Kristen Stewart’s 5 Best Movie Roles Ever 

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Few child stars are able to transform their success into adult careers. Even fewer manage to surpass their early fame. Kristen Stewart has managed to do both, and build one of the most lucrative careers in young Hollywood. The 25-year-old Los Angeles native has been acting professionally since she was nine years old, but truly became a household name when she landed the role of Bella Swan in the insanely popular Twilight series.

Instead of resting on her laurels after her tremendous success, Stewart kicked her career into high gear. Since the first Twilight film was released in 2008, she’s starred in over a dozen other films. Her latest project, American Ultra, will see her polishing her comedy chops. And while she’s earned a reputation for being sullen or introverted, Stewart hasn’t let the negativity get to her — she’s let her work speak for itself. Here are five great performances that prove Kristen Stewart has what it takes to stay on top in Hollywood.

Though she’s starred in more than a few big-budget films, Kristen Stewart is at her best when she’s allowed to explore her characters in their most intimate, quiet moments. That’s definitely the case in

Still Alice. Kristen Stewart plays Lydia, the daughter of a successful professor (Julianne Moore) who learns she has early onset Alzheimer’s. In one of her most powerful performances to date, Stewart captures the range of emotions that come with watching a parent suffer through a life-changing disease with a quiet maturity and vulnerable honesty. She doesn’t hold back the anger, the fear or the love she feels for her mother as she transitions from child to caregiver. Stewart earned her rave reviews from critics like The New York Times’ A.O. Scott, who called her portrayal of Lydia “excellent” and “insightful.”

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