Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in the Twilight Saga films, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse; she will reprise her role in Breaking Dawn. She has also starred in films such as Speak, Panic Room, Zathura, The Cake Eaters, In the Land of Women, Catch That Kid, Adventureland, The Messengers, Into the Wild and The Runaways (with her New Moon and Eclipse co-star Dakota Fanning).