Blood brothers and sisters! Beginning with 2008’s Twilight, fans were introduced to the Cullen coven. Five films later, Twihards are still reeling over the vampires’ pale skin, supernatural abilities and the fact that Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) sparkles in the sunlight.
Based on the successful novels by Stephenie Meyer, the films spanned five years and consisted of Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012).
Moviegoers met the Cullen clan in the first movie, but by Breaking Dawn – Part 1, human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) had married into the family after tying the knot with Edward in that film. They later welcomed daughter Renesmee Cullen (Mackenzie Foy).
The OG family members were Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and his wife, Esme (Elizabeth Reaser). Their coven — better known as their children in the human world — were Alice (Ashley Greene), Emmett (Kellan Lutz) and Edward.
Their crew was rounded out by Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed), who married Emmett after being turned by Carlisle, and Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), who married Alice. Rosalie and Jasper used the same last name to pᴀss as twins or siblings while pretending to be high schoolers alongside the Cullen “kids.”
Ten years after Twilight sH๏τ the costars to superstardom, Reaser told Us Weekly exclusively that she was “happy that people are excited about it” years later.
“I cannot believe it’s been 10 years,” the Michigan native told Us in September 2018. “It seems like yesterday to me, but I’m excited.”
Reaser noted that “just palling around” on set are some of her fondest memories of filming the franchise.
“They would be very grueling experiences, those shoots, so I think it was just hanging with our cast and being in little tents with people and joking and keeping each other excited,” she added. “Those are the little moments you most remember.”
Over the years, many of the on-screen family members have reunited and kept in contact.
“I just saw Peter the other night at dinner and it’s funny. It’s like seeing a cousin, like, an actual family member,” Reaser told Us. “People are busy and traveling with work, but I adore them all.”
The following month, Rathbone told Us that he does get recognized for his role in the films, more than a decade after the first installment hit theaters. As for the future of the vampire-driven movies, the actor hopes to see Twilight prequels down the line.
“I think that would be fun. I’m sure, like anything else, they could reboot it,” he revealed to Us in October 2018, noting he’d “love to see” an origin story for Jasper and Alice.
Robert Pattinson
The British actor has had continued success in films after rising to fame as Edward Cullen in 2008. He appeared in films including The Lost City of Z, Damsel and High Life. He starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman in March 2022’s The Batman, the first in a trilogy of new superhero movies.
After four years of dating, Pattinson and costar Stewart split following her affair with her Snow White director, Rupert Sanders, in July 2012. The two briefly rekindled their romance but ended things for good in 2013. The Water for Elephants star moved on with FKA Twigs in 2014. The two got engaged in April 2015 but called it quits in 2017. He has been linked to Suki Waterhouse since 2018. She confirmed her pregnancy in November 2023.
Rathbone added: “But I think there’s a whole universe there they could really expand and we got to finally start seeing a bit of it in Breaking Dawn. And I know [author] Stephenie has it all written out and mapped out in her head.”
Scroll down to see what the Cullen coven has been up to in real life since they wrapped the final Breaking Dawn film in 2012.
Kristen Stewart
After playing Bella Swan, Stewart went on to star in films including Snow White and the Huntsman and its sequel, Still Alice, Café Society and 2019’s Charlie’s Angels. She played Princess Diana in the 2021 film Spencer, which earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress in 2022 (she lost to The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain).
Us broke the news of Stewart’s fling with Rupert Sanders in 2012 which led to her split with Twilight costar Pattinson. She later dated Alicia Cargile and Stella Maxwell. She announced her engagement to Dylan Meyer in November 2021 after two years of dating.
Nikki Reed
The California native’s role as Emmett’s wife, Rosalie, was followed by a series of film roles, including Empire State, Pawn and Enter the Dangerous Mind. Since then, Reed has been seen in even more movies and television shows, portraying Betsy Ross on Sleepy Hollow from 2015 to 2016 and a role on V-Wars in 2019. Outside of acting, Reed founded BaYou With Love, a lifestyle brand focused on sustainable, ethical fashion and production.
After nearly three years of marriage, Reed split from husband Paul McDonald in 2014. The actress married Vampire Diaries alum Ian Somerhalder in April 2015 and two years later they welcomed daughter Bodhi. Reed announced in January 2023 that she was pregnant with the couple’s second child. Their son arrived in June 2023.
