Kirsten Dunst
Actor
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.
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As Director
Filmography
Spider-Man
as Mary Jane Watson 2002
Spider-Man 2
as Mary Jane Watson 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Mary 2004
Spider-Man 3
as Mary Jane Watson 2007
Jumanji
as Judy Shepherd 1995
Hidden Figures
as Vivian Mitchell 2016
Interview with the Vampire
as Claudia 1994
Anastasia
as Young Anastasia (voice) 1997
Civil War
as Lee 2024
Melancholia
as Justine 2011
The Virgin Suicides
as Lux Lisbon 2000
The Bling Ring
as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited) 2013
Marie Antoinette
as Marie Antoinette 2006
The Power of the Dog
as Rose Gordon 2021
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds 2013
Upside Down
as Eden Moore 2012
Small Soldiers
as Christy Fimple 1998