All All. Sign In. Into the Wild premiere. List activity. Kristen Stewart. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart , both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's older brother Cameron Stewart and two adopted brothers Dana and Taylor.
After a talent scout caught her grade school performance in a play at the age of eight, she appeared on television in a few small roles. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she received another nomination for a Young Artist Award.
After appearing in a handful of movies and a Showtime movie called Speak , Stewart was cast in the role of a teenage singer living in a commune in Sean Penn 's Into the Wild , a critically acclaimed biopic. A third Young Artist Award nomination resulted in a win for this role. Just 17, Stewart took on the starring role in Twilight which was based on a series of the same name written by Stephenie Meyer , the novel already had a huge following and the film opened to fans anxious to see the vampire romance brought to life.
Despite her stratospheric launch into stardom with the Twilight films, she stayed true to her roots by working on a number of indie projects, including Adventureland filmed prior to the Twilight series and Welcome to the Rileys Stewart worked on several other leading roles between the Twilight Saga installments including the 1 summer box office hit, Snow White and the Huntsman , and the Cannes selection On the Road Moving deeper into the s, she is working on David Cronenberg 's thriller Crimes of the Future Stewart lives in Los Angeles, California.
Brian H. Emile Hirsch. Actor Writer Producer Into the Wild Hirsch, an entrepreneur and producer. He grew up in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and having been introduced to acting while still at school, he got his first acting job on TV at the age of 11 in an episode of Kindred: The Embraced Bill Pohlad. Producer Director Writer 12 Years a Slave Alana Curry. Actress Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines She started out her career by doing ballet and tap dance.
