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Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst did a role in "Corazón de..." in 1997 as Herself in company with Eduardo (II) Noriega (as Himself).

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Klaus and Inez Dunst) is an American actress of German and Swedish descent. Her first name is pronounced "KEER-sten."

 

Career

Dunst began acting at the age of three in television commercials. In a 1988 episode of Saturday Night Live, she played the role of President George H.W. Bush's granddaughter, in a sketch in which Dana Carvey acted as President Bush. Years later, Dunst hosted Saturday Night Live as an adult and brought this to light.

In 1993, Dunst also had a small cameo appereance in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Hedril/Kestra (Troi's sister).

Dunst made the transition to the big screen in New York Stories in 1989. Soon after, she landed a small part playing the daughter of Tom Hanks's character in The Bonfire of the Vanities.

Dunst's breakthrough role was in Interview with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel of the same name and directed by Neil Jordan. This movie features a somewhat controversial scene in which Dunst, then aged eleven, had to kiss Brad Pitt, who was 29. Her most well-known performances to date have been in The Virgin Suicides, the cult hit Bring It On, and as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.

Dunst won the 2002 Best Actress Silver Ombú at the Mar de Plata Film Festival for her performance as Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow.

Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 film, Get Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her musical voice to the end credits of The Cat's Meow by singing the old standard, "After You've Gone."

More recently, Dunst has played the role of doomed 18th-century royal, Queen Marie Antoinette. The forthcoming motion picture, titled Marie-Antoinette, is scheduled for release in Autumn 2006. It is the third film directed by Sofia Coppola and is based on British historian Lady Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie-Antoinette.

 

Filmography

Marie Antoinette (2006) (filming)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Wimbledon (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003) (voice)
Levity (2003)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
Get Over It (2001)
Deeply (2000)
Bring It On (2000)
Luckytown (2000)
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
All Forgotten (2000)
Dick (1999)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)
The Hairy Bird (1998)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Anastasia (1997) (voice)
Tower of Terror (1997)
True Heart (1997)
Mother Night (1996)
Jumanji (1995)
Little Women (1994)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Greedy (1994)
High Strung (1994)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) (voice in 1998 English dubbed version)
New York Stories (1989)

Personal Life

Kirsten's parents separated several years ago. Her father, Klaus Dunst, a German medical services executive, stayed in New Jersey. Her mother, Inez Dunst, a Swedish former art gallery owner, moved to California. Kirsten has a younger brother, Christian, born in 1986.

Kirsten graduated from Notre Dame High School, a private Catholic high school in Los Angeles, in 2000. She is currently working on her own production company with her mother, called Wooden Spoon Productions.

Kirsten started dating fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal in September 2002, after meeting him through his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal (her co-star in Mona Lisa Smile.) They broke up in July 2004, but there are rumours that they're back together.

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Complete Movie List

MovieYearPlays
Jealous Ghost, A2009
Sweet Relief2009Marla Ruzicka
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008Alison Olsen
Spider-Man 32007Mary Jane Watson
Spider-Man 3: UK Premiere Special2007Herself
79th Annual Academy Awards, The2007Herself - Presenter
Making of 'Marie Antoinette', The2007Herself
"Xposé"2007Herself
Marie Antoinette2006Marie Antoinette
Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero2006Herself
"What It Takes"2006Herself
"Noche Hache"2005Herself
77th Annual Academy Awards, The2005Herself - Co-presenter: Best Film Editing
MTV Video Music Awards 20052005Herself - Presenter
Paula Goes to Hollywood2005Herself
Elizabethtown2005Claire Colburn
"Hebdo cinéma, L'"2005Herself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon2005Alexis Yarlsburg
"Mysti Show, The"2004Herself
2004 MTV Movie Awards2004Herself - Presenter
Look Inside 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', A2004Herself
Wimbledon2004Lizzie Bradbury
Making of 'Wimbledon: The Movie'2004Herself
Making the Amazing2004Herself
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '042004Herself
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004Mary
Hero in Crisis2004Herself
Spider-Man 22004Mary Jane Watson
2003 MTV Movie Awards2003Herself
Kaena: La prophétie2003Kaena
Levity2003Sofia Mellinger
"Punk'd"2003Herself
Behind the Microphone: Kiki's Delivery Service2003Kiki
Mona Lisa Smile2003Betty Warren
MTV Bash: Carson Daly2003Herself
"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show"2003Herself
Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, The2003
Spider-Man Story, The2002Herself
Spider-Man: An MTV Movie Special2002Herself
Spidermania2002Herself
74th Annual Academy Awards, The2002Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Behind the Scenes: Spider-Man the Movie2002Herself
"Eigo de shabera-night"2002Herself - Interviewee
MTV Video Music Awards 20022002Herself
"HypaSpace"2002Herself
Spider-Man2002Mary Jane Watson
2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, The2001Herself
2001 MTV Movie Awards2001Herself (Co-Host)
Spotlight on Location: The Making of 'Bring It On'2001Herself
"Popworld"2001Herself
"Rank"2001Herself
Cat's Meow, The2001Marion Davies
Crazy/Beautiful2001Nicole Oakley
Mummy Parody, The2001Herself
Get Over It2001Kelly Woods
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000Herself
6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2000
Luckytown2000Lidda Doyles
"Rove Live"2000Herself
All Forgotten2000Zinaida
"Breakfast"2000Herself
Bring It On2000Torrance Shipman
Crow: Salvation, The2000Erin Randall
Deeply2000Silly
Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia2000Girl on Subway ("I Knew I Loved You")
Virgin Suicides, The1999Lux Lisbon
Making of 'Dick', The1999Herself
Devil's Arithmetic, The1999Hannah Stern
Dick1999Betsy Jobs
Drop Dead Gorgeous1999Amber Atkins
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The"1999Herself
Strike!1998Verena von Stefan
Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The1998Becky Thatcher
"Stories from My Childhood"1998Alice/Gerda
"Total Request Live"1998Herself
Fifteen and Pregnant1998Tina Spangler
Small Soldiers1998Christy Fimple
Tower of Terror1997Anna Petterson
True Heart1997Bonnie
Anastasia1997Young Anastasia
Wag the Dog1997Tracy Lime
"Corazón de..."1997Herself
"View, The"1997Herself
"Gun"1997Sondra
"Magacine"1996Herself
"Daily Show, The"1996Herself
Mother Night1996Young Resi Noth
Siege at Ruby Ridge, The1996Sara Weaver
Jumanji1995Judy Shepherd
"Outer Limits, The"1995Joyce Taylor
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles1994Claudia
Little Women1994Younger Amy March
"Touched by an Angel"1994Amy Ann McCoy
"ER"1994Charlie Chiemingo
"HBO First Look"1994Herself
Greedy1994Jolene
Darkness Before Dawn1993Sandra Guard (age 8)
"GMTV"1993Herself
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien"1993Herself
"Late Show with David Letterman"1993Herself
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The"1992Herself
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash1992George Bush's Granddaughter
High Strung1991Young Girl
"Sisters"1991Kitten Margolis
Bonfire of the Vanities, The1990Campbell McCoy
Majo no takkyûbin1989Kiki
New York Stories1989Lisa's Daughter
"Live with Regis and Kathie Lee"1989Herself
"This Morning"1988Herself
"Star Trek: The Next Generation"1987Hedril
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The"1986Herself
"CBS Schoolbreak Special"1984
"Loving"1983Young Child (1990-1991)
"American Masters"1983Herself
"Entertainment Tonight"1981Herself
"Saturday Night Live"1975George Bush's Granddaughter
"Film Programme, The"1972Herself