Oscar nominee Emma Stone's red-carpet looks take the style trophy

In the span of just one movie, 2010’s teen comedy “Easy A,” Emma Stone transformed from a freckle-faced high schooler to a glam sexpot, instantly securing her star status in Hollywood. Though she still plays the ingenue on screen, Stone, 28, is every bit the sophisticate on the red carpet.

Now reaping acclaim for her role as striving actress Mia in “La La Land,” Stone this month accepted her first Golden Globe wearing a pale pink Valentino gown with a plunging neckline, nipped waist and symbolic, glittery silver star embellishments.

Emma Stone discusses working with choreographer Mandy Moore on "La La Land."

Emma Stone discusses working with choreographer Mandy Moore on “La La Land.”

Though the actress rarely veers from solid colors and simple silhouettes, she’s become a daring trendsetter and a perennial on best-dressed lists. At the 2015 Golden Globes, her custom Lanvin jumpsuit with a beaded bodice was more chic than most dresses. Four years earlier at the Globes, she pared down with a minimalist Calvin Klein Collection backless dress in an uncommon pale peach.

Nominated for her role in “Birdman,” she made long sleeves and a high neckline look fresh in her backless Elie Saab chartreuse gown at the 2015 Oscars. With such unusual color choices, Stone’s longtime stylist, Petra Flannery, has made the most of her client’s famous porcelain complexion and engaging emerald eyes. She’s donned periwinkle Prada, bubble gum pink Thakoon and forest green Valentino.

With the sleek Atelier Versace gown at the London premiere of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” Stone proved that redheads can wear sunny yellow. The choice even inspired “La La Land” costume designer Mary Zophres to put her leading lady in a canary yellow dress that has become the Oscar-nominated movie’s signature look.

Though Stone takes to the glamour of Hollywood like she’s a Golden Age siren, her strength lies in her changeability. Later this year, she transforms into tennis legend Billie Jean King in “Battle of the Sexes.” For now, she’s winning on the red carpet.

2012: Stone’s fiery red Giambattista Valli gown with a puffy bow at the shoulder had some critics jeering, others cheering the choice at the 84th Academy Awards.

2014: One of her few less-than-stellar looks is a Chanel, no less. The chambray-tone skirt read like a milkmaid’s dirndl on stage at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.

2014: Her Valentino Haute Couture gown’s fullness is tempered by a dramatic neckline and rich, forest green at the Venice Film Festival.

2015: Stone makes basic black edgy with a tuxedo jacket the length of a mini dress that capped a flowing, invisibly sheer black Dior gown at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards.

2015: Stone breaks with convention, convincingly, in a custom Lanvin jumpsuit, beaded on the strapless bodice and sashed and bowed at the waist, for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.

The young women in "Step" demonstrate a routine at the L.A. Times photo studio during the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary is about senior girls in a Baltimore high school step team as they prepare to be the first in their families to attend college.

The young women in “Step” demonstrate a routine at the L.A. Times photo studio during the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary is about senior girls in a Baltimore high school step team as they prepare to be the first in their families to attend college.

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