Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress born April 9, 1990. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Stewart currently lives in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California along with her parents and elder brother. Oz, Jack and Lily are her three pet dogs. Kristen loves surfing and is an ardent surfer.

Kristen Stewart first appeared in the film Thirteenth Year in the year 1999. Her role as the daughter of Patricia Clarkson in the film The Safety of Objects (2001) was that real role, which gained her great fame. Kristen also co-starred Jodie Foster in Panic Room (2002) as her diabetic daughter. Actually, it was another young actress who had been cast for the role with Nicole Kidman, but as Kidman was injured and dropped out, Foster took over the. It was then Stewart was hired to replace the former young actress. Her resemblance to Foster, actually earned her the role. The Panic Room was a box office hit and Kristen was nominated for a Young Artist award for her performance in the film. Then Kristen was again hired to play Kristen, the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone in Cold Creek Manor (2003). The show thus went on. She took over the role of the girl having great passion for mountain climbing in Catch that Kid (2004). She again played Lila in Undertow (2004) opposite Dermot Maloney and Josh Lucas. Kristen has been nominated twice for the “Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress” category for the movies Cold Creek Manor and Undertow. The role of “Bella” Swan played by Kristen in the film “Twilight” perhaps marks one of her best performances. Twilight was the movie version of the Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name. Kristen Stewart was awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance for her portrayal as Bella Swan. She will reprise her role as Bella in the sequel, New Moon, in 2009.