• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Emma Stone says she would like to be called by her real name

Home> Celebrity> News

Updated 17:02 21 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 17:03 21 Dec 2024 GMT

Emma Stone says she would like to be called by her real name

Like many celebrities, Emma Stone goes by a different name to her birth-given one

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Featured Image Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Topics: Emma Stone, Hollywood, News, Celebrity

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

X

@niamhshackleton

Advert

Advert

Advert

Emma Stone no longer wants to go by Emma Stone.

No, the Kinds of Kindness star doesn't want to now go by something outlandish like Regina Phalange or Holden McGroin, but her birth-given name instead.

Dozens of celebrities in Hollywood have stage names - some being more obvious than some. For example, Vin Diesel isn't the Fast and Furious star's real name. He's actually called Mark Sinclair.

Advert

Elsewhere, Jamie Foxx's real name is Eric Marlon Bishop.

Some famous faces might opt for what they deem as a more interesting or memorable name, but Stone had to change her name for a different reason.

When you become a professional actor, you have to join SAG-AFTRA for a variety of reasons and, if someone already has your registered name, then you simply have to pick another one to go by.

Chatting to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year alongside her The Curse co-star Nathan Fielder, Fielder said: "Before we continue, I’d like to say something.

Advert

"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."

Emma Stone had to change her name to join SAG-AFTRA (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Emma Stone had to change her name to join SAG-AFTRA (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

The actor was then asked if anyone in Hollywood refers to her by Emily, to which she replied: "When I get to know them, people that I work with do. It’s just because my name was taken [by another actress in SAG].

Advert

"Then I freaked out a couple of years ago. For some reason, I was like, 'I can’t do it anymore. Just call me Emily.' Nathan calls me Em, which is easier."

When asked if she would be bothered if a fan in the street called her by her birth name, she added that it would be 'so nice' to go by Emily.

"No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily." Stone said.

As to where the name 'Emma' came from, she drew inspiration from 90s pop group, The Spice Girls.

Advert

The Hollywood star's birth-given name is Emily Stone (Sama Kai/Dave Benett/WireImage)
The Hollywood star's birth-given name is Emily Stone (Sama Kai/Dave Benett/WireImage)

When she was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon back in 2018, Stone shared: "Growing up, I was super blonde, and my real name is Emily, but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now I am."

She went on to note that she didn't pick the name solely because of Bunton, but did admit she started referring to herself as 'Emma' in second grade because she was such a Spice Girls fan.

"It wasn’t necessarily because of [Bunton] but yes, in second grade, did I go up to the teacher on the first day and ask her to call me Emma? Yes I did," she said.

Advert

And the rest was history.

  • Emma Watson admits everyone wanted to be on-set for her Harry Potter 'incest' moment that she didn't enjoy
  • Jennifer Garner is praised as she shows fans around her ‘real’ house
  • Michelle Yeoh addresses awkward interaction with Emma Stone after viewers claimed she refused to hand over the Oscar
  • Emma Thompson says she was 'humiliated' by her husband cheating on her with Helena Bonham-Carter

Choose your content:

17 hours ago
20 hours ago
  • 17 hours ago

    New York influencer and close friend of rapper 6ix9ine found dead in her car aged 33

    6ix9ine paid tribute to his late friend Ariela La Langosta

    Celebrity
  • 17 hours ago

    Mother of Elon Musk's '13th child' claims she's currently broke and 'getting evicted'

    Ashley St. Clair has launched a new venture after experiencing struggles with her career

    Celebrity
  • 20 hours ago

    Aubrey Plaza makes heartbreaking admission about grief in first interview since her husband's death

    Aubrey Plaza has been speaking on a recent podcast about the harsh realities of grief

    Celebrity
  • 20 hours ago

    Another It Ends With Us star accuses Justin Baldoni of harassment in bombshell new filing

    Isabela Ferrer has claimed Baldoni's 'inappropriate' behavior began after Lively subpoenaed her

    Celebrity