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

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • ER

    ER

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Roofman

    Roofman

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • Civil War

    Civil War

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Drunk History

    Drunk History

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • Hidden Figures

    Hidden Figures

  • Cosmos

    Cosmos

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • Today

    Today

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

  • TRL

    TRL

  • The Virgin Suicides

    The Virgin Suicides

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

    Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

  • The Beguiled

    The Beguiled

  • Small Soldiers

    Small Soldiers

  • Melancholia

    Melancholia

  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

    Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

  • Wimbledon

    Wimbledon

  • Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

  • The Second Bakery Attack

    The Second Bakery Attack

  • The Bling Ring

    The Bling Ring

  • The Power of the Dog

    The Power of the Dog

  • Drop Dead Gorgeous

    Drop Dead Gorgeous

  • Bring It On

    Bring It On

  • The Two Faces of January

    The Two Faces of January

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

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

  • Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

    Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

  • Tower of Terror

    Tower of Terror

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

    Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

  • Crazy/Beautiful

    Crazy/Beautiful

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Elizabethtown

    Elizabethtown

  • Strike!

    Strike!

  • Levity

    Levity

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Mona Lisa Smile

    Mona Lisa Smile

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

  • Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

  • The Crow: Salvation

    The Crow: Salvation

  • On the Road

    On the Road

  • True Heart

    True Heart

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • The Devil's Arithmetic

    The Devil's Arithmetic

  • Jumanji

    Jumanji

  • The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  • The Making of Marie Antoinette

    The Making of Marie Antoinette

  • New York Stories

    New York Stories

  • Mother Night

    Mother Night

  • Heroes and Demons

    Heroes and Demons

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • The Cat's Meow

    The Cat's Meow

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Deeply

    Deeply

  • Dick

    Dick

  • Greedy

    Greedy

  • All Good Things

    All Good Things

  • Fifteen and Pregnant

    Fifteen and Pregnant

  • The Spider-Man Story

    The Spider-Man Story

  • Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

    Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

  • Luckytown

    Luckytown

  • Bachelorette

    Bachelorette

  • Darkness Before Dawn

    Darkness Before Dawn

  • Woodshock

    Woodshock

  • Get Over It

    Get Over It

  • Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

    Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

  • Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

    Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

  • 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')

  • 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

  • All Forgotten

    All Forgotten

  • The Entertainment System Is Down

    The Entertainment System Is Down

  • Self Help

    Self Help

  • Akihabara Majokko Princess

    Akihabara Majokko Princess

  • Aspirational

    Aspirational

  • The Making of The Virgin Suicides

    The Making of The Virgin Suicides

  • Mademoiselle C

    Mademoiselle C

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • The Siege at Ruby Ridge

    The Siege at Ruby Ridge

  • Gun

    Gun

  • With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

  • Reptilia

    Reptilia

  • High Strung

    High Strung

  • Untitled Sofia Coppola Film

    Untitled Sofia Coppola Film

  • Spider-Mania

    Spider-Mania

  • Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Fight for Your Right Revisited

  • Non Plus One

    Non Plus One