However, while shooting for a guest spot, the 23-year-old knew she had to make a change after repeatedly ignoring staffers who were trying to address her. <img alt="Emma Stone" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/emma_4.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 267px; " /> Emma Stone. Pic/Santa Banta &quot;I was 16 at the time, and I hadn&#39;t done anything yet, so I was like, &#39;I can be whatever I want to be. What name do I want to have?&#39; So I went though a list of names and picked Riley,&quot; femalefirst.co.uk quoted Stone as saying. &quot;But then I had an identity crisis pretty much right after because everyone kept on yelling, &#39;Riley!&#39; and I didn&#39;t know who they were talking to.&quot; u00a0&quot;So I had to change my professional name to Emma, which my mum always called me,&quot; she said.

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Actress Emma Stone was forced to find fame under her nickname because she couldn't find a name she liked, when she realised her birth name - Emily Stone - was taken by another actress.

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