Kirsten Dunst
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1982-04-30 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Kirsten Dunst
Biography
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; 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 film 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 Dickand Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After leading 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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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Roofman
as Leigh Wainscott
(2024)
Civil War
as Lee
(2024)
(2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Power of the Dog
as Rose Gordon
(2018)
Revisiting The Virgin Suicides
as Herself
(2017)
The Beguiled
as Edwina
(2017)
Woodshock
as Theresa
(2016)
Hidden Figures
as Vivian Mitchell
(2016)
Midnight Special
as Sarah Tomlin
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
The Two Faces of January
as Colette MacFarland
(2013)
The Bling Ring
as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
(2013)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds
(2013)
Mademoiselle C
as Self
(2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Upside Down
as Eden Moore
(2012)
Bachelorette
as Regan Crawford
(2012)
On the Road
as Camille / Carolyn Cassady
(2011)
Melancholia
as Justine
(2011)
(2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Metal Chick
(2011)
Touch of Evil
as The Siren
(2010)
All Good Things
as Katie Marks
(2010)
(2010)
Non Plus One
as Waitress
(2010)
The Second Bakery Attack
as Nat
(2009)
Akihabara Majokko Princess
as Akihabara Majokko Princess
(2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Alison Olsen
(2007)
Spider-Man 3
as Mary Jane Watson
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
as Marie Antoinette
(2005)
Elizabethtown
as Claire Colburn
(2004)
(2004)
Spider-Man 2
as Mary Jane Watson
(2004)
Wimbledon
as Lizzie Bradbury
(2004)
(2003)
Mona Lisa Smile
as Betty Warren
(2003)
Levity
as Sofia Mellinger
(2002)
Spider-Man
as Mary Jane Watson
(2002)
(2002)
Spider-Mania
as Self
(2002)
(2002)
The Spider-Man Story
as Self
(2001)
Get Over It
as Kelly Woods
(2001)
Crazy/Beautiful
as Nicole Oakley
(2001)
The Cat's Meow
as Marion Davies
(2001)
All Forgotten
as Zinaida
(2000)
The Virgin Suicides
as Lux Lisbon
(2000)
Bring It On
as Torrance Shipman
(2000)
The Crow: Salvation
as Erin Randall
(2000)
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
as Self / Judy Shepherd
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
Deeply
as Silly
(2000)
Luckytown
as Lidda
(1999)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Amber Atkins
(1999)
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Hannah Stern
(1999)
Dick
as Betsy Jobs
(1999)
Tower of Terror
as Anna Petterson
(1999)
True Heart
as Bonnie
(1998)
Small Soldiers
as Christy Fimple
(1998)
Strike!
as Verena von Stefan
(1998)
Fifteen and Pregnant
as Tina Spangler
(1998)
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Becky Thatcher (voice)
(1997)
Anastasia
as Young Anastasia (voice)
(1997)
Wag the Dog
as Tracy Lime
(1997)
Gun
as Sondra
(1996)
Mother Night
as Young Resi Noth
(1996)
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Sara Weaver
(1995)
Jumanji
as Judy Shepherd
(1994)
Interview with the Vampire
as Claudia
(1994)
Little Women
as Younger Amy March
(1994)
Greedy
as Jolene
(1993)
Darkness Before Dawn
as Sandra Guard (age 8)
(1992)
High Strung
as Young Girl
(1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Campbell McCoy
(1989)
New York Stories
as Lisa’s Daughter