His father, John stewart is a television producer for the network FOX, while his Australian mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a screenwriter who has achieved some fame.
With only 9 years old, Kristen made his appearance in his first film, despite the fact that it was made especially for television. This was “The Thirteenth Year”(1999), which opened the doors for more independent productions.
In 2002, she made her first entrance on the Hollywood screens, playing the daughter of Jodie foster in the movie “Panic room”. Despite criticism, both favorable and negative, against the film, the young actress was considered for future roles.
Despite her very young age, the producers called her back to act as a troubled girl, the daughter of a single mother in the film “Object security”; and also in 2003 he starred in a thriller called “Cold creek manor”.
Arrived in 2004, he varied a bit within the range of productions he had been making and appeared in a comedy for children entitled “Catch that Kid”.
The following year, she was the protagonist of her most acclaimed work: “Speak”A film made for television, where a young woman, only 13 years old, is raped at the beginning of her high school and has to deal with all the problems that this event brings to her.
The critics were so favorable with this performance that in subsequent years new and more challenging roles appeared: “Little Ordinary People“(2005),”Towards the wild roads”(2007), Something happens in hollywood“(2008) or”Jumper“(2008).
That same year, Kristen was selected to star in the series of feature films based on the work of the writer Stephenie meyer “Twilight“(2008). There, the young actress plays Beautiful swan, a teenager in love with a 104-year-old vampire (Robert Pattinson). Stewart he repeated this role in the 3 sequels of the film: “New Moon“(2009),”Eclipse“(2010) and”Breaking dawn“(2011).
In addition to his leading role in the saga “Twilight“, Kristen He has recently starred in several feature films, some of which have still been released, such as the drama “Welcome to the Rileys“(2010), which stars alongside James gandolfini; “The Runaways“(2010), with Dakota Fanning; “K-11“(2010), a drama that marks her mother’s directorial debut; and”On the road“(2011), an adventure film that he co-starred with Kirsten dunst.
The hectic life of this girl led her to practice many sports to relieve the stress caused by the filming, so she ended up being a great surfer, visible on the beaches of California.