Kellan Lutz
Lutz began acting in 2004, but it wasn’t until he played vampire Emmett that his career really took off. The North Dakota native went on to appear in The Legend of Hercules in 2014 and The Expendables 3, followed by Speed Kills and What Men Want in 2019. On the small screen, he had recurring roles on 90210 and The Comeback. After appearing on one episode of FBI in 2019, his character, Kenny Crosby, found a permanent home on the crime show’s spinoff series, FBI: Most Wanted, , until he left to spend more time with his family at the beginning of season 3 in 2021.
Lutz married Brittany Gonzales in 2017 and in February 2020, they announced that the model had suffered a miscarriage. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Ashtyn Lilly, in February 2021. The couple announced in February 2022 that they were expecting a second child, a baby boy. They welcomed son Kasen Lane that August.
Ashley Greene
After rising to fame for portraying Alice, Greene starred on the short-lived Pan Am from 2011 to 2012. She went on to play Janine in Wish I Was Here and acted in Staten Island Summer, Shangri-La Suite and Accident Man before portraying Abby Huntsman in 2019’s Bombshell. The Florida native also starred on Rogue from 2016 to 2017 and Step Up: High Water in 2019. She joined the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie family in 2021 with The Charm Bracelet and started hosting “The Twilight Effect,” a podcast looking back at the franchise, in March 2022.
In 2018, the model married director Paul Khoury. The couple announced in March 2022 that they were expecting their first baby later that year. The duo revealed in September 2022 that their daughter, Kingsley Rainn, had arrived.
Jackson Rathbone
Rathbone has appeared in both film and TV and pursued a music career since playing Alice’s husband, Jasper Hale, in all five installments of the Twilight saga. He was seen in 2012’s Cowgirls ‘n Angels, City of ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Men, The Hammer and Until We Meet Again in 2020. In between his movie gigs, Rathbone starred on TV’s Aim High from 2011 to 2013, Finding Carter in 2015 and was in eight episodes of The Last Ship in 2017. In addition to acting, he has created music for years — previously performing in a funk band — and released his first solo single in 2016 and album in 2018.
The actor wed Sheila Hafsadi in 2013 and they share three children, sons Monroe (born July 2012) and Felix (born January 2020), and daughter Presley (born May 2016).
Peter Facinelli
Following his stint as Carlisle, Facinelli returned to television with a recurring role on Glee in 2013. He also played Dr. Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie from 2009 to 2015. After wrapping the show, the New York native starred on American Odyssey in 2015 and Supergirl from 2015 to 2016. A year later, Facinelli took on the role of Michael Plank on S.W.A.T. He later appeared in movies such as 2019’s Running With the Devil and 2021’s The F–k-It List.
Facinelli was married to Jennie Garth from 2001 to 2013. They share three daughters, Luca, Lola and Fiona. Us confirmed in January 2020 that the actor proposed to his girlfriend, Lily Anne Harrison, while on vacation in Mexico. Their wedding was postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Us confirmed in June 2022 that Facinelli and Harrison are expecting their first child together.
Elizabeth Reaser
Reaser followed up her role as the matriarch of the Cullen clan with two episodes of Bonnie & Clyde miniseries in 2013 and 2017’s Law & Order True Crime miniseries. The following year, the Michigan native starred on The Haunting of Hill House series and was a recurring character on Easy until 2019. The same year, Reaser played Olivia Winslow on The Handmaid’s Tale. Reaser has appeared in recurring roles on hit shows including The Good Wife, Mad Men and The Handmaid’s Tale. In 2021, she appeared on Impeachment: American Crime Story.
In between her TV appearances, Reaser performed in 2012’s off-Broadway production of How I Learned to Drive, 2014’s The Money SH๏τ and 2016’s The Babylon Line.
Mackenzie Foy
Foy wasn’t a part of the Cullen family until the two Breaking Dawn films, where she played Edward and Bella’s daughter, but she’s been very visible in the entertainment industry since. In 2013, she starred in The Conjuring and Wish You Well. A year later she appeared in Interstellar. The actress later voiced Violet in The Boxcar Children and Sally in The Cookie Mobster. In 2018, she played the lead Clara in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Two years later, she starred in Disney’s remake of Black Beauty.
