Margot Robbie has a great tarradiddle about an enduring puerility nickname .
Whether it’s due to a stage name, a childhood nickname, or something else, here are 11 celebs whose loved ones don’t always call them but their famous name:
1.Emma Stone: Emily
Emma Stone’s real name is Emily Stone. Another actor was already registered under the name with the Screen Actors Guild, so theKinds of Kindnessstar chose the first name “Emma” and kept her last name. Last month, she told theHollywood Reporterthat she “freaked out” a few years ago about her stage name and realized she “can’t do it anymore.” When asked by the publication if her fans could call her Emily, she said, “That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily.”
2.Anne Hathaway: Annie
“Call me Annie. Everybody, everybody, call me Annie, please. Can we talk about my name for a second? Let’s spill the tea,” she said onThe Tonight Showin 2021.
" When I was 14 years old , I did a commercial , and I had to get my SAG Card . They asked me , ' What do you need your name to be ? ' And I ’m like , ' Well , it should be my name . My name is Anne Hathaway . ' That seemed like the correct pick , but it never come about to me that for the rest of my life people would call me ' Anne , ' " she go along . " The only somebody who ever call me ' Anne ' is my mother , and she only does it when she ’s really brainsick at me , like really mad . Every time I step out in public and someone call my name , I remember they ’re going to scream at me . " She later contribute , " sense free [ to ] call me anything but Anne . "
3.Elizabeth Olsen: Lizzie
Publications that have interviewed Elizabeth Olsen, likeHarper’s BazaarandMarie Claire UK, have noted that she likes to be called “Lizzie.” Similarly,Dakota JohnsonandMarvel Studios president Kevin Feigehave both referred to her as “Lizzie” in interviews.
4.Sandra Bullock: Sandy
Sandra Bullock’sThe Lost Cityco-star Daniel Radcliffe said onThe Kelly Clarkson Showin 2022, “She asked [me] to call her ‘Sandy’ as well, which was a huge mental hurdle for me. Because I’m just like, ‘But you’re Sandra Bullock, like I can’t just call you Sandy.'”
5.Lorde: Ella
“I much prefer being called Ella,” the singer toldABC News Radioin 2014, noting that she chose the stage name “Lorde” because it was “really strong” and “grandeur.” “I didn’t feel that my birth name was anything special,” she said at the time. I always liked the idea of having, like, a one-named alias.“Timealso reported in 2017 that the singer’s friends call her Ella.Lorde’s full nameis Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor.
6.Saoirse Ronan: Sersh
In 2018, Saoirse toldVicethat her nickname is “Sersh.” HerLady Birdco-star Beanie Feldstein also referred to the actor as Sersh in an interview withThe Cutthat same year.
7.SZA: Sos
“My friends call me ‘Sos’ for short, because [it’s] like Solána but just shorter and cuter,” SZA toldHot 97in 2022 about one of the many reasons she titled her album released that yearSOS.SZA’s full nameis Solána Imani Rowe.
8.Rihanna: Robyn
“When people call me Robyn, my head just flies around because I feel like that person knows me,” Rihanna toldGlamourin 2013. The singer and beauty mogul’s full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. “But Rihanna, that tends to be people’s own [creation]. Robyn is who I am. Rihanna — that’s an idea of who I am.”
9.Calvin Harris: Adam
Calvin Harris is a stage name for Adam Wiles. In 2019, hereportedly said on a UK radio station, “No one calls me Calvin.”
10.Allison Williams: Mouse
In 2023, Allison Williams said onThe Drew Barrymore Showthat her family calls her “Mouse.” “They told this story every night before I went to bed that started out with listing a bunch of animals and the last animal was a mouse,” Allison said of her family. “As time went on and they got more and more bored of this pattern of animals, they just reduced it to mouse. So then it became ‘Mouse and Allison went on a picnic.’ Then it just became ‘Mouse,’ and I’ve been ‘Mouse’ ever since.”
11.Finally, Margot Robbie: Maggot
In 2023, one of Margot’s friends called her “Maggot” on the red carpet, and reporter Justin Hill shared avideo of the momenton Instagram. Margot later opened up about the nickname in an interview with the Australian talk showThe Project. “That has been my nickname since I was probably 6 years old or something at school,” she said.
NBC Universal / Viayoutube.com"When I was 14 years old, I did a commercial, and I had to get my SAG Card. They asked me, ‘What do you want your name to be?’ And I’m like, ‘Well, it should be my name. My name is Anne Hathaway.’ That seemed like the right choice, but it never occurred to me that for the rest of my life people would call me ‘Anne,'” she continued. “The only person who ever calls me ‘Anne’ is my mother, and she only does it when she’s really mad at me, like really mad. Every time I step out in public and someone calls my name, I think they’re going to yell at me.” She later added, “Feel free [to] call me anything but Anne."
