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Kirsten Dunst
Actor
Born April 30, 1982 (40 years)
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. She made her acting debut in the short Oedipus Wrecks directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film New York Stories (1989). She then gained recognition for her role as child vampiress 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 the fantasy films Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998).
In the late 1990s, Dunst transitioned to leading roles in a number of teen films, including the political satire Dick (1999) and the Sofia Coppola-directed drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). In 2000, she starred in the lead role in the cheerleading film Bring It On, which has become a cult classic. She gained further wide attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) and its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (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 the title character in Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).
In 2011, Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's science fiction 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, which earned Dunst a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had a supporting role in the film Hidden Figures (2016) and leading roles in The Beguiled (2017), and the black comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019), for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination. She earned nominations for her fourth Golden Globe and first Academy Award nomination for her performance in the psychological drama The Power of the Dog (2021).
Filmography
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog · as Rose Gordon |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida (TV Series) · as Krystal Stubbs |
| 2017 | The Beguiled · as Edwina Morrow |
| 2017 | Woodshock · as Theresa |
| 2016 | Midnight Special · as Sarah Tomlin |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures · as Vivian Mitchell |
| 2014 | The Two Faces of January · as Colette MacFarland |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Peggy Blomquist |
| 2014 | Cosmos (2014) (TV Series) · as Cecilia Payne (voice) |
| 2013 | The Bling Ring · as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Agatha Christie |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Mary Jane Watson |
| 2012 | Upside Down · as Eden Moore |
| 2012 | On the Road · as Camille / Carolyn Cassady |
| 2012 | Bachelorette · as Regan Crawford |
| 2012 | Heroes & Demons · as Unknown |
| 2011 | Melancholia · as Justine |
| 2011 | Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited · as Metal Chick |
| 2011 | Portlandia (TV Series) · as Kim |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Callister Employee |
| 2010 | All Good Things · as Katie Marks |
| 2010 | Unraveling the Story: Interview with Andrew Jarecki · as Katie Marks |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People · as Alison Olsen |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 · as Mary Jane Watson |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette · as Marie Antoinette |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon · as Alexis Yarlsburg |
| 2005 | Elizabethtown · as Claire Colburn |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Mary Svevo |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 · as Mary Jane Watson |
| 2004 | Wimbledon · as Lizzie Bradbury |
| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy · as Kaena (english voice) |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile · as Betty Warren |
| 2003 | Levity · as Sofia Mellinger |
| 2002 | Spider-Man · as Mary Jane Watson |
| 2001 | Get Over It · as Kelly Woods |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow · as Marion Davies |
| 2001 | Lover's Prayer · as Zinaida |
| 2001 | Crazy/Beautiful · as Nicole Oakley |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation · as Erin Randall |
| 2000 | Luckytown · as Lidda Doyles |
| 2000 | Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia · as Girl on Subway ("I Knew I Loved You") |
| 2000 | Bring It On · as Torrance Shipman |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides · as Lux Lisbon |
| 1999 | Dick · as Betsy Jobs |
| 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic · as Hannah Stern |
| 1999 | True Heart · as Bonnie |
| 1999 | Drop Dead Gorgeous · as Amber Atkins |
| 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 | Wag the Dog · as Tracy Lime |
| 1997 | Anastasia · as Young Anastasia (voice) |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Anna Petterson |
| 1997 | Gun (TV Series) · as Sondra |
| 1996 | Mother Night · as Young Resi Noth |
| 1995 | Jumanji · as Judy Shepherd |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles · as Claudia |
| 1994 | Little Women · as Younger Amy March |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Charlie Chiemingo |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Amy Ann McCoy |
| 1994 | Greedy · as Jolene |
| 1993 | Darkness Before Dawn · as Sandra Guard (age 8) |
| 1992 | High Strung · as Young Girl |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Campbell McCoy |
| 1989 | Kiki's Delivery Service · as Kiki |
| 1989 | New York Stories · as Lisa's Daughter |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Hedril |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |