Renée Dwyer

"You’re exactly like Charlie. Once you make up your mind, there is no reasoning with you. Of course, exactly like Charlie, you stick by your decisions, too."
 * -Renée on Bella Swan

Renée Higginbotham Swan Dwyer is Phil Dwyer's wife and the ex-wife of Charlie Swan. She is the mother of Bella Cullen and the mother-in-law of Edward Cullen as well the grandmother of Renesmee Cullen.

History
Renée and Charlie married young and had Bella in September of 1987. They divorced in March of 1988. Renée moved to Riverside, California, where she and Bella lived until Bella was five years old. Bella and Renée moved to Phoenix, Arizona where they remained until Bella was 17. Renée fell in love with minor league baseball player Phil Dwyer. Because Bella was attending school in Phoenix, Renée couldn't spend very much time with Phil. Bella decided to live with her father, Charlie Swan, in Forks, Washington so Renée and Phil could have more time together.

During this course of the Twilight series, Bella falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. Bella and Edward eventually marry and Renée, despite her wish that they wait a few more years, accepts it completely.

Renée has a granddaughter named Renesmee Carlie Cullen. It is unknown if she knows about her grandchild, since Charlie and Bella both agree that Renée should not be told of the child's existence. Renée also does not know about the existence of vampires.

Charlie Swan
Charlie was Renée's first husband. They married when they were very young. Renée had Bella with Charlie, and shortly thereafter realized that she did not love Charlie at all and she had rushed into marriage. She decided to divorce Charlie, although Charlie remained somewhat in love with Renée.

Phil Dwyer
Phil is Renée's second husband who is a minor league baseball player. They fell in love around 2004 and married soon after.

Personality and Appearance
Renée is described by Bella as being very eccentric, a bad chef, forgetful, and very perceptive. Renée is described as looking a lot like Bella. She has short brown hair, innocent, childish blue eyes and a round face full of laugh lines. Bella says that she is more like the mother and Renee is like the child. In the film, she is portrayed by Sarah Clarke.

Renée has very heavy views of early marriage, the result of her marrying Charlie right out of high school. This is something Bella fears when she became engaged to Edward. But Renée revealed that those views of marriage only apply to her. Bella, In the book and then later--film Twilight, Describes Renee as being her erratic, hairbrained mother.