"Well at least we weren't totally left out."
- ―Gwen
Gwen Stewart is Tiffany, Sam and Ralph Stewart’s mother and Hayden Stewart’s wife. She is the maternal grandmother of Lucina Stewart, the son-in-law of Jalen Long, the grandmother-in-law of Bryce Summers, the maternal great grandmother of Lucien Summers and the great grandmother-in-law of Luna Snow.
She is portrayed by Lucy Liu.
Biography
Early life
Gwen Stewart was born in the 1970s in Lacey, Washington. Not much of her information is known accept that she married Hayden and have two daughters together; Tiffany and Sam Stewart. She also had a son Ralph Stewart but he died after birth due to breathing problems. When Tiffany was a little girl, a young boy Jalen Long comes over and plays with her and Gwen and her family always welcomes him to their home. After hearing that Jalen lost his parents and lives in a foster home, Gwen and Hayden decided to adopt Jalen, however, they hear that Jalen ran away from his foster home due to the police thinking he raped his foster sister Elena Margaret and beat their foster dad for silence which was later proved to be false.
In mid-winter of 2005, a family move next door to Gwen where she and her family gets to meet the Stone family where Kendall Stone is the chief of police and Lucas Stone became Tiffany’s best friend and Sam developed a big crush on him.
Forever Together
Gwen made a few appearances in the story. The first was during homecoming where she and her family joined Tiffany on her senior night during the football homecoming game. She also appeared taking pictures for Tiffany and Sam for the dance. Gwen appeared with her family at Lucas’s place where their friends and family get ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve. She made another appearance on prom day where she and her family took pictures of Tiffany with Lucas who she is going to prom with.
Full Of Surprises
Gwen appeared in the story where she, Hayden and Sam came to the Cullen house to find Tiffany there, (who by now had become a vampire) after not hearing from her in a while and traced her here. Hayden then tells Tiffany that he’s been promoted at his work and will be travelling and Gwen will be going with him. Because of it and with Sam going to study in Arizona and will move in with her fiancé Ethan, Tiffany allows them to meet her daughter Lucina Stewart unaware to them that Lucina is half-human and half-vampire and will grow rapidly so Gwen, Hayden and Sam have no clue about the supernatural. Gwen coos over Lucina constantly before she and her family said goodbye.
Have A Purpose
Tiffany video chats with her parents where they see her now dating Jalen who she reunited with. Later on, Jalen contacts Gwen and Hayden for their blessings to marry Tiffany. They did so and Gwen sends her wedding ring for Jalen to propose to Tiffany with. Gwen and Hayden were unable to attend their wedding however due to intense weather in England. Luckily, Alice Cullen FaceTime the wedding for them to see. On Lucina's birthday, Gwen and Hayden send her birthday money.
A Christmas Surprise
Gwen, Hayden and Sam came to the Cullens on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with Tiffany by a surprise visit. They were completely shocked to see that Lucina is all fully grown up despite that she's only six.
As the new Volturi, the Cullens told Gwen, her family and the guests of their story and the events that have happened revealing about the supernatural and what Tiffany, Lucina and the Cullens truly are. They made one adjustment to the law about revealing their existence; if a civilized vampire has any living family member or someone connected to, they have the right to know as long as they don't reveal the existence to other humans.
In the epilogue of the story, Gwen and Hayden finished traveling and moved back to Washington living together with Sam who is pregnant and lost Ethan in an accident.
Long Live Life
Gwen made a cameo appearance on Lucina's marriage to Bryce Summers. She also appeared years later to her great grandson Lucien Summers's marriage to Luna Snow.
Physical appearance
Gwen has long black hair and platinum eyes standing at five feet and six inches.
Relationships
Gwen is the wife of Hayden Stewart and the mother of Tiffany, Sam and Ralph Stewart. She is also the mother-in-law of Jalen Long and Ethan and the maternal grandmother of Lucina and Kellan Stewart and the maternal great grandmother of Lucien Summers as well as the grandmother-in-law of Bryce Summers and the great grandmother-in-law of Luna Snow.
Tiffany Stewart
Gwen's daughter: Tiffany Stewart.
Tiffany Stewart is Gwen’s oldest daughter.
Not much interaction was seen between Tiffany and Gwen but Tiffany is very close to her mother. She even shows concern for her mother's safety since Tiffany's been introduced into the supernatural and cannot tell her but since Gwen will be traveling with Hayden, it was safe for them to meet Lucina due to less time they will visit them.
In A Christmas Surprise, Gwen surprises Tiffany to spend the holidays with her and the Cullens where Gwen has been told of the supernatural and Lucina's true nature since the law has made a change thus bringing the two closer even though it was a lot to take in.
Lucina Stewart
Gwen's granddaughter: Lucina Stewart.
Lucina Stewart is Gwen’s granddaughter.
After Lucina's birth, the Cullens were unsure on how to conceal Lucina from Tiffany's family since they must not know about the supernatural until they hear that Gwen and her husband will be traveling which means that Gwen won't be able to see her granddaughter that often so it was safe for Lucina to meet her. The two meet and gotten close instantly and haven't seen each other since then. Gwen would send money to Lucina as a birthday present.
In A Christmas Surprise, Gwen makes a visit to spend Christmas with Tiffany and Lucina and the Cullens. When she saw Lucina, Gwen was shocked at her appearance in a teenager's body at a young age. Gwen soon was told about the supernatural and about Lucina's true nature since the law has made a change thus bringing the two closer even though it was a lot to take in. Lucina even allowed Gwen to communicate with her mentally.