1982-04-30 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. She made her acting debut in the short Oedipus Wrecks directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film New York Stories (1989). She then gained recognition for her role as child vampiress 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 the fantasy films Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998). In the late 1990s, Dunst transitioned to leading roles in a number of teen films, including the political satire Dick (1999) and the Sofia Coppola-directed drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). In 2000, she starred in the lead role in the cheerleading film Bring It On, which has become a cult classic. She gained further wide attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) and its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (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 the title character in Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006). In 2011, Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's science fiction 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, which earned Dunst a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had a supporting role in the film Hidden Figures (2016) and leading roles in The Beguiled (2017), and the black comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019), for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination. She earned nominations for her fourth Golden Globe and first Academy Award nomination for her performance in the psychological drama The Power of the Dog (2021).
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Civil War | Lee Smith | 2024-04-10 |
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-27 |
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The Power of the Dog | Rose Gordon | 2021-10-25 |
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Revisiting The Virgin Suicides | Herself | 2018-04-24 |
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The Beguiled | Edwina | 2017-06-23 |
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Woodshock | Theresa | 2017-09-22 |
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Midnight Special | Sarah Tomlin | 2016-02-12 |
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Hidden Figures | Vivian Mitchell | 2016-12-10 |
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Aspirational | Herself | 2014-09-22 |
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The Two Faces of January | Colette MacFarland | 2014-05-16 |
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Mademoiselle C | Self | 2013-09-11 |
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds | 2013-12-18 |
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The Bling Ring | Kirsten Dunst (uncredited) | 2013-06-12 |
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Heroes and Demons | 2012-12-12 | |
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Bachelorette | Regan Crawford | 2012-01-23 |
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On the Road | Camille / Carolyn Cassady | 2012-05-22 |
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Upside Down | Eden Moore | 2012-09-27 |
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Melancholia | Justine | 2011-05-26 |
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Touch of Evil | The Siren | 2011-12-06 |
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Fight for Your Right Revisited | Metal Chick | 2011-04-22 |
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All Good Things | Katie Marks | 2010-12-03 |
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The Second Bakery Attack | Nat | 2010-10-17 |
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Non Plus One | Waitress | 2010-02-09 |
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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
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Akihabara Majokko Princess | Akihabara Majokko Princess | 2009-10-01 |
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Alison Olsen | 2008-10-02 |
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The Making of Marie Antoinette | Self | 2007-07-02 |
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Spider-Man 3 | Mary Jane Watson | 2007-05-01 |
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
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Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette | 2006-05-24 |
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Elizabethtown | Claire Colburn | 2005-10-14 |
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Spider-Man 2 | Mary Jane Watson | 2004-06-25 |
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Wimbledon | Lizzie Bradbury | 2004-09-13 |
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Mary Svevo | 2004-03-19 |
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Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Self | 2004-11-30 |
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Levity | Sofia Mellinger | 2003-03-16 |
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Kaena, la prophétie | Kaena (english voice) | 2003-01-02 |
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Mona Lisa Smile | Betty Warren | 2003-12-19 |
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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
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Spider-Mania | Self | 2002-04-30 |
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Spider-Man | Mary Jane Watson | 2002-05-01 |
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It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') | Self | 2002-08-20 |
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All Forgotten | Zinaida | 2001-09-18 |
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Crazy/Beautiful | Nicole Oakley | 2001-06-29 |
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Get Over It | Kelly Woods | 2001-03-08 |
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The Cat's Meow | Marion Davies | 2001-10-08 |
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The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | 2000-12-19 |
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Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination | Self / Judy Shepherd | 2000-01-25 |
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The Crow: Salvation | Erin Randall | 2000-01-23 |
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Luckytown | Lidda | 2000-08-04 |
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In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Deeply | Silly | 2000-09-11 |
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Bring It On | Torrance Shipman | 2000-08-25 |
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The Virgin Suicides | Lux Lisbon | 1999-05-19 |
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True Heart | Bonnie | 1999-02-17 |
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Drop Dead Gorgeous | Amber Atkins | 1999-07-23 |
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The Devil's Arithmetic | Hannah Stern | 1999-03-28 |
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Dick | Betsy Jobs | 1999-08-04 |
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Tower of Terror | Anna Petterson | 1999-11-01 |
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Strike! | Verena von Stefan | 1998-08-21 |
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Fifteen and Pregnant | Tina Spangler | 1998-01-19 |
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The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Becky Thatcher (voice) | 1998-07-21 |
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Small Soldiers | Christy Fimple | 1998-07-10 |
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Wag the Dog | Tracy Lime | 1997-12-25 |
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Anastasia | Young Anastasia (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Sara Weaver | 1996-05-19 |
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Mother Night | Young Resi Noth | 1996-11-01 |
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Jumanji | Judy Shepherd | 1995-12-15 |
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Greedy | Jolene | 1994-03-04 |
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Little Women | Younger Amy March | 1994-12-21 |
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Interview with the Vampire | Claudia | 1994-11-11 |
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Darkness Before Dawn | Sandra Guard (age 8) | 1993-02-15 |
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High Strung | Young Girl | 1992-01-08 |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities | Campbell McCoy | 1990-12-21 |
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New York Stories | Lisa’s Daughter | 1989-03-10 |
