Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room (2002), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009) and The Runaways (2010).

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), which stars Kristen.
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.