History Creator / KristenStewart

-->"I hated making that movie. I don't know what else to say to you. Honestly, the three...you can't touch. Creator/{{Cameron|Diaz}}, Creator/{{Lucy|Liu}} and Creator/{{Drew|Barrymore}}...I love that movie. I love that movie! If that says anything."

After finishing the ''Twilight'' series and portraying Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', Stewart returned to small independent films. Her acting fortunes appear to have been looking up since 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César Award (the French version of the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s), for Best Supporting Actress in ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''. That film also made her something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for director Creator/OlivierAssayas, who cast her again in ''Film/PersonalShopper''. In 2021, she starred in ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' as UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales and gained a great deal of critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination (for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActressInALeadingRole Best Actress]]), for her performance. Since late 2013, she has also been the ambassador for renowned fashion brand [[UsefulNotes/CocoChanel Chanel]].

* IAmNotSpock: As far as her fans, her haters, and the media (especially the tabloids) are concerned, she and Bella Swan are the same person.

Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, best known for playing Bella Swan in the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' film series.

* ''Love Lies Bleeding'' (2024) as Lou

* CharacterTics:
** She has a habit of biting her lower lip, which she shares with Bella Swan.
** She also has a habit of running her fingers through her hair when nervous or embarrassed, a point that her ''Twilight'' co-star Creator/AnnaKendrick made while doing an impression of her on ''The Tonight Show''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She seems to view herself as one.
-->"Really, I'm incredibly disjointed and not candid. Just in general, my thoughts tend to come out in little spurts that don't necessarily connect. If you hang around long enough, you can find the linear path."
* ClusterFBomb: She has been known to drop these on set when she messes up a take. She also curses like a sailor in interviews.
* CoveredInGunge: Happened to her while being given an award at the 2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

* DullSurprise: A common complaint against her acting. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools That said]], it's worked well for her in some roles, such as the character she played in ''Speak'' (a high school girl who is deeply traumatized and an ElectiveMute due to [[spoiler:being raped]]). Amusingly, her role in ''Film/{{Equals}}'' is pretty much built around this (it's set in [[{{Dystopia}} a world]] where people are banned from expressing emotion). This is referenced in her Chinese FanNickname, 面癱女(facial paralysis lady).

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. She's quite the jokester in real life, whereas her most famous character tends to be dull and dour.

* PlayingAgainstType:
** Best known for playing the virginal, moody and self-conscious Bella, Stewart plays the sensual, free-spirited Marylou in the film adaptation of ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
** She is also a ''lot'' livelier as the teenage sister in ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' than viewers who only know her as Bella would expect. [[spoiler: When she isn't frozen solid, that is.]]
* PrefersGoingBarefoot: She seems to have a particular hatred for high heels, ditching them and going barefoot on several red carpets, talk show appearances, and even at the normally high-class premieres of her films at the Cannes and Venice film festivals.
* ReclusiveArtist: She has been open about her discomfort with fame, and is also among one of the few millennial celebrities to have no official social media accounts.
* RomanceOnTheSet:
** She and Robert Pattinson had an on-off romance while filming the ''Twilight'' movies.
** Rather scandalously with Rupert Sanders on ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', as the two were both in relationships with other people at the time.
* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Zig-Zagged. She was pegged as a rising talent in movies like ''Panic Room'' and ''Zathura'', but her casting in the ''Twilight'' series made many believe she [[DullSurprise lacked expressiveness or range]]. Then she became the first American actress (and only the second American actor) ever to win a César Award (basically, the French Oscars), for her performance in ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''; as far as the critics were concerned, all her ''Twilight'' sins were forgiven, or at any rate blamed on bad writing. The fandom is taking a little longer to catch up. There were some who had doubts about her being cast as Princess Diana in ''Spencer'', but following the film's premiere, she gained widespread acclaim for her performance.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She claims she was offered the script to the sequel to ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' but turned them down, not finding them to be very good. It eventually materialized as ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'' in which Snow White only appears in archive footage and from behind, played by an obvious body double.

After finishing the ''Twilight'' series and portraying Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', Stewart returned to small independent films. Her acting fortunes appear to have been looking up since 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César Award (the French version of the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s), for Best Supporting Actress in ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''. That film also made her something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for director Creator/OlivierAssayas, who cast her again in ''Film/PersonalShopper''. In 2021, she starred in ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' as UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales and gained a great deal of critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination, for her performance. Since late 2013, she has also been the ambassador for renowned fashion brand [[UsefulNotes/CocoChanel Chanel]].

