Kirsten Dunst
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Notes
There is an official Kirsten Dunst website located at www.kirsten-dunst.com
"Just because I've been working doesn't mean I'm growing up faster than other kids my age. I'm not like Claudia at all--she's in a lot of pain, and I'm enjoying my life, and she's a lot more seductive and mature than I am. And plus, she's a vampire, and I'm not." --Kirsten Dunst in New York Newsday, November 15, 1994.
Biography
Few actresses garnered as much attention at an early age, or maintained as robust a career as Kirsten Dunst. Thrust into the spotlight at the age of 12 for her lauded performance as an eternally childlike ghoul in "Interview with the Vampire" (1994), she became one of film's brightest young stars with work in further projects like "Little Women" (1994), "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) and "Bring It On" (2000). She made the often difficult transition from teen star to leading lady in such films as "The Cat's Meow" (2001), only to hit box-office pay dirt as one of the stars of the immensely successful comic book franchise "Spider-Man" (2002) and its two equally profitable sequels. Independent efforts like director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004) and Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" (2006) proved she was still willing and able to contribute to more modest fare, either as part of an ensemble or as its star. After nearly two years away from a major motion picture project, Dunst came back stronger than ever with a stunning performance in director Lars von Trier's apocalyptic drama "Melancholia" (2011) and a powerful starring role on the second season of the anthology crime drama "Fargo" (FX 2014- ), along with strong supporting work in the hit "Hidden Figures" (2016) and Sofia Coppola's "The Beguiled" (2017). No longer a child star, and having proven herself as more than a mere flash in the pan, Dunst was well on her way to establishing herself as one of film's most talented actresses of any age.
Filmography
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Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1989
Made feature film debut in "Oedipus Wrecks," the Woody Allen directed segment of anthology feature "New York Stories"
1992
Moved with family to Los Angeles
1993
Episodic TV debut, guesting on two episodes of NBC drama series "Sisters" in role of Kitten Margolis
1993
Made TV movie debut with small role in NBC drama "Darkness Before Dawn"
1994
Landed breakthrough role of Claudia in "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt
1995
Co-starred with Robin Williams in box office hit "Jumanji"
1996
Appeared in two-part CBS drama "Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy" as Sara Weaver
1996
Made TV series debut with recurring role on hit NBC medical drama "ER"
1997
Voiced title character as a girl for Fox animated feature "Anastasia"
1997
Played amusing supporting role as a child actress drafted to play an Albanian refugee in "Wag the Dog"
1998
Starred as an expectant teenager in Lifetime movie "Fifteen and Pregnant"
1998
Co-starred in "Small Soldiers" and "Strike/The Hairy Bird"
1999
Played a beauty queen contestant in mock documentary "Drop Dead Gorgeous"
1999
Teamed with Michelle Williams as two high school students who stumble onto Watergate scandal in comedy feature "Dick"
1999
Starred in Sofia Coppola's feature directorial debut "The Virgin Suicides"
2000
Portrayed the captain of a high school cheer squad in "Bring It On"
2001
Cast as a troubled rich girl who falls for her Hispanic classmate in "crazy/beautiful"
2001
Portrayed Marion Davies in "The Cat's Meow"
2002
Cast as Mary Jane Watson, the girlfriend of Peter Parker in Sam Raimi directed "Spider-Man"
2003
Cast in drama feature "Levity"
2003
Starred as conservative college student Betty Warren opposite Julia Roberts in "Mona Lisa Smile"
2004
Starred as tennis pro Lizzie Bradbury opposite Paul Bettany in romantic comedy "Wimbledon"
2004
Reprised role as Mary Jane for "Spider-Man 2"
2004
Co-starred with Jim Carrey and Mark Ruffalo in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
2005
Cast as a quick-witted flight attendant in Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown" opposite Orlando Bloom
2006
Portrayed title role in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" opposite Jason Schwartzman as Louis XVI
2007
Once again teamed with Tobey Mcguire and director Sam Raimi to play Mary Jane for "Spider-Man 3"
2007
Made writing and directorial debut with drama short "Welcome"
2008
Joined ensemble of "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People"
2010
Joined Ryan Gosling for romantic drama "All Good Things"
2011
Played a depressed woman in Lars Von Trier's apocalyptic drama "Melancholia"
2012
Co-starred with Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Rebel Wilson in "Bachelorette"
2012
Co-starred with Jim Sturgess in futuristic love story "Upside Down"
2012
Portrayed Beat Generation writer Carolyn Cassady in feature adaptation of "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
2015
Became a star of the acclaimed series "Fargo"
2016
Co-starred in sci-fi drama "Midnight Special"
2016
Cast in historical biopic "Hidden Figures"
2017
Starred in the thriller "Woodshock"
2017
Had an uncredited cameo on an episode of "Black Mirror"
2017
Starred as Edwina in Sofia Coppola's "The Beguiled"
2018
Portrayed Agatha Christie on an episode of "Drunk History"
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Family
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Notes
There is an official Kirsten Dunst website located at www.kirsten-dunst.com
"Just because I've been working doesn't mean I'm growing up faster than other kids my age. I'm not like Claudia at all--she's in a lot of pain, and I'm enjoying my life, and she's a lot more seductive and mature than I am. And plus, she's a vampire, and I'm not." --Kirsten Dunst in New York Newsday, November 15, 1994.
"There seems to be the experience of a 35-year-old actress in the body of this little girl." --Tom Cruise on the ability of Dunst in People, November 28, 1994.
"I was offered 'Now and Then', but they wanted me to gain weight for it. I didn't want to ruin my figure. It wasn't worth it." --Kirsten Dunst to Entertainment Weekly, December 29, 1995.
"I can't judge my films. I pretty much think they're all bad. I think this is a movie-movie, you know what I mean? It's period and pretty and it has a message...It could have been darker. Actually, my husband [in the film] was originally supposed to be gay, but I think they thought that would be too much...I'm not saying our movie is a stupid film. But it's pretty safe."---Kirsten on her movie "Mona Lisa Smile to Entertainment Weekly November 14, 2003
"They made her boobs gigantic. I said, 'Tone down the boobs, please!' It was a little ridiculous."---Dunst on her Mary Jane character in the Spider-Man video game US April 19, 2004
"I don't have a problem with nudity at all," says Dunst, who has yet to do a nude scene. "I would never do it for a comedy... I would only do it if maybe Pedro Almodovar were directing. But I would do it if it were a beautiful poetic film."---Dunst on how she feels about nudity in films to Premiere July/August 2004
