Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#623
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Kristen Stewart represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 27 years in, and Kristen is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Kristen Stewart appears in 46 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Kristen. Into the Wild is the clearest case: a film rated 7.9 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, romance, science fiction. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Michael Angarano, David Cronenberg, Pablo Larraín and others, Kristen Stewart helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Into the Wild (2007) as Tracy Tatro · Still Alice (2014) as Lydia Howland · Happiest Season (2020) as Abby
Career snapshot
Ranked #623 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
46
1999–2026
Career length
27 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.9
Into the Wild
Average Nutevio score
6.1
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Into the Wild
Most frequent director
Olivier Assayas
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Olivier Assayas
Most common genre
Drama
29 titles
Average runtime
1h 46m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
6.5 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. The Thirteenth Year — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
6.5
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
6.6
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Thirteenth Year.
Most productive era
2010s
21 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.69 films | 6.417 films | 6.43 films |
| Action | — | 6.12 films | 6.43 films | 6.41 film |
| Thriller | — | 6.23 films | 6.23 films | 6.42 films |
| Comedy | 6.51 film | 5.94 films | 6.43 films | 3.34 films |
| Crime | — | 6.91 film | 6.31 film | 6.61 film |
| Romance | — | 6.26 films | 6.45 films | 6.63 films |
| Horror | — | 6.01 film | — | 6.32 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Girl in Fountain Line (uncredited).
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2007Into the Wild
7.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026The Wrong Girls
The current state of the argument, as Frankie / Frances.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
46 of 46 films
as Tracy Tatro
Directed by Sean Penn
as Abby
Directed by Clea DuVall
as Melinda Sordino
Directed by Jessica Sharzer
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Tracy Tatro
Into the Wild (2007)
Performance score7.7
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Tracy Tatro gives Kristen Stewart a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Abby
Happiest Season (2020)
Performance score7.6
Happiest Season asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Abby is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Melinda Sordino
Speak (2004)
Performance score7.5
Speak asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Melinda Sordino is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Diana
Spencer (2021)
Performance score7.4
Spencer asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Diana is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Tracy Tatro
Start here. Into the Wild is the clearest statement of what Kristen Stewart does — accessible, 148 minutes, and rated 7.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Kristen at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Speak (2004)
Keeps the drama register of Into the Wild but asks for a colder reading of it.
Camp X-Ray (2014)
Keeps the drama register of Speak but asks for a colder reading of it.
Happiest Season (2020)
A deliberate change of key after Camp X-Ray — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Spencer (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Happiest Season — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Bill Condon
Director
2 films together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Olivier Assayas
Director
2 films together
Notably Clouds of Sils Maria
Duwayne Dunham
Director
1 film together
Notably The Thirteenth Year
Brian Levant
Director
1 film together
Notably The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
David Fincher
Director
1 film together
Notably Panic Room
Mike Figgis
Director
1 film together
Notably Cold Creek Manor
Bart Freundlich
Director
1 film together
Notably Catch That Kid
Jessica Sharzer
Director
1 film together
Notably Speak
Jon Favreau
Director
1 film together
Notably Zathura: A Space Adventure
Jon Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably In the Land of Women
Danny Pang Phat
Director
1 film together
Notably The Messengers
Sean Penn
Director
1 film together
Notably Into the Wild
Barry Levinson
Director
1 film together
Notably What Just Happened
Doug Liman
Director
1 film together
Notably Jumper
Catherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together
Notably Twilight
Udayan Prasad
Director
1 film together
Notably The Yellow Handkerchief
Greg Mottola
Director
1 film together
Notably Adventureland
Chris Weitz
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Floria Sigismondi
Director
1 film together
Notably The Runaways
David Slade
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Walter Salles
Director
1 film together
Notably On the Road
Wash Westmoreland
Director
1 film together
Notably Still Alice
Nima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together
Notably American Ultra
Ang Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Woody Allen
Director
1 film together
Notably Café Society
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Huntsman: Winter's War
Craig William Macneill
Director
1 film together
Notably Lizzie
Elizabeth Banks
Director
1 film together
Notably Charlie's Angels
Garret Price
Director
1 film together
Notably Love, Antosha
Clea DuVall
Director
1 film together
Notably Happiest Season
Pablo Larraín
Director
1 film together
Notably Spencer
David Cronenberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Crimes of the Future
Michael Angarano
Director
1 film together
Notably Sacramento
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Bill Condon
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Olivier Assayas
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Clouds of Sils MariaSean Penn
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Into the WildWash Westmoreland
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Still AliceClea DuVall
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Happiest SeasonJessica Sharzer
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SpeakDavid Fincher
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Panic RoomGarret Price
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Love, AntoshaPablo Larraín
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SpencerJon Favreau
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Zathura: A Space AdventureElizabeth Banks
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Charlie's AngelsCedric Nicolas-Troyan
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Huntsman: Winter's WarWoody Allen
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Café SocietyFloria Sigismondi
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The RunawaysGreg Mottola
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AdventurelandCatherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TwilightDuwayne Dunham
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Thirteenth YearDavid Slade
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: EclipseMichael Angarano
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SacramentoCraig William Macneill
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LizzieUdayan Prasad
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Yellow HandkerchiefDoug Liman
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
JumperDavid Cronenberg
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Crimes of the FutureAng Lee
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkNima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
American UltraChris Weitz
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: New MoonJon Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
In the Land of WomenDanny Pang Phat
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MessengersWalter Salles
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
On the RoadBart Freundlich
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Catch That KidBarry Levinson
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
What Just HappenedMike Figgis
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Cold Creek ManorBrian Levant
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Flintstones in Viva Rock VegasSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
8 wins · 3 nominations
No wins yet · 1 nomination
as Actor
4 wins · latest 2012
as Actor
as Actor
as Actor
as Actor
1 win · latest 2015
as Actor
1 win · latest 2012
as Actor
1 win
as Actor
1 win · 2 nominations · latest 2011
as Actor
as Actor
as Actor
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Into the Wild
as Tracy Tatro
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as Bella Swan
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Into the Wild
as Tracy Tatro
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
as Ring Toss Girl (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Into the Wild
as Tracy Tatro
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Kristen Stewart has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
27 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
29 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Into the Wild
as Tracy Tatro
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Panic Room
as Sarah Altman
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as Bella Swan
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Messengers
as Jess
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Into the Wild
as Tracy Tatro
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Underwater
as Norah Price
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
In the Land of Women
as Lucy Hardwicke
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
as Ring Toss Girl (uncredited)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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