Recebeu aclamação da crítica pelo seu papel na comédia ''[[Easy A]]'' (2011) que a fez tornar uma das mais promissoras atrizes em [[Hollywood]]<ref>{{cite news | title=Emma Stone On ‘Obsessing’ Over Her Breakout Role In ‘Easy A’ |date=31 August||publisher=AcessHollywood url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/videos/emma-stone-on-obsessing-over-her-breakout-role-in-easy-a-23090/| accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/movies/17easy.html |date=16 September ||publisher=[[The New York Times]] | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/movies/17easy.html| accessdate=16 September 2010}}</ref>. Ganhou notoriedade também pelo seus desempenhos na comédia romântica ''[[Crazy Stupid Love]]'' (2012), e pelo drama aclamado pela critica ''[[The Help]]'' (2012). Seu maior sucesso comercial no entanto veio interpretando [[Gwen Stacy]] nos filmes de super-herói da [[Sony]] ''[[The Amazing Spider Man]]'' (2012) e ''[[The Amazing Spider Man 2]]'' (2014) que faturaram juntos mais de 1 bilhão mundialmente<ref>{{cite news | title=Box Office Mojo - The Amazing Spider Man. |date=14 October ||publisher=[[Boxofficemojo.com]] | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderman4.htm| accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=No. 18 ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ – 2014 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament |date=10 March ||publisher=[[Deadline.com]] | url=http://deadline.com/2015/03/amazing-spider-man-2-profit-box-office-2014-1201389608/| accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>.
Foi indicada ao [[Oscar]], [[Globo de Ouro]], [[SAG]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|CriticCritics' Choice]] e [[BAFTA]] pelo seu papel coadjuvante no filme ''[[Birdman (filme)|Birdman]]'' (2014), de [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Oscar Nominations: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'Birdman' Lead Way With 9 Noms; 'Imitation Game' Scores 8 |date=15 January ||publisher=[[Deadline.com]] | url=http://deadline.com/2015/01/oscar-nominations-2015-full-list-academy-award-nominees-1201350619/| accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref><ref>http://www.purebreak.com.br/midia/foto-entre-os-indicados-agrave-melhor-53480.html#2</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=David |first1=Elliot |year=2010 |title=Emma Stone |journal=Wonderland |issue=23 |pages=177–181 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297015/bio Emma Stone - Biography - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Foi mais duas vezes indicada ao [[Globo de Ouro|Globo de Ouro de Melhor Atriz - Comédia ou Musical]] por ''Easy A'' e pelo musical ''[[La La Land]]'' (2016), vencendo pelo segundo<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-nominees-2017-list-955075|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=December 12, 2016|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/07/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-la-la-land-release-date/|title=Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone musical ''La La Land'' pushed to December|first=Devan|last=Coggan|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 7, 2016|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/australian-academy-unveils-nominees-aacta-international-awards-955855 |title=Australian Academy Unveils Nominees for AACTA International Awards |date=December 13, 2016 |accessdate=December 14, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>. Ainda por ''La La Land'' foi indicada ao BAFTA, SAG, CriticCritics' Choice pelo seu papel principal e venceu o [[Coppa Volpi|Coppa Volpi de Melhor Atriz]] no [[Festival de Veneza]].
