Bree Tanner

Bree Tanner

Early Life

Bree lived with her abusive father while she was a human. When she felt that she'd had enough of her father's abusive treatment, she ran away from home. Three weeks later, she encounters Riley, who "offers her a burger", and takes her to Victoria (her face shrouded from the shadows) and turned her into a vampire and a member of her army.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Three months after she became a vampire, Bree went hunting with Kevin, a blond kid calling himself "Spider-Man", and an obedient vampire named Diego. After breaking away from the two kids, Bree and Diego went hunting alone and used the time to talk to each other. They later discover that vampires aren't vulnerable to sunlight, but rather sparkle like diamonds. When their army left Seattle without leaving a clue, Bree and Diego set off to find them on their own until they finally caught their scent and followed it to their new location.

While Riley went to visit Victoria, Bree and Diego followed him to tell him of their discovery, only to find out more than they've expected about the world of vampires. Diego proceeded his plan while Bree went back to their group and awaited their return. However, Riley told Bree later that Diego had gone with Victoria to watch the Cullens, after he told the army of the plan to destroy the "yellow-eyes". Though Bree was suspicious of their real agenda, she decided to stick with them. When the army prepares for war, her friend, Fred, decided to leave and explore the world, and asked Bree to join him. Though she wanted to, she decided to stay until she found Diego.

When the Cullens and wolves had destroyed most of her army, she found no trace of Diego whatsoever and figured out that Victoria had killed him. She surrendered to the Cullens to save herself.

Eclipse

When the Volturi arrived in Forks with other members of the Volturi guard, Jane demanded Bree tell her about her creator - Victoria. Bree knew nothing of Victoria, as most of the newborns never got to see her face or know her name. She didn't remember much of the night she was transformed, except for "it was burning". As Victoria never allowed the newborns to see her, she made Riley do all the controlling. It was Riley that manipulated them all into fighting; telling
them that they must destroy the "yellow eyes".

It is obvious she didn't contribute much, because otherwise she would have been killed instantly by the Cullens. Bree was the last of the newborns to be killed. Once Victoria and Riley had been killed and burnt, Edward and Bella made their way over to the rest of the Cullens, where they stood by Bree. She had surrendered, as she didn't see the point of fighting, asking that they did not kill her, and she wouldn't attack them. She found it very hard to resist Bella's blood, but managed. The Volturi arrived, and Jane asked them questions. Jane concluded that she was a criminal, despite her ignorance of the laws, and ordered her to be killed after torturing her with her power. Felix killed her; to which she didn't fight back, and burnt the remains.

Carlisle was deeply saddened, as he would have welcomed her to his coven as she showed the ability to control her instinct and thirst.

Physical appearance

Bree is described as a young girl of about 15. She is said to be slender with chin-length dark hair. She possesses the glowing, red eyes indicative of a newborn vampire. She has a high-pitched voice and a shrill scream.

Personality and traits

Bree didn't really like being a vampire, although she was used to it, she longed for her normal life. She liked to read books, and was in love with one of the other newborn vampires, Diego. She believed in urban vampire legends and, at first, was afraid of stakes and the sun. When she discovered these couldn't harm her, she was relieved.

Bree had a great amount of self control, considering the fact that she resisted Bella's blood. She also seems mildly innocent to Victoria's plans. Althought it is said that she has great self control, she also finds it hard to resist her desire for Bella's blood.

Relationships

Diego:
Diego was one of the Seattle newborn army. He was Bree's only vampire friend and proved to her that vampires did not die in sunlight. He and Bree spend time together one night when they are out hunting and he shows her undue kindness in letting her drink the blood of a girl he has knocked out. After spending time together in a cave to escape the sunlight the two of them become good friends and Bree falls in love with him when she sees him sparkling in the sunlight. He and Bree find out that they are not being told the truth by Riley and that they are just pawns in Victoria's vampire army. Diego confronts Riley about being able to survive sunlight and Riley kills him in case he tells the other newborns.

