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Kristen Stewart Profile |
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Birth Date: April 9, 1990
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Kristen Jaymes Stewart
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American
film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for
her roles in the films Panic Room, Catch That Kid, Speak,
Zathura, The Messengers and the critically acclaimed Into
the Wild. She is signed on to play Bella Swan in the film
adaptation of Twilight.
Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her
father, John Stewart (not to be confused with The Daily
Show's Jon Stewart), is a stage manager and television
producer who worked for FOX. Her mother, a native of
Australia, is a screenwriter. She has an older brother,
Cameron. Stewart is an avid surfer and currently lives with
her family in Los Angeles.
Stewart had a minor role in the 1999 made-for-television
film The Thirteenth Year, and subsequently appeared in the
independent film The Safety of Objects where she played the
tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia
Clarkson). Stewart had a role in the major Hollywood film
Panic Room, playing the sullen, diabetic daughter of a
divorced mother (Jodie Foster). While the film received
mixed reviews, Stewart garnered positive notices for the
role.
After Panic Room's success, Stewart was cast in another
thriller, Cold Creek Manor, playing the daughter of Dennis
Quaid and Sharon Stone's characters; the film generally
failed at the box office. Her first starring role followed,
in the children's action-comedy Catch That Kid, opposite Max
Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. To date, Stewart’s most critically
acclaimed role may be in the television film Speak (2004),
based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stewart,
thirteen at the time of filming, played a high school
freshman who is raped and has to deal with emotional
turmoil. Stewart has received great praise for playing the
character, who had only a few speaking lines.
Stewart appeared in the fantasy-adventure film Zathura, in
In the Land of Women, a romantic drama starring Meg Ryan and
Adam Brody, and in Academy Award winner Sean Penn's
critically acclaimed film, Into the Wild. She will also
co-star in The Cake Eaters and The Yellow Handkerchief,
which was filmed in Louisiana. She is currently filming
Adventureland in Pittsburgh, PA, Kennywood Park, and
Latrobe, PA.
On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that
Stewart will play Bella Swan in the upcoming movie Twilight,
based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire/human romance
novel of the same name. She will star opposite Robert
Pattinson, who will play Edward Cullen. It is slated to
begin production in February of 2008, with a release date of
December 12, 2008. |
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Other
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Is an avid surfer.
Has an older brother named Cameron. They both live with
their parents in the Los Angeles area.
Her father is John Stewart, a TV Producer who works at FOX
TV. Currently co-producing "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest"
(2004).
Shares her birthday, April 9, with actor Dennis Quaid who
played her father in Cold Creek Manor (2003).
Born in Los Angeles, California and then spent some of her
early years in Colorado and has moved back to Los Angeles
where she currently resides with her parents.
Replaced Hayden Panettiere in Panic Room (2002).
Out of her generation of fellow actors she greatly admires
Heath Ledger and Evan Rachel Wood. |
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since February 27, 2008