Kristen Stewart Biography

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Kristin Stewart played Bella Swan, the love interest of vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), in the films Twilight (2008) and New Moon (2009). Stewart's early breakthrough came when she played Sarah, the diabetic teenage daughter of Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) in the hit 2002 thriller, Panic Room. She has kept busy since then, often playing alluringly complex characters, in films such as Cold Creek Manor (2002), Speak (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Jumper (2008) and What Just Happened (2008). Her turn in Twilight, the first film made from the popular teen vampire book series by Stephenie Meyer, made Stewart a certified star. She reprised the role in the sequel New Moon (2009) and will appear again as Bella in Eclipse in 2010.

Extra credit: In Panic Room, Stewart replaced Hayden Panettiere, who was originally cast as Sarah... Stewart also had early roles in The Safety of Objects (2001) and in a Disney Channel TV production, The Thirteenth Year (1999).

Stewart's contemporaries include actresses Keisha Castle-Hughes, Ellen Page and Emma Watson.