 Stone 's first starring role was in the teen comedy Easy A ( 2010 ) , for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award . She followed this breakthrough role with the commercially successful film Crazy , Stupid , Love ( 2011 ) , and a dramatic part in the critically acclaimed film The Help ( 2011 ) . Stone received wider recognition for playing Gwen Stacy in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider @-@ Man , and its sequel in 2014 . She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of a recovering drug addict in the black comedy @-@ drama Birdman ( 2014 ) . Stone made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Cabaret ( 2014 – 15 ) . 
