documented controversy came in 2015, when her casting as a character of Asian, Hawaiian and Swedish descent in Aloha was criticised as whitewashing. She later said she regretted taking part and acknowledged that whitewashing is a widespread problem in Hollywood. Rumours about past co-star romances have never been confirmed by her, so we do not repeat them here.

Quick Facts Fans Love

• Her distinctive husky voice comes from vocal cord nodules she developed after crying often as a colicky baby.
• She discovered she has asthma while filming Easy A.
• She is known for long creative partnerships, especially with director Yorgos Lanthimos.
• On November 6 she turns 39.

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