Kristen Stewart is set to make her debut as a Saturday Night Live host.

The Twilight beauty – who has previously said the thought of fronting the US sketch show was a bit daunting – will be the guest host on February 4.

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Kristen Stewart (Dennis Van Tine/PA)

The series has a tradition of featuring stars as guest hosts, and Kristen will be following in the footsteps of Hollywood heavyweights such as Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Ben Affleck and Drew Barrymore.

The actress, 26, has said before that the idea was “really, really scary”.

She told E! News a few years ago: “I am so critical of myself and then also of people who are on the show. It’s like, ‘Nope, you’re not funny — next!’”