Kirsten Dunst

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Biography

Few actresses garnered as much attention at an early age, or maintained as robust a career as actress 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). …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

Kirsten Caroline Dunst on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA

Career Milestones

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

2012

Co-starred with Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Rebel Wilson in "Bachelorette"

2011

Played a depressed woman in Lars Von Trier's apocalyptic drama "Melancholia"

2010

Joined Ryan Gosling for romantic drama "All Good Things"

2008

Joined ensemble of "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People"

2007

Made writing and directorial debut with drama short "Welcome"

2007

Once again teamed with Tobey Mcguire and director Sam Raimi to play Mary Jane for "Spider-Man 3"

2006

Portrayed title role in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" opposite Jason Schwartzman as Louis XVI

2005

Cast as a quick-witted flight attendant in Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown" opposite Orlando Bloom

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"

2003

Starred as conservative college student Betty Warren opposite Julia Roberts in "Mona Lisa Smile"

2003

Cast in drama feature "Levity"

2002

Cast as Mary Jane Watson, the girlfriend of Peter Parker in Sam Raimi directed "Spider-Man"

2001

Portrayed Marion Davies in "The Cat's Meow"

2001

Cast as a troubled rich girl who falls for her Hispanic classmate in "crazy/beautiful"

2000

Portrayed the captain of a high school cheer squad in "Bring It On"

1999

Teamed with Michelle Williams as two high school students who stumble onto Watergate scandal in comedy feature "Dick"

1999

Played a beauty queen contestant in mock documentary "Drop Dead Gorgeous"

1999

Starred in Sofia Coppola's feature directorial debut "The Virgin Suicides"

1998

Co-starred in "Small Soldiers" and "Strike/The Hairy Bird"

1998

Starred as an expectant teenager in Lifetime movie "Fifteen and Pregnant"

1997

Played amusing supporting role as a child actress drafted to play an Albanian refugee in "Wag the Dog"

1997

Voiced title character as a girl for Fox animated feature "Anastasia"

1996

Made TV series debut with recurring role on hit NBC medical drama "ER"

1996

Appeared in two-part CBS drama "Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy" as Sara Weaver

1995

Co-starred with Robin Williams in box office hit "Jumanji"

1994

Landed breakthrough role of Claudia in "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt

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"

1992

Moved with family to Los Angeles

1989

Made feature film debut in "Oedipus Wrecks," the Woody Allen directed segment of anthology feature "New York Stories"

Signed to Ford Modeling Agency

1985

Began acting at age three, at first on TV commercials

Grew up in New York City

Awards

2011

Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress in Melancholia

2011

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in Melancholia

2003

MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance in Spider-Man

1995

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance in Interview With the Vampire

1994

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Interview With the Vampire

1994

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in Interview With the Vampire