Born: April 09, 1990 A fervent surfer who bears a striking resemblance to the young Jodie_Foster, Kristen Stewart was poised to become a preteen star with her role opposite Foster in David_Fincher's atmospheric thriller Panic_Room (2002). A resident of Los Angeles, Stewart's nascent acting career got off to a promising start when she was cast in two vastly different films. Eschewing fluffy kids' movies, Stewart played troubled single mother Patricia_Clarkson's tomboy daughter in independent film darling Rose_Troche's tough examination of suburban angst, The Safety of Objects (2002). Stewart subsequently got her first taste of major Hollywood success with Panic_Room. Replacing the original child actress cast as divorc?Meg's sullen, diabetic daughter Sarah, Stewart became an even more felicitous choice when original star Nicole_Kidman dropped out and Foster stepped in. Though critics were less than ecstatic about the film, Stewart still garnered positive notice for her believable presence as Foster's offspring.Following a supporting performance as the daughter of a couple who unknowingly move into a seemingly haunted house in the 2003 chiller Cold Creek Manor, Stewart took top billing in the emotionally charged drama Speak in 2004. Cast as a traumatized high school freshman whose status as a selective mute draws the concern of friends and family, Stewart's handling of the remarkably intimate material drew praise from critics and Sundance audiences. A subsequent role in Catch That Kid (a remake of the Danish blockbuster Klatretosen) found Stewart in super-spy mode as a scheming twelve-year-old who recruits a pair of friends to rob a high tech bank in hopes of paying for a life saving operation for her dying father.Lucia Bozzola, Rovi