Fred:
Fred was part of the newborn army, and the only one with a gift. Because his "gift" allowed him to repulse vampires who wanted to pick a fight with him, Bree was constantly hiding in his shadows to stay out of trouble. About six days before the army moved out to attack the Cullens, a vampire approached Bree to pick a fight, and Fred inflicted him and his group with his power to save her. About one day before they fought the Cullens, Fred and Bree started forming a friendship together. Fred wanted to explore the vampire world on his own, and asked Bree to come with him. Though she agreed, she told him she needed to go with the group to find Diego. Fred agreed to wait for them in Riley Park, in Vancouver, but he would wait no longer than one day, then he would go alone. Right before the Volturi killed her, she telepathically asked Edward to be nice to "him" if they ever were to meet him in the future.

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Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadian actress who will play a "newly turned vampire" in the film Eclipse. This role is presumably for the character Bree, a newborn vampire who gave up attacking the Cullens in Eclipse.

Ferland was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the daughter of Valerie Ferland. Her siblings are actress Marisha Ferland and musician Jeremy Ferland.

She made her movie debut at age 4 in the TV-movie Mermaid, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. She has since made guest appearances in several televisions series, including Stargate Atlantis, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Smallville and Supernatural, and has appeared in films including They and Trapped. In 2005, she starred in the Terry Gilliam drama Tideland, for which she received a Genie Award nomination in the Best Actress category. Later, she appeared in the 2006 film Silent Hill, an adaptation of the well-known video game, and had a supporting role in Good Luck Chuck for Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2006 she filmed the movie Case 39 opposite Renée Zellweger but it has yet to be released. She recently announced that she has been cast as Bree, in the third film of the Twilight series, titled Eclipse.

Jodelle admits that choosing this part was a no-brainer. "Usually I read the script before I take a role, but I haven't read this one," she explained. "It's Twilight, of course I'm going to take it."

Filmography:

2000
*Mermaid Desiree Leanne 'Desi' Gill TV
*The Linda McCartney Story Heather (age 5-6) as Jodelle Micah Ferland
*Special Delivery Samantha Beck TV

2001
*Trapped Heather as Jodelle Micah Ferland
*Deadly Little Secrets Madison
*The Miracle of the Cards Annie TV

2002
*They Sarah as Jodelle Micah Ferland
*Carrie Little Carrie TV

2003
*Mob Princess Young Patti TV

2004
*Kingdom Hospital Mary Jensen Miniseries
*10.5 Little 'Wow!' Girl Miniseries
*Too Cool for Christmas Alexa TV

Kingdom Hospital

2005
*Tideland Jeliza-Rose Voices of Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde

2006
*Silent Hill Sharon DaSilva/Alessa
*Amber's Story Nichole Taylor Timmons as Jodelle Micah Ferland
*Swimming Lessons Zoe
*The Secret of Hidden Lake Young Maggie Dolan TV

2007
*The Messengers Michael Rollins
*Seed Emily Bishop Detective Bishop's daughter
*Good Luck Chuck Lila Carpenter as Jodelle Micah Ferland
*Pictures of Hollis Woods Hollis Woods TV

2008
*Céline Young Celine TV
*Wonderful World Sandra

2009
*Case 39 Lillith Sullivan completed

2010
*The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Bree Tanner post-production

2011
*The Cabin in the Woods Patience Buckner post-production

Silent Hill

1999
*Cold Squad Hailey Hatcher Episodes: "First Deadly Sin" and "Deadly Games: Part 2"

2000
*Higher Ground Young Juliette Episode:"Innocence"
*Sole Survivor Nina Carpenter Miniseries

2001
*Wolf Lake Lily Kelly Episode:"unaired pilot"
*Dark Angel Annabelle Anselmo Episode:"Red"
*The Lone Gunmen Mary the Little Girl Episode:" Cap'n Toby"
*So Weird Maria Episode:" Annie's Song"

2002
*Special Unit 2 Focus Group Girl Episode:" The Piper"
*John Doe Jenny Nichols Episode:"Pilot"

2003
*Smallville Emily Eve Dinsmore Episode:"Accelerate"
*Dead Like Me Kirsti Episode:"Pilot"

2004
*The Collector The Devil/Little Girl Episodes:"The "Prosecutor" and "The Rapper"

2005
*Supernatural Cameo in a family portrait Episode:"Pilot"

2006
*Supernatural Melanie Merchant Episode:"Provenance"
*Stargate SG-1 Adria (age 7) Episode:"Flesh and Blood"
*Masters of Horror Lisa Episode:"The V Word"

2007
*Stargate Atlantis Harmony Harmony

2009
*Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas Gwen Episode:"Pilot"

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Isabella "Bella" Swan

Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, is primarily narrated from Bella's point-of-view.

