When Emma Stone took the role of effortless cool girl Jules, for whom Seth (Jonah Hill) is carrying a massive torch, she was still a total unknown; in fact, Superbad marked her film debut. In the aftermath of this breakout role, she scooped up leading roles in 2009's Zombieland alongside Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson, and Jesse Eisenberg, and Easy A, a modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter that put Stone front and center.
Stone continued her streak with another leading role in Crazy, Stupid, Love, a romantic comedy in which she made her first appearance with co-star Ryan Gosling among a star-studded cast that included Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, and Marisa Tomei; she also appeared in The Help, which featured Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jessica Chastain. After gaining international notoriety thanks to the Andrew Garfield-led The Amazing Spider-Man and its subsequent sequel, Stone set her sights on bigger projects, earning her first Academy Award nomination for her role in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Birdman and later taking home the gold for La La Land, a reunion with Ryan Gosling. After her Netflix series Maniac (alongside Superbad costar Jonah Hill) and her third Oscar nomination for The Favourite in 2018, it's clear that Stone has become a bona fide member of Hollywood's A-list.
