Stone won her second Academy Award last month for her portrayal of Bella Baxter in 'Poor Things'
Emma Stone walks the red carpet at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards
Emma Stone, nominee for best actress in "Poor Things" walked the red carpet at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards
Emma Stone is over it.
When the Oscar winner first became an actress and had to choose an official SAG-AFTRA (actor’s union) name, Emily Stone wasn't available, so she went with Emma, a name she’d liked growing up.
"It’s just because my name was taken [by another actress in SAG]," she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Wednesday.
But years later, she revealed, she began to miss that identity.
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Emma Stone's real name is Emily. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
"I freaked out a couple of years ago. For some reason, I was like, ‘I can’t do it anymore. Just call me Emily,’" she said. "[‘The Curse’ co-star] Nathan [Fielder] calls me Em, which is easier."
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The subject came up after Fielder told the Reporter in their joint interview: "Before we continue, I’d like to say something. Her name’s Emily, but she goes by Emma professionally. So when there’s people that don’t know her, I end up saying Emma. But I’m going to just say Emily from here on."
Stone told the reporter "You can say Emma. You can say anything" and replied that if a fan came up to her and called her Emily, she wouldn’t correct them.
Stone said she would love to be called Emily again. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
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" No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily," she said.
She also joked she calls Fielding "Big Nate. Which is his preferred name."
Fielder laughed, "The people that are close to me, that’s what they call me. What were we saying?"
Emma Stone won her second Oscar in March for "Poor Things." (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
In 2018, Stone revealed to Jimmy Fallon that she wanted to be called Emma because she loved Emma Bunton, "Baby Spice" from the Spice Girls so much.
"My real name is Emily but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now, I am."
Stone was a fan of "Baby Spice" Emma Bunton as a kid. (JMEnternational/Redferns)
Stone won her second Academy Award last month for her portrayal of Bella Baxter in "Poor Things." Her first win was for 2016's "La La Land."
