Date of Birth
9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name
Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Nickname
Kris
KStew
Ki Ki
Stew
KStew
Ki Ki
Stew
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini Biography
Though most famous
for her role as Bella Swan in the Twilight saga, Kristen Stewart has been a
working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules
Mann-Stewart, both work in film and television. Her mother is Australian. The
family includes three boys, her older brother Cameron Stewart, and two adopted
brothers Dana and Taylor.
After a talent scout caught her grade school performance in a Christmas play at the age of eight, she appeared on television in a few small roles. Her first significant role came when she was cast as Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects (2001). Soon after that, she starred alongside Jodie Foster in the hit drama, Panic Room (2002) and was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
Praised for her Panic Room performance, she went on to join the cast of Cold Creek Manor (2003) as the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she received another nomination for a Young Artist Award. After appearing in a handful of movies and a Showtime movie called Speak (2004), Stewart was cast in the role of a teenage singer living in a commune in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007), a critically acclaimed biopic. A third Young Artist Award nomination resulted in a win for this role. She also appeared in Mary Stuart Masterson's The Cake Eaters (2007) that same year.
Just 18, Stewart took on the starring role in Twilight (2008/I) opposite Robert Pattinson who plays the vampire lead, Edward Cullen. Based on a series of the same name written by Stephenie Meyer, the novel already had a huge following and the film opened to fans anxious to see the vampire romance brought to life. Awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, Stewart's turn as Bella continued in the sequels New Moon (2009) and Eclipse (2010/I). The final installments of the series start filming in late 2010.
Rocketed into stardom with the Twilight films, Stewart has continually shrunk from the spotlight. She's also taken on a number of indie projects such as Adventureland (2009) (filmed prior to the Twilight series) and Welcome to the Rileys (2010). And she took on the daunting task of playing rocker Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways (2010) alongside Dakota Fanning. Though most critics heaped praised on Fanning for her poignant performance as Cherie Currie, Stewart also received praise for her acting and musical performances.
One of Stewart's next big projects is the upcoming film adaptation of the classic novel by Jack Kerouac, On the Road (2012), in which she'll star as Marylou. Shooting begins in the summer of 2010.
Stewart continues to live in Los Angeles, California.
After a talent scout caught her grade school performance in a Christmas play at the age of eight, she appeared on television in a few small roles. Her first significant role came when she was cast as Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects (2001). Soon after that, she starred alongside Jodie Foster in the hit drama, Panic Room (2002) and was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
Praised for her Panic Room performance, she went on to join the cast of Cold Creek Manor (2003) as the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she received another nomination for a Young Artist Award. After appearing in a handful of movies and a Showtime movie called Speak (2004), Stewart was cast in the role of a teenage singer living in a commune in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007), a critically acclaimed biopic. A third Young Artist Award nomination resulted in a win for this role. She also appeared in Mary Stuart Masterson's The Cake Eaters (2007) that same year.
Just 18, Stewart took on the starring role in Twilight (2008/I) opposite Robert Pattinson who plays the vampire lead, Edward Cullen. Based on a series of the same name written by Stephenie Meyer, the novel already had a huge following and the film opened to fans anxious to see the vampire romance brought to life. Awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, Stewart's turn as Bella continued in the sequels New Moon (2009) and Eclipse (2010/I). The final installments of the series start filming in late 2010.
Rocketed into stardom with the Twilight films, Stewart has continually shrunk from the spotlight. She's also taken on a number of indie projects such as Adventureland (2009) (filmed prior to the Twilight series) and Welcome to the Rileys (2010). And she took on the daunting task of playing rocker Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways (2010) alongside Dakota Fanning. Though most critics heaped praised on Fanning for her poignant performance as Cherie Currie, Stewart also received praise for her acting and musical performances.
One of Stewart's next big projects is the upcoming film adaptation of the classic novel by Jack Kerouac, On the Road (2012), in which she'll star as Marylou. Shooting begins in the summer of 2010.
Stewart continues to live in Los Angeles, California.
Trade Mark
Long Brown hair
Deep Voice
Habitually bites Her
lower lip
Often plays
characters who are deeply troubled or have suffered an emotional trauma
Trivia
Has an older brother
named Cameron Stewart and two adopted brothers named Dana and Taylor. They
reside with her parents in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles. Kristen
purchased her own home in 2008 and divides her time between there and her
parents' residence.
Her father is John Stewart, a TV producer who works
at Fox-TV. Co-producing "On-Air
with Ryan Seacrest" (2004).
Since 2010, he has been working with George
Lopez at "Lopez Tonight" (2009) on TBS TV.
Born in Los Angeles,
California and then spent some of her early years in Colorado and Pennsylvania
and has moved back to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her parents.
Supporter and member
of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet.
Was ranked #17 on
Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).
Had to wear brown
contact lenses for Twilight (2008/I) because she has naturally
green eyes while Bella's eyes are supposed to be brown.
Four times
nominated, 3 consecutive years (2003-2005) and in 2008 for the Young Artist
Award. She won in 2008 for her acting in the movie Into The Wild.
Named The Movie
Fanatic's Hottest Young Actress. (2008).
Has 3 dogs: Oz, a
border collie mix, Jack and Lily who are hybrid wolves. Also has a cat named
Max / Jella.
Was ranked #9 on
Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
Her mother is
Australian.
Reads novels by Charles Bukowski and Kurt
Vonnegut Jr..
Favorite book is
"East of Eden" by John
Steinbeck. Also likes the book "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.
Mother is Jules Mann-Stewart, a script
supervisor who is directing her first film K-11 (2012),.
Was introduced to
Vegemite (an Australian spread) by her Sydney-born mum, and names Noosa Heads
(a Queensland resort town) as one of her favorite places on the planet. Her
Australian heritage also inspired the name of her dog, a border collie named
Oz.
Attended Saint
Martin of Tours in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Replaced Hayden Panettiere as Sarah Altman in Panic Room (2002) just before shooting began.
After the release of New Moon (2009), Kristen Stewart was called for
jury duty in Los Angeles and was accepted to a jury for a case in which the
defendant was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer
posing as a prostitute. The case proceedings took three days and ended with the
jury finding the defendant not guilty.
Was in a
relationship with Michael
Angarano until early 2009. They
met on the set of Speak (2004).
Very private about
her personal life. In 2010, many main stream media outlets began referring to
her relationship with Twilight (2008/I) co-star,Robert Pattinson, as
matter of fact rather than rumored.
Was named
"Stonette of the Year" by High Times magazine in 2010 (for her
performance in Adventureland (2009)).
Ranked #3 in FHM
Online "Sexiest Women in the World" (2010).
Ranked #13 in the
2011 FHM list of "Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #6 in the
2010 FHM list of "Sexiest Women in the World".
She loves cats.
Her favorite horror
movie is The Shining.
Her favorite city is
New York.
Was named Forbes 5th
Highest Paid Celebrity Couple in 2011 with boyfriend Robert Pattinson.
