First look: Breaking Dawn baby Renesmee

June 15, 2012

Los Angeles – The first pictures of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan’s daughter Renesmee, as she appears in the final Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 2, have been released and published by US magazine Entertainment Weekly.

The new photos grace two special edition covers of the.

Renesmee Cullen was conceived and born after a swift pregnancy in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, and because of her half-human, half vampire parentage, has aged exponentially after a short time.

She was conceived before her mother Bella was transformed into a vampire at the end of Breaking Dawn and her harrowing birth actually caused Bella to lose her human life and be transformed into a vampire at the last minute.

Renesmee is played by 11-year-old newcomer Mackenzie Foy who was glimpsed briefly in Breaking Dawn Part 1 as werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) took one look at Bella’s newborn baby and had flashes of her life as the young woman he would fall in love with and spend his life with.

“It’s a  hugely important part,” director Bill Condon told Entertainment Weekly.

He especially loved watching Mackenzie and her older co-stars interact on set.

“They were amazing with her,” he says. “It really brought something paternal out in Rob, and Kristen was especially protective.”

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is set for release on 16 November and brings to a close the epic vampire saga based on the still-popular Stephenie Meyer novels.

Watch the Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 teaser trailer here: