00:00Why?
00:03Why what?
00:04Why don't you want to do it anymore?
00:08Because they think it hurts a little bit too much.
00:11From an aspiring actress who falls in love with a jazz musician
00:14to a classic Disney villain, here are eight roles we love from Emma Stone.
00:18The 2007 coming-of-age comedy Superbad saw Stone play Jules,
00:23a teenage girl who invites her home economics class partner Seth,
00:27played by Jonah Hill, to a high school party at her house.
00:30You're like the coolest person that's ever talked to me, and I blew it.
00:33Come on, you didn't blow it. I think maybe...
00:36What the...
00:38In 2010's Easy A, Stone starred as Olive Pendergast,
00:41a student at the center of a vicious rumor.
00:44The Hollywood Reporter's Review called the film, quote,
00:46a high school romp that turns a stale genre upside down with sly wit and sharp satire.
00:51It went on to say Stone seizes the moment with such self-assurance
00:55and old-fashioned brio that she elevates the game of every actor who comes within her orbit.
01:01Let me just begin by saying that there are two sides to every story,
01:05and this is my side, the right one.
01:08In 2011's The Help, Stone took on the role of Skeeter,
01:11a young journalist with plans to write a book about the racism experienced by maids
01:16in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, at the dawn of the civil rights movement.
01:20THR's Review at the time called Stone one of our very best young actresses,
01:25and said she acquits herself well in this role.
01:27I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?
01:31Or were you just born stupid?
01:362012's The Amazing Spider-Man saw Stone play Gwen Stacy,
01:39a classmate and the love interest of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, played by Andrew Garfield.
01:45THR's Review said the movie saw Stone and Garfield breathe new life
01:49into Stan Lee's 50-year-old creation.
01:52Did you get expelled?
01:53No, no, I didn't get expelled, I got community service.
01:59Um, so, uh, you want to, uh...
02:01She reprised the role in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
02:052014's Birdman saw the actress play Sam,
02:18a recovering drug addict whose famous father, played by Michael Keaton,
02:21is trying to reconnect with her while she works as his assistant.
02:25According to THR's Review,
02:26The film's exhilarating originality, black comedy, and tone
02:30that is at once empathetic and acidic
02:32will surely strike a strong chord with audiences
02:35looking for something fresh that will take them somewhere they haven't been before.
02:39You're doing this because you're scared to death,
02:42like the rest of us, that you don't matter.
02:44And you know what? You're right. You don't.
02:47Stone won her first Best Actress Oscar for the 2016 musical La La Land.
02:52The film saw Stone play Mia,
02:54a struggling actress working at a cute cafe on the Warner Brothers lot
02:57who falls for a skilled jazz pianist named Sebastian,
03:01played by Ryan Gosling.
03:02THR's Review called the film, quote,
03:04a welcome gift of vintage goods in a dazzling new package,
03:08and said Stone is simply a joy in the movie.
03:16In 2018's The Favourite, the actress took on the role of Abigail.
03:20The film, set in 18th century Great Britain,
03:22sees two cousins vie to be the court favorite of Queen Anne,
03:25played by Olivia Colman.
03:27THR's Review called the film a must-see release and a visual feast.
03:33My dear friend, how good to see you've returned from hell.
03:37I'm sure you shall pass through it one day.
03:412021's Cruella saw the actress star as the title character.
03:45The film tells the classic Disney villain's origin story,
03:48following her days as a young aspiring fashion designer.
03:51THR's Review said Stone tackled the role
03:53with admirable hustle and considerable charisma.
03:56It's not, Estella.
03:59That's the past.
04:01I'm Cruella.
04:03For more on Emma Stone's career, go to THR.com.
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