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Kristen Stewart
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- #001
Kristen Stewart is one of two American actors to have won the César Award, the French equivalent of the Oscar. The other is Adrien Brody.
- #002
Before filming The Runaways (2010), Kristen Stewart worked closely with Joan Jett to perfect her mannerisms, stage presence, vocal tone, attitude and musical ability. Jett later praised Stewart for her dedication and overall performance, saying the portrayal made her proud.
- #003
While preparing for her role as a runaway stripper-prostitute in Welcome to the Rileys (2010), Stewart learned to pole dance, deprived herself of sleep, chain-smoked and mostly ate junk food. As a result, her body and legs were covered in bruises, her skin was blotchy and she looked constantly tired.
- #004
In addition to the trumpet, Stewart plays acoustic and electric guitar. She also enjoys photography as a hobby.
- #005
For her role as Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Stewart performed most of her own stunts.
- #006
After the film's budget was heavily cut, Stewart agreed to a salary of less than $200,000 in order to stay on On the Road (2012). She remained committed to the role of Marylou out of her love for Jack Kerouac's original novel.
- #007
Stewart celebrated her 19th birthday in British Columbia while filming The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), specifically while shooting Bella Swan's 18th birthday scene.
- #008
Stewart played guitar for the role of Joan Jett in The Runaways (2010). She also recorded her own vocal parts for six songs used in the film and the accompanying soundtrack.
- #009
When she took the stage to accept the César Award in 2015, Stewart was so nervous that she could not open her hands to hold it and had to ask the presenter to place it on the podium so she could give her speech.
- #010
In Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), Kristen's character has a tattoo on her right arm: a piece from Picasso's Guernica. Kristen liked the temporary tattoo so much that she had it made into a real one.
- #011
Welcome to the Rileys (2010) was the first film Stewart made as a legal adult. She felt that playing a 16-year-old runaway living alone in New Orleans added the experience of being on her own for the first time.
- #012
Stewart gave her Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) co-star Josh Hutcherson a turtle for his 13th birthday.
- #013
Stewart's favorite vampire film is The Lost Boys (1987).
- #014
For Twilight (2008), Stewart had to wear brown contact lenses because Bella's eyes were supposed to be brown while her natural eyes were green. Stewart wore brown colored contacts in the first four Twilight films. In the fifth and final film, she wore red contacts while her character was a newborn vampire and amber-colored contacts as she matured toward the end of the film.
- #015
Harvey Weinstein said at the 2013 TIFF that a Middle Eastern prince had donated $500,000 to the 12/12/12 Hurricane Sandy relief fund in exchange for a 15-minute meeting with Stewart. She was there to promote Bon Jovi.
- #016
Stewart's favorite horror film is The Shining (1980).
- #017
Stewart was discovered by a talent agent at age eight while singing in a school play. Although she has been an actress rather than a singer since then, she has provided her own vocals in two films: Into the Wild (2007) and The Runaways (2010).
- #018
Stewart became the first American actress in thirty years to be nominated for a César Award and the only woman to win it, for her role in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014). The other was Julia Migenes, who was nominated for Carmen (1984).
- #019
Stewart replaced Hayden Panettiere in the role of Sarah Altman in Panic Room (2002) shortly before filming began.
- #020
Stewart attended A. E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, California, through the eighth grade. Because of her busy schedule, she was homeschooled for grades 9 through 12. She received her high school diploma at age 19 while filming The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010).
- #021
Kristen Stewart has an older brother, Cameron Stewart, who works as an executive in television and film, and two adopted brothers named Dana and Taylor. The home of the parents who raised her is in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Stewart owns houses in Malibu and Los Feliz, both in Los Angeles, and spends her time there when she is not filming.
- #022
While filming an attack scene for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Stewart pulled a tendon in her right hand, causing production to temporarily shut down. She also injured her foot while on the film's set.
