Kristen Stewart
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born
April 9,
1990) is an
American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in
Panic Room,
Catch That Kid and
Zathura.
Personal life
Stewart was born in
Los Angeles, California[State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Lists Kristen Jaymes Stewart as 9 April, 1990 in Los Angeles, California. At Ancestry.com] and spent part of her childhood in
Colorado. Her father, John Stewart, is a TV producer who works for
FOX television; she has an older brother, Cameron. She is an avid surfer and lives with her family in
Los Angeles.
Career
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 troubled single mother
Patricia Clarkson's tomboy daughter. Stewart subsequently got her first taste of major Hollywood success in the thriller,
Panic Room where she was cast as divorcée Meg's sullen, diabetic daughter Sarah. She became an even more felicitous choice when original star Nicole Kidman dropped out and Foster stepped in. Though critics were less than ecstatic about the film, Stewart still garnered positive notice for her believable presence as Foster's offspring.
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, although this 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). Stewart, only 13 at the time of filming, plays a high school freshman who is raped and has to deal with emotional turmoil. The role was particularly difficult because the main character has very few speaking lines. Stewart has received great praise for her portrayal of teenage emotions.
Most recently, Stewart appeared in the
science fiction-adventure film,
Zathura, which was released in
November 2005. Her upcoming film roles include
In the Land of Women, a romantic comedy starring
Meg Ryan and
Adam Brody, and
The Messengers, a suspense-thriller about a haunted house.
Footnotes
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