At OBS we love to do profiles, on authors, directors, and our book club characters. So now we introduce our Actor Profiles, a look at our favorite actor or actresses. For this month, every week we will give an actor profile for the famous stars of the Twilight Saga movies. First up, is Kristen Stewart.

Actress Name: Kristen Jaymes Stewart
DOB – April 9th, 1990

Films:

• Joan Jett, The Runaways (2010)
• Butterfly, K-11 (2009)
• Bella Swan, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009
• Mallory, Welcome to the Rileys
• Em Lewin, Adventureland (2009)
• Bella Swan, Twilight (2008)
• Sophie, Jumper (2008)
• Zoe, What Just Happened (2008)
• Martine, The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
• Young Robin, Cutlass (2007)
• Tracy Tatro, Into the Wild (2007)
• Georgia, The Cake Eaters (2007)
• Jess Solomon, The Messengers (2007)
• Lucy Hardwicke, In the Land of Women (2007)
• Lisa, Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
• Maya, Fierce People (2005)
• Lila, Undertow (2004)
• Maddy, Catch That Kid (2004)
• Melinda Sordino, Speak (2004)
• Kristen Tilson, Cold Creek Manor (2003)
• Sarah Altman, Panic Room (2002)
• Sam Jennings, The Safety of Objects (2001)

In production:

• Backwoods
• An American Girl

Short Bio:

Kristen Jaymes Stewart was born in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, 1990 to John Stewart and Jules Mann-Stewart. Kristen’s father, John, works as a stage manager and TV producer for different organizations, most notably FOX. Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is originally from Australia and works as a script supervisor in Los Angeles. Kristen also has an older brother, Cameron.When Kristen was young, her family relocated to Colorado, where they lived for several years before moving back to Los Angeles. Her acting career began after an agent noticed her performing in a school Christmas play when she was eight years old. After a non-speaking part in a Disney TV movie, Kristen acted in the role of Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects.

Source

Reviews:

The Runaways – “Ms. Stewart, watchful and unassuming, gives the movie its spine and soul. Cherie may dazzle and appall you, but Joan is the one you root for, and the one rock ’n’ roll fans of every gender and generation will identify with.” — A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Cake Eaters- A dynamite perf by Kristen Stewart in a potentially hokey, girl-with-a-disease role further destroys the cliches. In the absence of A-list players, though, tasty but understated “Cake” may wind up cable fare. - Variety

Are you  a fan of Kristen Stewart? What about her acting skills appeals to you? Which of her movies roles is your favorite, and is there anything you dislike about her?

She’s still only 19, but twilight star Kristen Stewart is already taking Hollywood by storm – on her terms
By Lauren Williams from sundayherald.com

KRISTEN STEWART  is America’s latest teen screen idol. The star of passion-wracked vampire saga Twilight, she has the world at her feet. But as befits a young actress whose career is studded with misanthropic roles, Stewart can prove a prickly subject to interview.

“It’s like when I got the Twilight job and I had a media training session,” she says when I ask about her dislike of interviews. “I had been acting for eight years, and I thought, F*** you!’ I was like, Do you think you are going to wrap up all my little insecurities and throw them out the window? I have been working for eight years. Do you think you are going to prep me to put soundbites in my mouth? Not going to happen ‘” She trails off as her passionate flurry subsides.

As the female lead in Twilight, the vampire saga drawn from the best-selling books of Stephenie Meyer, Stewart has already helped the franchise sink its fangs into $380 million at the box office, returning almost 10 times its production budget.

Her talent is there for all to see, from her breakthrough movie, the 2002 thriller Panic Room, where she plays Jodie Foster’s surly 11-year-old daughter, through to 2004′s Speak, in which she stars as a 14-year-old girl who chooses not to speak after being raped.

She stars as Em in the bittersweet indie comedy Adventureland, written and shot by Greg Mottola, who directed The Daytrippers and Superbad. Despite a somewhat misguided marketing campaign and stunted box office performance in the US (with only $16m taken), Adventureland is a spry, imaginative and thoroughly engaging tale that flicks between light slapstick chuckles and darker, more poignant and soulful comedy.

She also starred in Cold Creek Manor (2003) with Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid; Fierce People (2005); Zathura (2005); and then The Messengers, In The Land Of Women (both 2006) and The Cake Eaters (2007), taking prominent roles in all three films.

“I hate gossip,” she says. “I guess that’s a reason why I never really felt that comfortable at high school. I was pleased to leave. Now I’m over 18, people are like, Okay, do you feel like an adult now? You are not a kid any more, technically. Do you feel that now you have more privileges, do you feel differently?’ And I have to say that I feel as though nothing has changed. Nothing at all. I feel like I have been the same all through my life, really. I’ve always felt like an adult.

Read more HERE

If you are still not sure about whether you like Kristen or not, I suggest you read this whole article! It gives you an in depth look at the women behind Bella Swan. It covers all of her previous work, which is incredible, if you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing a phenomenal actress in the making check out ‘Speak’ or ‘Cake Eaters’. You will be shocked by how talented she really is!

Are you a fan of Kristen Stewart? Have you gotten a better understanding of why she is awkward in interviews? What do you think about her past movies?