- #023
On November 3, 2011, Stewart and her Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner pressed their handprints and footprints into cement in front of the famous Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Stewart wore her black-and-white checkered Vans skate shoes for the footprints and later gave them to the theatre to keep as a memento.
- #024
Stewart's favorite director is John Cassavetes, and her favorite film is A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
- #025
Stewart was born in Los Angeles and spent part of her early years in Colorado and Pennsylvania, returning to Los Angeles with her family when she was 8 years old.
- #026
For her role in Underwater (2020), Stewart shaved her hair into a very short cut. She has expressed a desire to shave her head completely.
- #027
In February 2015, Stewart attended the wedding of her close friend Riley Keough and wrote a poem to be read at the reception. Dakota Johnson, Cara Delevingne and Zoë Kravitz also attended. Stewart met Keough during the filming of The Runaways (2010).
- #028
Stewart was introduced to Vegemite (an Australian spread) by her mother, who attended high school in Maroochydore, Australia, and she has named Noosa Heads (a Queensland resort town) as one of her favorite places on the planet. It also inspired the name of her border collie, Oz.
- #029
In 2018, Stewart was a member of the Official Competition jury at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival.
- #030
After the premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Kristen Stewart was called for jury duty in Los Angeles and was accepted onto a jury for a case in which the defendant was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute. The trial lasted three days and ended with the jury finding the defendant not guilty.
- #031
Stewart attended the 2012 MTV Movie Awards with Scout Taylor-Compton, one of her co-stars in The Runaways (2010). It was the first MTV Movie Awards show she attended without Robert Pattinson.
- #032
Stewart appeared with Elizabeth Perkins twice: in Speak (2004) and Fierce People (2005). In both films, Perkins played Stewart's mother.
- #033
Stewart is good friends with Scout Taylor-Compton, Riley Keough and Dakota Fanning.
- #034
Stewart had a small role in K-11 (2012), Jules Stewart's directorial debut. She provided the voice of Karen, the secretary, when Raymond Saxx Jr. calls his office. The film also marks the acting debut of her older brother, Cameron B. Stewart.
- #035
In 2011, Stewart and her boyfriend Robert Pattinson were named Forbes magazine's fifth highest-paid celebrity couple.
- #036
Stewart landed her first American Vogue cover in January 2011. She also appeared in photo shoots for Vogue Italia in 2011.
- #037
Stewart became the face of two Balenciaga fragrances as well as Chanel's Fall 2014 pre-collection fashion line.
- #038
Kristen Stewart has three dogs: Bear, Bernie and Cole. She also has a cat named Max/Jella.
- #039
Kristen Stewart's father is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent and is the son of Carroll Dale Stewart and his Missouri-born mother Helen Grayce (Hayden). Stewart's mother was adopted by Norma (Gordezky) and Ben Urman, a Jewish couple in California.
- #040
Kristen Stewart was nominated for the Young Artist Award four times: three years in a row (2003-05) and again in 2008.
- #041
Kristen Stewart is the face of the fashion brands Chanel and Balenciaga.
- #042
Kristen Stewart won the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award (2010).
- #043
Kristen Stewart's mother is Jules Stewart, a script supervisor who directed her first film, K-11 (2012).
- #044
Kristen Stewart was ranked number 1 on Glamour magazine's "Best Dressed Women" list (2015).
- #045
Kristen Stewart placed 7th on Ask Men's list of the top 99 "most desirable" women of 2013.
- #046
On Forbes' highest-paid actresses ranking, Kristen Stewart placed 3rd in 2013 with total earnings of 22 million dollars, 10th in 2014 with 12 million dollars, and 9th in 2015 with 12 million dollars.
- #047
Kristen Stewart appeared alongside Melissa Leo twice: in The Cake Eaters (2007) and Welcome to the Rileys (2010).
- #048
Kristen Stewart placed 27th on Ask Men's list of the top 99 "most desirable" women of 2012.
- #049
Kristen Stewart placed 17th on Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30" actors list [2008].
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