In Twilight, Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes. In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a wolf form, comforts the distraught and severely depressed Bella. She comes to care deeply for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward. In Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn. Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire after she nearly dies giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee
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Twilight
Twilight is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Bella Swan, who moves from her mother's home in Phoenix, Arizona, to live with her father in her birthtown of Forks, Washington. There, she becomes intrigued by a student, Edward Cullen. When Edward saves her life, he exhibits super-human qualities. Bella learns from family friend Jacob Black that Quileute legends say the Cullen family are vampires.[3] Edward eventually admits to this truth, though his family hunts only animals, not humans, through moral choice.[4] Edward constantly warns Bella against being with him, perceiving her life to be at constant risk if she continues to associate with him because the scent of her blood is more powerful to him than that of any other human he has ever encountered. Bella's love and confidence in Edward's restraint is such that his warnings go unheeded, and on an outing with the Cullens she becomes the target of a sadistic vampire, James. With his family's help, Edward is able to save Bella from James' predations, but Edward is still unwilling to change Bella into a vampire himself.

New Moon
New Moon begins with Bella's eighteenth birthday. During a party at the Cullens, she gets a small paper cut while opening a present. Edward's brother, Jasper, instinctively hungering for her blood, tries to attack her. Edward realizes that his relationship with Bella puts her in danger. In a misguided attempt to protect Bella, he convinces her that he no longer loves her and moves away with his family, leaving her heartbroken and depressed for months.

To appease her worried father, Bella goes to a movie with her friend Jessica. While there, she carelessly approaches a group of rough-looking men outside a bar and discovers she can hear Edward's voice when in dangerous situations. Desperate to hear his voice again, Bella seeks out danger; she asks Jacob Black to repair two motorcycles and teach her to ride one. Their friendship grows to be very strong, and Jacob admits that he has romantic feelings for Bella, though she does not reciprocate this. When a vampire named Laurent tries to attack her, Bella is saved by a pack of giant wolves. Later, Bella learns that Jacob and other tribe members are shape shifters who assume a wolf form to protect humans from vampires. Bella also discovers that the vampire Victoria has returned to Forks seeking to kill Bella to avenge her mate, James', death.

To hear Edward's voice, Bella attempts cliff-diving and nearly drowns, but she is saved by Jacob. Edward, after being mistakenly informed by Rosalie that Bella has committed suicide, travels to Volterra, Italy, to request the Volturi to destroy him. Alice returns to Forks and discovers Bella is alive; she and Bella pursue Edward to Italy and successfully prevent him from showing himself in daylight to humans, an act that would result in his execution. The trio are taken to the Volturi. Because Bella knows about vampires, the Volturi want to kill her, but Alice claims she has foreseen Bella becoming a vampire. Because most humans are unaware that vampires exist, the Volturi threaten to kill Bella if this does not happen soon. Upon returning home, Edward reveals to Bella that he never stopped loving her, he only left Forks because he thought it would protect Bella. He apologizes for this misguided action and asks for her forgiveness, which Bella quickly grants. Bella, intent on becoming a vampire, decides that Edward's family should vote on her fate. All but Rosalie and Edward vote affirmatively for her to be changed, but Edward agrees to change her himself if she will marry him first.

Eclipse
Eclipse continues the drama of Bella and Edward's relationship. Edward explains that he is reluctant to change Bella into a vampire because he believes that vampires are soulless creatures who have no place in heaven. Bella, whose opinion of marriage is jaded by her own parents' early divorce, agrees to marry Edward on the condition that he will make love to her while she is still human and then turn her into a vampire. He initially refuses, saying that he could easily lose control in the heat of the moment and unintentionally kill her. However, seeing how important it is to Bella, he agrees to try, but only after they are married.

The plot is driven by the machinations of the vampire Victoria, who first encountered Bella and the Cullens during the first book, Twilight. Victoria, seeking to avenge her mate, James', death, hunts Bella while building a new vampire army. To combat this threat, a grudging truce is struck between the Cullens and the Native American shape-shifting wolf pack led by Sam Uley and Jacob Black, who pits himself against Edward as a love interest for Bella. Initially, Bella considers Jacob only as a friend but, despite her engagement to Edward, she shares a kiss with Jacob and realizes she loves him as well. Ultimately, Edward accepts Bella's love for Jacob and successfully destroys Victoria. Bella acknowledges that Edward is the most important person in her life, agreeing to announce their engagement to her father.

