| Bella Cullen | |
|---|---|
| Twilight character | |
 Bella Swan as portrayed by Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon | |
| First appearance | Twilight |
| Last appearance | Midnight Sun |
| Created by | Stephenie Meyer |
| Portrayed by | Kristen Stewart |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Bella Bells Bell Vampire girl (by Emily Young & Embry Call) Arizona (by Mike Newton in films) Mrs. Cullen Mom (by Renesmee) |
| Species | Human (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Part 1) (formerly) Vampire (Breaking Dawn Part 2) (currently) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student (Twilight to Eclipse) Employee at Newton's Olympic Outfitters (New Moon and Eclipse, books only) |
| Family | Geoffrey Swan (paternal grandfather, deceased) Helen Swan (paternal grandmother, deceased) Beaufort Higginbotham (maternal grandfather, deceased) Marie Higginbotham (maternal grandmother, deceased) Charlie Swan (father) Renée Swan (mother) Phil Dwyer (stepfather; in her human form) Edward Masen, Sr. (father-in-law, deceased) Elizabeth Masen (mother-in-law, deceased) Carlisle Cullen (adoptive father-in-law) Esme Cullen (adoptive mother-in-law) Emmett Cullen and Jasper Hale (adoptive brothers-in-law) Alice Cullen and Rosalie Hale (adoptive sisters-in-law) Jacob Black (best friend and future son-in-law) |
| Spouse | Edward Cullen (husband) |
| Children | Renesmee Cullen (daughter) |
| Nationality | American |
Isabella "Bella" Marie Cullen (née Swan) is the protagonist character of the Twilight book series by Stephenie Meyer. She is initially an ordinary teenage girl, but during the series, Bella falls in love and marries a vampire Edward Cullen, with whom she has a human-vampire hybrid daughter, Renesmee Cullen. The Twilight series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view. In The Twilight Saga film series, Bella is portrayed by actress Kristen Stewart.
She is the daughter of Charlie Swan and Renée Swan and the daughter-in-law of Edward Masen Sr. and Elizabeth Masen (Edward's deceased biological parents). Bella is the stepdaughter of Phil Dwyer (Renée's second husband) and the adoptive daughter-in-law of Esme Cullen and Carlisle Cullen (Edward's second and adoptive parents). Bella is the adoptive sister-in-law of Alice Cullen and Emmett Cullen as well as Rosalie Hale and Jasper Hale, the granddaughter of Geoffrey and Helen Swan (Charlie's deceased parents) and Marie Higginbotham (Renée's deceased mother).
In Twilight, 17-year-old Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with seemingly teenage Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, but Edward refuses to turn her. In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep now-18-year-old human Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape-shifter taking a werewolf form, comforts the distraught and severely depressed Bella. She comes to care deeply for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward. At the end of Eclipse, she becomes engaged to Edward Cullen, and they marry in Breaking Dawn, one month prior to her 19th birthday. On their honeymoon, she becomes pregnant after having sex with Edward, and, due to the peculiar nature of her baby, Bella nearly dies giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee. Fearing of losing her again, Edward turns Bella into a vampire to save her.