
Kirsten Dunst
Born: 1982-04-30
Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/ KEER-stən; 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 films 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 Dick and Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After the leading role in 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

Roofman

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 3

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Civil War

Hidden Figures

Anastasia

Interview with the Vampire

Spider-Man 2

The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette

Crazy/Beautiful

Wimbledon

Small Soldiers

Little Women

Greedy

Strike!

Jumanji

Bring It On

Deeply

The Power of the Dog

Melancholia

Woodshock

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Levity

The Crow: Salvation

Dick

Upside Down

Wag the Dog

The Bling Ring

Mona Lisa Smile

New York Stories

Luckytown

Drop Dead Gorgeous

True Heart

The Beguiled

Elizabethtown

Midnight Special

All Good Things

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Get Over It

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Bachelorette

On the Road

The Two Faces of January

Spider-Mania

Darkness Before Dawn

Tower of Terror

Heroes and Demons

Akihabara Majokko Princess

The Devil's Arithmetic

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

The Cat's Meow

Mademoiselle C

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

High Strung

The Entertainment System Is Down

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Aspirational

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Mother Night

The Second Bakery Attack

Fifteen and Pregnant

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

All Forgotten

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

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

The Making of Marie Antoinette

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

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

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

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
