An American actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Award, she was the world's highest-paid actress in 2017. She began acting as a child, in a theatre production of The Wind in the Willows in 2000. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother and made her television debut. After small television roles, she made her film debut in Superbad (2007), and received positive media attention for her role in Zombieland (2009). The 2010 teen comedy Easy A was Stone's first starring role, earning her nominations for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She gained wider recognition in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man, and its 2014 sequel. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a recovering drug addict in the black comedy Birdman (2014). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an aspiring actress in the romantic musical La La Land (2016) and received a third Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Abigail Masham in the historical comedy-drama The Favourite (2018).