Kirsten Dunst

Acting

Born Apr 30, 1982

From Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA

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.

Kirsten Dunst

Known For

Spider-Man

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Spider-Man 3

Roofman

Hidden Figures

Civil War

Interview with the Vampire

Anastasia

Spider-Man 2

The Virgin Suicides

Filmography — Acting

Spider-Man

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Spider-Man 3

Roofman

Hidden Figures

Civil War

Interview with the Vampire

Anastasia

Spider-Man 2

The Virgin Suicides

Melancholia

Marie Antoinette

The Power of the Dog

Small Soldiers

Jumanji

Wag the Dog

Wimbledon

Bring It On

Mona Lisa Smile

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Little Women

The Two Faces of January

Upside Down

Strike!

Drop Dead Gorgeous

On the Road

All Good Things

Midnight Special

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Devil's Arithmetic

Dick

New York Stories

Greedy

The Crow: Salvation

Elizabethtown

Bachelorette

The Bling Ring

The Beguiled

A Minecraft Movie 2

Tower of Terror

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Get Over It

The Housemaid's Secret

The Entertainment System Is Down

Mother Night

Heroes and Demons

Levity

Luckytown

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Crazy/Beautiful

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Deeply

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

The Cat's Meow

Mademoiselle C

Fifteen and Pregnant

Woodshock

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

All Forgotten

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

True Heart

High Strung

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Spider-Mania

Darkness Before Dawn

The Making of Marie Antoinette