Rosalie Hale

Rosalie Lillian Hale
Twilight Saga character
First appearance	Twilight
Created by	Stephenie Meyer
In-universe information
Nickname	Rose, Rosy
Species	Vampire
Family	Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale
Spouse	Emmett Cullen

Rosalie Lillian Hale is a character in Twilight, a young adult novel and series written by author Stephenie Meyer. She was born to a middle class family in Rochester, New York in 1915, and was changed into a vampire after Carlisle Cullen found her after being tortured by her fiancé and some of his friends for entertainment in 1933, when she was 18 years old.

Personal History

Rosalie Lillian Hale lived in Rochester, NY in 1933; she had two younger brothers, a housewife for a mother, and her father worked at a bank (her father's job helped keep the family wealthy during the Great Depression.) She was born beautiful and constantly praised, making her vain and, like her parents, wanted more out of life. One day, Rosalie's mother had her dress up to deliver her father's forgotten lunch to his job, in hopes that the son of the bank's owner would take more interest in Rosalie. It worked. Royce King the Second sent roses to Rosalie and, after making the comment that her eyes were like violets, Rosalie began receiving them, too. Their relationship was solely wooing and for the physical attraction, Royce was too busy at the bank. They became engaged and shortly before the wedding, Rosalie visited her good friend Vera who Rosalie envied for her baby boy. When Vera's husband kisses Vera, Rosalie finally noticed the lack of love in her relationship with Royce that was so obvious in Vera's. When walking home, shaken by her thoughts about her loveless relationship, Rosalie stumbled across her drunken fiance and his also drunken pals; Royce bragged about his fiance's beauty which eventually led to Rosalie being raped. Rosalie was found by Carlisle, Esme, and Edward, the scent of blood having attracted Carlisle to the dying Rosalie. He carried her to a room where he made the eighteen year old a vampire, worsening the pain she was already in. She awoke to voices of the Cullens arguing about Carlisle saving Rosalie just because they stumbled across her when she was dying. Upon seeing her reflection, Rosalie's unhappy mood improved with her now vampire beauty. Rosalie soon avenged herself by killing all who were with Royce that night. Having saved Royce for last, Rosalie donned a bridal gown and found her fiance locked in a windowless room with a thick vault like door guarded by two men. Killing the guards, Rosalie entered the room where she tortured Royce to death.

Rosalie, while living with the Cullens in Washington, plays the role of the twin sister of Jasper Hale (she prefers to use her real last name rather than Cullen). Rosalie found Emmett after he had been mauled by a bear and carried him to Carlisle who then changed Emmett. She and Emmett then got married soon after. She enjoys cars, and owns a red BMW M3 convertible. However, she usually goes to school in Edward's silver Volvo (as all the other Cullens) to try to remain inconspicuous. Carlisle believes that a certain characteristic is intensified once you become a vampire, and Edward believes it to be her tenacity. She has not tasted human blood before.

Romantic relationships

Emmett Cullen

Emmett Cullen is Rosalie's husband and true love. Rosalie saved him from a bear attack, and carried him 100 miles to her home for Carlisle to change him, because she didn't think she could. They've been in love ever since. The relationship is very physical, with her beauty and his strength, though they are still in love. They have been married several times, because Rosalie likes to draw the attention to herself often. She was used to all the attention from her past life as a human.

Edward Cullen

Carlisle found and changed Rosalie in hope that she would be someone to love for Edward as Esme was to him, though Carlisle carefully hid this from Edward for many years. Unfortunately Rosalie and Edward had nothing in common, and share nothing more than sibling love.

In Eclipse, Rosalie reveals to Bella that she disliked Bella at first out of jealousy, because Rosalie long wishes she was still human. Rosalie reveals that she truly is in love with Emmett, and has nothing but sibling love for Edward. She was never jealous before because Edward did not only not love her, but every other vampire who might have shown an interest in him. Her vanity comes out when she takes an immediate dislike to Bella, for stealing Edward's heart.

Royce King

Royce was the man that Rosalie was engaged to in her human life. The relationship was mostly physical, for both were beautiful. Rosalie was marrying Royce for dominantly financial reasons, for this is what her parents wanted. Rosalie was vaguely aware that there was not much love in the relationship. The relationship ended when Royce and his friends raped and nearly killed Rosalie, while drunk.

Physical Description

Rosalie is described as being exceptionally beautiful, even for a vampire. She is tall and statuesque, with an elegant figure similar to a model. She has blonde, wavy hair that goes down to the middle of her back, and golden eyes like the rest of the Cullens. As with other vampires, she has chalky white skin and purple bruises under her eyes. In her human life, Rosalie was described as a lady who had beauty, elegance, class, and money. Her eyes were described as being like violets when she was a human.

Movie Portrayal

Meyer has stated on her website that, in her opinon, she believes that Joanna Krupa, Emilie de Ravin, and Olivia Wilde would make excellent Rosalies.