Breaking Dawn
Near the beginning of Breaking Dawn, Bella marries Edward. They spend their honeymoon on Isle Esme, a fictional small island that was given to Esme as a gift from Carlisle. They consummate their marriage, but their lovemaking sparks a conflict between the newlywed couple: Edward is horrified that he has bruised his wife, but Bella insists that she is fine and wants Edward to make love to her again. He vows not to do so again while she is still human, but he eventually gives in. Soon afterwards, Bella becomes very sick and realizes that she is pregnant with Edward's child.

Edward is shocked and rushes Bella home to see Carlisle, who, as a doctor, confirms that she is expecting a child. Edward goes half-crazy with worry as the rapidly growing fetus begins to drain Bella's health, and he tries to coerce her into having an abortion to save her own life. However, Bella feels a bond with her unborn child and insists on giving birth. Soon, Edward comes to love the baby as well, after he hears its thoughts and learns that the baby loves Bella in return and doesn't mean to hurt her.

Bella nearly dies giving birth, but Edward successfully delivers their baby girl and then injects his venom into her heart, thus healing her wounds by turning her into a vampire. During Bella's painful transformation, Jacob imprints —an involuntary process in which a werewolf finds his soul mate— on the baby, Renesmee Cullen.

After a vampire named Irina mistakes Renesmee for an immortal vampire child (a creation that is forbidden in the vampire world), the Volturi arrive to destroy the Cullens as punishment for the alleged transgression. Edward stands with Bella and their allies to convince the Volturi that Renesmee is not an immortal child and poses no threat to their existence. Once the Volturi leave, Edward and Bella are finally free to live their lives in peace with their daughter
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Characterization
Physical appearance
Bella is described in the novels as being very pale with brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, and a heart-shaped face. Beyond this, a detailed description of her appearance is never given in the series. Stephenie Meyer explains that she "left out a detailed description of Bella in the book so that the reader could more easily step into her shoes." While Meyer stresses that "Bella's looks are open to interpretation", she does supply her own personal interpretation on her website, describing Bella as:

"very fair-skinned, with long, straight, dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her face is heart-shaped—a wide forehead with a widow's peak, large, wide-spaced eyes, prominent cheekbones, and then a thin nose and a narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her lips are a little out of proportion, a bit too full for her jaw line. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and more straight than they are arched. She's five foot four inches tall, slender but not at all muscular, and weighs about 115 pounds. She has stubby fingernails because she has a nervous habit of biting them."
Bella also has a small crescent-shaped scar on her hand where she was bitten by James, a tracker vampire, in Twilight. The scar is described as being pale, always a few degrees colder than the rest of her body, and sparkles slightly.

After Bella is changed into a vampire by Edward Cullen in Breaking Dawn, in keeping with the appearance of most vampires, she becomes more attractive, her eyes turn red, and her already pale skin becomes even whiter.

Personality traits and abilities
Bella is described as being clumsy and stubborn. She has a private mind, which is thought to be why Edward is unable to hear her thoughts. She is also said to be a terrible liar, but occasionally demonstrates good acting ability. Bella becomes faint when she smells blood, though this no longer bothers her once she becomes a vampire. Stephenie Meyer has stated that Bella's "tragic flaw" in Eclipse is her lack of self-knowledge. After being turned into a vampire, she describes having a much clearer view of the world. She is also very self-controlled, being able to ignore the scent of human blood on her first hunting trip. Bella's private mind that was able to repel some vampires' mental abilities while she was human evolved after she became a vampire; her skill strengthened, allowing her to shield herself and those around her from other vampires' mind control. By the end of Breaking Dawn, she is able to cast the shield away from herself. She is also described by Edward as "very graceful", even for a vampire, in comparison to her earlier clumsiness.

Film portrayal
In the film adaptations, Bella is portrayed by actress Kristen Stewart. Meyer stated that she was "very excited" to see Stewart play the part and that she was "thrilled to have a Bella who has practice [in a vast array of film genres]", since, according to Meyer, Twilight has moments that fit into many genres.