Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Known for
Acting
Born
April 30, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA

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

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Filmography

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Self Help

Self Help

Movie

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Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Movie

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Ruben

Ruben

Movie · as Self

2027
The Entertainment System Is Down poster

The Entertainment System Is Down

Movie

2027
The Housemaid's Secret poster

The Housemaid's Secret

Movie · as Wendy Garrick

2027
A Minecraft Movie Squared poster

A Minecraft Movie Squared

Movie · as Alex

2026
Making Marie Antoinette poster

Making Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Self

2025
Roofman poster

Roofman

Movie · as Leigh Wainscott

2024
Civil War poster

Civil War

Movie · as Lee

2024
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War poster

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Movie · as Self

2022
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion poster

Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Power of the Dog poster

The Power of the Dog

Movie · as Rose Gordon

2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida poster

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

TV · as Krystal Stubbs · 10 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2018
Revisiting The Virgin Suicides poster

Revisiting The Virgin Suicides

Movie · as Self

2017
Woodshock poster

Woodshock

Movie · as Theresa

2017
The Beguiled poster

The Beguiled

Movie · as Edwina

2016
Midnight Special poster

Midnight Special

Movie · as Sarah Tomlin

2016
Hidden Figures poster

Hidden Figures

Movie · as Vivian Mitchell

2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Movie · as Self

2015
Aspirational poster

Aspirational

Movie · as Kirsten Dunst

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Two Faces of January poster

The Two Faces of January

Movie · as Colette MacFarland

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Peggy Blumquist · 10 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Cecilia Payne (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Bling Ring poster

The Bling Ring

Movie · as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)

2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues poster

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Movie · as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds

2013
Mademoiselle C poster

Mademoiselle C

Movie · as Self

2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy poster

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Movie · as Self - Letter Reader

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Agatha Christie · 1 ep

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Mary Jane Watson · 1 ep

2012
On the Road poster

On the Road

Movie · as Camille / Carolyn Cassady

2012
Bachelorette poster

Bachelorette

Movie · as Regan Crawford

2012
Upside Down poster

Upside Down

Movie · as Eden Moore

2012
Heroes & Demons poster

Heroes & Demons

Movie · as Nat (segment "The Second Bakery Attack")

2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited poster

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Movie · as Metal Chick

2011
Melancholia poster

Melancholia

Movie · as Justine

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Callister Employee (uncredited) · 1 ep

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
All Good Things poster

All Good Things

Movie · as Katie Marks

2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story poster

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Movie · as Self

2010
The Second Bakery Attack poster

The Second Bakery Attack

Movie · as Nat

2010
Non Plus One poster

Non Plus One

Movie · as Waitress

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People poster

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Movie · as Alison Olsen

2007
Spider-Man 3 poster

Spider-Man 3

Movie · as Mary Jane Watson

2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens poster

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Movie · as Self

2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette poster

The Making of Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Self

2007
Covered in Black: Creating Venom poster

Covered in Black: Creating Venom

Movie · as Self

2007
Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3' poster

Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3'

Movie · as Self

2007
Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3' poster

Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3'

Movie · as Self

2007
'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets poster

'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets

Movie · as Self

2007
On the Set: Spider-Man 3 poster

On the Set: Spider-Man 3

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2006
Marie Antoinette poster

Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Marie Antoinette

2005
Elizabethtown poster

Elizabethtown

Movie · as Claire Colburn

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Movie · as Mary

2004
Spider-Man 2 poster

Spider-Man 2

Movie · as Mary Jane Watson

2004
Wimbledon poster

Wimbledon

Movie · as Lizzie Bradbury

2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing poster

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Movie · as Self

2004
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster

A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Movie

2004
Hero in Crisis poster

Hero in Crisis

Movie · as Self

2003
Mona Lisa Smile poster

Mona Lisa Smile

Movie · as Betty Warren

2003
Levity poster

Levity

Movie · as Sofia Mellinger

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
VH1 Goes Inside poster

VH1 Goes Inside

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

Movie · as Mary Jane Watson

2002
The Cat's Meow poster

The Cat's Meow

Movie · as Marion Davies

2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') poster

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

Movie · as Self

2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man poster

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man

Movie · as Self - Mary Jane Watson

2002
Spider-Mania poster

Spider-Mania

Movie · as Self

2002
The Spider-Man Story poster

The Spider-Man Story

Movie · as Self

2001
Get Over It poster

Get Over It

Movie · as Kelly Woods

2001
Crazy/Beautiful poster

Crazy/Beautiful

Movie · as Nicole Oakley

2001
All Forgotten poster

All Forgotten

Movie · as Zinaida

2000
The Virgin Suicides poster

The Virgin Suicides

Movie · as Lux Lisbon

2000
Bring It On poster

Bring It On

Movie · as Torrance Shipman

2000
The Crow: Salvation poster

The Crow: Salvation

Movie · as Erin Randall

2000
Deeply poster

Deeply

Movie · as Silly

2000
Luckytown poster

Luckytown

Movie · as Lidda

2000
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire poster

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

Movie · as Self

2000
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination poster

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

Movie · as Self / Judy Shepherd

2000
The Making of The Virgin Suicides poster

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Movie · as Self

1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous poster

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Movie · as Amber Atkins

1999
The Devil's Arithmetic poster

The Devil's Arithmetic

Movie · as Hannah Stern

1999
True Heart poster

True Heart

Movie · as Bonnie

1999
Dick poster

Dick

Movie · as Betsy Jobs

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Christy Fimple

1998
Fifteen and Pregnant poster

Fifteen and Pregnant

Movie · as Tina Spangler

1998
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Movie · as Becky Thatcher (voice)

1998
Strike! poster

Strike!

Movie · as Verena von Stefan

1998
TRL poster

TRL

TV · 1 ep

1997
Wag the Dog poster

Wag the Dog

Movie · as Tracy Lime

1997
Anastasia poster

Anastasia

Movie · as Young Anastasia (voice)

1997
Tower of Terror poster

Tower of Terror

Movie · as Anna Petterson

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Gun poster

Gun

TV · as Sondra · 1 ep

1996
Mother Night poster

Mother Night

Movie · as Young Resi Noth

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Sara Weaver

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Sara Weaver · 2 eps

1995
Jumanji poster

Jumanji

Movie · as Judy

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Joyce Taylor · 1 ep

1994
Interview with the Vampire poster

Interview with the Vampire

Movie · as Claudia

1994
Little Women poster

Little Women

Movie · as Younger Amy March

1994
Greedy poster

Greedy

Movie · as Jolene

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Charlie Chiemingo · 6 eps

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Amy Ann McCoy · 1 ep

1993
Darkness Before Dawn poster

Darkness Before Dawn

Movie · as Sandra Guard (age 8)

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
High Strung poster

High Strung

Movie · as Young Girl

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self / Host, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities poster

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Movie · as Campbell McCoy

1989
New York Stories poster

New York Stories

Movie · as Lisa’s Daughter

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Hedril · 1 ep

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, George Bush's Granddaughter (uncredited), Girl in Bizilady Commercial (uncredited) · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 2 eps