After finishing the ''Twilight'' series and portraying Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', Stewart returned to small independent films. Her acting fortunes appear to have been looking up since 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César Award (the French version of the Academy Awards), for Best Supporting Actress in ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''. That film also made her something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for director Creator/OlivierAssayas, who cast her again in ''Film/PersonalShopper''. In 2021, she starred in ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' as UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales and gained a great deal of critical acclaim, and an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination, for her performance. Since late 2013, she has also been the ambassador for renowned fashion brand [[UsefulNotes/CocoChanel Chanel]].

** ''Literature/NewMoon'' (2008)

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She seems to have a particular hatred for high heels, ditching them and going barefoot on several red carpets, talk show appearances, and even at the normally high-class premieres of her films at the Cannes and Venice film festivals.

* DullSurprise: A common complaint against her acting. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools That said]], it's worked well for her in some roles, such as the character she played in ''Speak'' (a high school girl who is deeply traumatized and an ElectiveMute due to [[spoiler:being raped]]). Amusingly, her role in ''Film/{{Equals}}'' is pretty much built around this (it's set in [[{{Dystopia}} a world]] where people are banned from expressing emotion).
** This is referenced in her Chinese FanNickname, 面癱女(facial paralysis lady).

Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, best known for playing Bella Swan in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film series.

* ''Film/{{Charlie's Angels|2019}}'' as Sabina Wilson

* ''Film/CharliesAngels2019'' as Sabina Wilson

** She also has a habit of running her fingers through her hair when nervous or embarrassed. A point that her ''Twilight'' co-star Creator/AnnaKendrick made while doing an impression of her on ''The Tonight Show''.

** Initially averted with ''Twilight'' series; Bella is seventeen at the start and Stewart turned eighteen while filming the first movie, though she continued to portray Bella across four more movies, playing it straight. Bella is eighteen by the end of the franchise, while Kristen was in her early twenties.
** Earlier in ''Film/TheYellowHandkerchief'' she was eighteen playing a fifteen-year-old.
** In ''Film/TheRunaways'' she's nineteen playing Joan Jett at seventeen. But the film covers two years, matching Kristen's age with Joan's by the end.

** In general, she's made it clear she's a lot happier doing smaller arthouse films than she was doing ''Twilight'', alhough she hasn't ruled out a return to bigger films.

* DullSurprise: A common complaint against her acting. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools That said]], it's worked well for her in some roles, such as the one she played in ''Speak'' (Melinda is a deeply traumatized ElectiveMute due to [[spoiler:being raped]]). Amusingly, her role in ''Film/{{Equals}}'' is pretty much built around this (it's set in [[{{Dystopia}} a world]] where people are banned from expressing emotion).

Public opinion of her deteriorated a bit following her role in the Twilight franchise ''Twilight'', partly due to [[IAmNotSpock her being considered indistinguishable from the bland Bella Swan]]. Stewart also came off as a bit of a ShrinkingViolet at the time and appeared to not enjoy being famous and seemed to prefer her pre-''Twilight'' life. She has opened up considerably since, however, with her comfort in the public eye seeming to develop alongside a growing post-''Twilight'' appreciation for her acting skill.

After finishing the ''Twilight'' series and portraying Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', she returned to small independent films. Her acting fortunes appear to have been looking up since 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César (the French version of the Academy Awards), Best Supporting Actress for ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''. That film also made her something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for director Creator/OlivierAssayas, who cast her again in ''Film/PersonalShopper''. In 2021 she starred in ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' as UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales and gained a great deal of critical acclaim, and an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination, for her performance. Since late 2013, she has also been the ambassador for renowned fashion brand [[UsefulNotes/CocoChanel Chanel]].

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (2017, 2019) {{as herself}} / various characters

After finishing the ''Twilight'' series and portraying Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', she returned to small independent films. Her acting fortunes appear to have been looking up since 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César (the French version of the Academy Awards), Best Supporting Actress for ''Film/CloudsOfSilsMaria''. That film also made her something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for director Creator/OlivierAssayas, who cast her again in ''Film/PersonalShopper''. In 2021 she starred in ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' as Princess Diana and gained a great deal of critical acclaim, and an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination, for her performance. Since late 2013, she has also been the ambassador for renowned fashion brand [[UsefulNotes/CocoChanel Chanel]].