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Date of Birth

9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Kristen Jaymes Stewart

Nickname

Kris
KStew

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Trivia

Is an avid surfer.

Has an older brother named Cameron. They both live with their parents in the Los Angeles area.

Her father is John Stewart, a TV Producer who works at FOX TV. Currently co-producing "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (2004).

Shares her birthday, April 9, with actor Dennis Quaid who played her father in Cold Creek Manor (2003).

Born in Los Angeles, California and then spent some of her early years in Colorado and has moved back to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her parents.

Replaced Hayden Panettiere in Panic Room (2002).

Supporter and member of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet.

Was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).

Had to wear brown contact lenses for Twilight (2008/I) because she has naturally green eyes while Bella's eyes are supposed to be brown.

Although born in Los Angeles, she was raised during some of her early years in Colorado. She moved back to LA in 2006, where she resides with her parents.

Nominated 3 consecutive years (2003-2005) for the Young Artist Award, but never won.

Her mother is a Script Supervisor, who hails from Australia.

Named The Movie Fanatic's Hottest Young Actress. (2008).

Wants to go to college to major in literature.

Has 3 dogs: Oz, a border collie mix, Jack and Lily who are mutts.

Was ranked #9 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).

Started competing in surfing competitions with Kellan Rhude after meeting at the premier of Jumper (2008).

During the filming of the "Prom scene" of Twilight (2008/I), she told director Catherine Hardwicke that she didn't like the music so she suggested the song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" and it replaced the original songs and was put onto the soundtrack.

Barış Akarsu (June 29, 1979 Amasra, Zonguldak - July 4, 2007 Bodrum, Muğla) was a Turkish rock musician and actor who reached fame after winning the television series Akademi Türkiye (Academy Turkey) in July 2004. He released two studio albums in three years. He is also the star of the comedy television series Yalancı Yarim (My Lying Lover) which is being aired on Star TV.
On his way from a benefit concert for children, he was seriously injured in a car accident on his birthday, 29 June 2007, leaving most of his vital parts disabled. On 4 July 2007, he died of the consequences of the accident at the age of 28.
Early life
Akarsu grew up in his hometown Amasra in the north of Turkey's Black Sea region. He was a huge fan of rock music in general, listening to music from Ruhi Su, Cem Karaca and Barış Manço as well as Western acts like Led Zeppelin or U2.
Growing up, friends and Akarsu gathered at the seaside of Amasra to chat and sing songs while playing guitar. There, Akarsu formed his early ties with singing and playing instruments. Music always played a crucial part in his life. His other big ambition was tae kwon do, a branch of martial arts,basketball and in high-school he was sailing professionally in Amasra Sailing Club.[1]
Music career
Before reaching fame with his musical and acting projects, Akarsu worked as an animator and musician in Antalya's seaside. Later, he went to Karadeniz Ereğli giving concerts in a number of bars, television and radio shows before joining Academy Turkey. Shortly after winning the show, he moved to Istanbul to continue and further his career.BARIS released his first album “Islak Islak” and on August 2006, he released his second album “Dusmeden Bulutlarda Kosmam Gerek” both produced by Seyhan Music. He has music videos for his songs “Islak Islak”, “Kimdir O”, “Mavi” and “Amasra” from his first album.He also has music videos for his songs “Vurdum En Dibine Kadar” and “Yaz Demedim” from his second album.“Ben” and “Yeter Be” from his second album was written and composed by him.Barış Akarsu was working on his third album.
TV series
Akarsu's first and only appearance as an actor is in the popular comedy series Yalancı Yarim. It was designed as a funny summer program but after its success and requests from fans, producers continued the shootings of new episodes. In the show, Akarsu portrays a wealthy young man, Tarık Tekelioğlu, who goes to Italy for his education but rather becomes the most successful rally driver. His father, the owner of a bank, finds out the truth about his son and Tarık is forced to come back and stay in Turkey in order to work and pay off his education debts to his father.Thus, with a false surname, Tarık applies for a job as driver for Naz, whose father needs a loan for his business which he receives from the bank of Tarık's father - with the help of Tarık who provides Naz's father with inside knowledge of his father's preferences and dislikes also resulting in both men becoming friends. In the process, Tarık gets the job as driver and he and Naz fall in love with each other, however, neither wants to be the first to admit such to the other.
Death
On June 29, 2007, Akarsu and two friends were on their way to a celebration party for his birthday in Bodrum. Their car collided with a truck at an intersection with no traffic lights. The driver of the car, Zeynep Koçak (his ex-girlfriend),[2] and passenger Nalan Kahraman died on the day of the accident. Barış Akarsu was transported to a hospital with severe injuries. On July 4, 2007, Akarsu died due to complications arising from the accident.
The location of the accident is a crossroads at the end of a long and straight downhill grade. As a result of protests decrying the lack of traffic lights at that dangerous intersection, new lights have been installed.[3]