Kirsten Dunst

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Female

Birthday

1982-04-30 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA

Kirsten Dunst

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kirsten Dunst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Roofman

    Roofman

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

  • Conan

    Conan

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • ER

    ER

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Civil War

    Civil War

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Cosmos

    Cosmos

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Hidden Figures

    Hidden Figures

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Drunk History

    Drunk History

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

  • Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

    Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Crazy/Beautiful

    Crazy/Beautiful

  • The Virgin Suicides

    The Virgin Suicides

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • The Power of the Dog

    The Power of the Dog

  • Levity

    Levity

  • In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

    In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

  • TRL

    TRL

  • Small Soldiers

    Small Soldiers

  • Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

    Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

  • Strike!

    Strike!

  • Bring It On

    Bring It On

  • Elizabethtown

    Elizabethtown

  • Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

    Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

  • Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • Jumanji

    Jumanji

  • Melancholia

    Melancholia

  • True Heart

    True Heart

  • Woodshock

    Woodshock

  • Mona Lisa Smile

    Mona Lisa Smile

  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

    Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Today

    Today

  • Greedy

    Greedy

  • Wimbledon

    Wimbledon

  • Bachelorette

    Bachelorette

  • The Bling Ring

    The Bling Ring

  • Luckytown

    Luckytown

  • Deeply

    Deeply

  • Drop Dead Gorgeous

    Drop Dead Gorgeous

  • The Crow: Salvation

    The Crow: Salvation

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • New York Stories

    New York Stories

  • All Good Things

    All Good Things

  • Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

  • The Devil's Arithmetic

    The Devil's Arithmetic

  • The Beguiled

    The Beguiled

  • Heroes and Demons

    Heroes and Demons

  • The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  • Get Over It

    Get Over It

  • Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

    Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

  • Fifteen and Pregnant

    Fifteen and Pregnant

  • Tower of Terror

    Tower of Terror

  • On the Road

    On the Road

  • The Cat's Meow

    The Cat's Meow

  • The Entertainment System Is Down

    The Entertainment System Is Down

  • All Forgotten

    All Forgotten

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Dick

    Dick

  • Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • The Two Faces of January

    The Two Faces of January

  • Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

    Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

  • The Making of Marie Antoinette

    The Making of Marie Antoinette

  • Darkness Before Dawn

    Darkness Before Dawn

  • The Spider-Man Story

    The Spider-Man Story

  • The Making of The Virgin Suicides

    The Making of The Virgin Suicides

  • The Second Bakery Attack

    The Second Bakery Attack

  • Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

    Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

  • Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

    Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

  • With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

  • It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

    It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

  • Mother Night

    Mother Night

  • Mademoiselle C

    Mademoiselle C

  • Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Fight for Your Right Revisited

  • Self Help

    Self Help

  • Untitled Sofia Coppola Film

    Untitled Sofia Coppola Film

  • Aspirational

    Aspirational

  • High Strung

    High Strung

  • Spider-Mania

    Spider-Mania

  • The Siege at Ruby Ridge

    The Siege at Ruby Ridge

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • Akihabara Majokko Princess

    Akihabara Majokko Princess

  • Non Plus One

    Non Plus One

  • Reptilia

    Reptilia