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

The Poor Things actor said she uses Emma professionally because her real name was already taken by another actor in the Sag-Aftra union. Photograph: AP

Her films have racked up more than $1bn at the box office and she has won two Oscars under her stage name, but Emma Stone says she would now prefer to be called by her given name: Emily.

In a joint interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Nathan Fielder, her co-star in the surreal TV show The Curse, revealed that actors and crew members she worked with called her Emily.