Kirsten Dunst

Biography

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in Little Women(1994) and Jumanji (1995). Dunst transitioned to leading roles in teen films of 1999, the satires Dickand Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After leading the cheerleading film Bring It On (2000), she gained wider attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Her career progressed with a supporting role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), followed by a lead role in Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005) and as Marie Antoinette in Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006). In 2011, Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's drama Melancholia, which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award For Best Actress. In 2015, she played Peggy Blumquist in the second season of the FX series Fargo, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role. Dunst had a supporting role in the film Hidden Figures (2016) and leading roles in Coppola's The Beguiled (2017) and in the dark comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019), for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination. Dunst earned her fourth nomination for a Golden Globe and first nomination for an Academy Award for her performance in the psychological drama The Power of the Dog (2021). In 2024, she led the dystopian thriller film Civil War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kirsten Dunst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mary

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Mary Jane Watson

Spider-Man

Mary Jane Watson

Spider-Man 2

Mary Jane Watson

Spider-Man 3

Tracy Lime

Wag the Dog

Lux Lisbon

The Virgin Suicides

Claudia

Interview with the Vampire

Torrance Shipman

Bring It On

Kelly Woods

Get Over It

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Nicole Oakley

Crazy/Beautiful

Amber Atkins

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Young Resi Noth

Mother Night

Christy Fimple

Small Soldiers

Hannah Stern

The Devil's Arithmetic

Betty Warren

Mona Lisa Smile

Lizzie Bradbury

Wimbledon

Judy Shepherd

Jumanji

Young Anastasia (voice)

Anastasia

Erin Randall

The Crow: Salvation

Younger Amy March

Little Women

Campbell McCoy

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Claire Colburn

Elizabethtown

Alison Olsen

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Marion Davies

The Cat's Meow

Silly

Deeply

Bonnie

True Heart

Anna Petterson

Tower of Terror

Tina Spangler

Fifteen and Pregnant

Metal Chick

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Justine

Melancholia

Betsy Jobs

Dick

Lidda

Luckytown

Katie Marks

All Good Things

Sara Weaver

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Zinaida

All Forgotten

Becky Thatcher (voice)

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Verena von Stefan

Strike!

Self (archive footage)

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

Camille / Carolyn Cassady

On the Road

Regan Crawford

Bachelorette

Eden Moore

Upside Down

Self

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

Self

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Heroes and Demons

Lisa’s Daughter

New York Stories

Colette MacFarland

The Two Faces of January

Akihabara Majokko Princess

Akihabara Majokko Princess

Narrator (voice)

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Nat

The Second Bakery Attack

Self (archive footage)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Sarah Tomlin

Midnight Special

Sofia Mellinger

Levity

Herself

Aspirational

Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)

The Bling Ring

Self

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

Sandra Guard (age 8)

Darkness Before Dawn

Lee

Civil War

Young Girl

High Strung

El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Self / Judy Shepherd

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

The Siren

Touch of Evil

Self

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

The Entertainment System Is Down

Theresa

Woodshock

Vivian Mitchell

Hidden Figures

Edwina

The Beguiled

Jolene

Greedy

Self

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Self

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Self

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Self

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Herself

Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

Rose Gordon

The Power of the Dog

Self

The Making of Marie Antoinette

Waitress

Non Plus One

Self

Mademoiselle C

Self

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Self

Spider-Mania

Self

The Spider-Man Story

Leigh Wainscott

Roofman

Sondra

Gun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1982-04-30

Place of Birth

Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

克尔斯滕·邓斯特