Kristen Stewart was cast in a series of films adapted from a book series in the fantasy genre.
Kristen Stewart . She went on to star in Speak ( 2004 ) , Catch That Kid ( 2004 ) , Zathura ( 2005 ) , and Into The Wild ( 2007 ) , for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award . She received widespread recognition in 2008 for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga film series ( 2008 -- 12 ) , which grossed over $ 3.3 billion worldwide . The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn -- Part 2 ( commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn : Part 2 ) is a 2012 American romantic drama fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer . The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer . Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer .