Kirsten Dunst
69 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 30, 1982 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Kirsten Caroline 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).
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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.
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Known for
Kirsten Dunst: movies and TV shows
Acting (77)
- Upcoming A Minecraft Movie Squared
as Alex
- Upcoming The Housemaid's Secret
as Wendy Garrick
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025 Roofman
as Leigh Wainscott
- 2024 Civil War
as Lee
- 2021 The Power of the Dog
as Rose Gordon
- 2019
- 2017 Woodshock
as Theresa
- 2017 The Beguiled
as Edwina
- 2016 Hidden Figures
as Vivian Mitchell
- 2016 Midnight Special
as Sarah Tomlin
- 2015 Aspirational
as Kirsten Dunst
- 2014 The Two Faces of January
as Colette MacFarland
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds
- 2013 The Bling Ring
as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
- 2012 Upside Down
as Eden Moore
- 2012 Heroes and Demons
as Nat (segment "The Second Bakery Attack")
- 2012 Bachelorette
as Regan Crawford
- 2012 On the Road
as Camille / Carolyn Cassady
- 2011
- 2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Metal Chick
- 2011 Melancholia
as Justine
- 2010 All Good Things
as Katie Marks
- 2010 The Second Bakery Attack
as Nat
- 2010 Non Plus One
as Waitress
- 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 Elizabethtown
as Claire Colburn
- 2004
- 2004 Wimbledon
as Lizzie Bradbury
- 2004 Spider-Man 2
as Mary Jane Watson
- 2004
- 2003 Mona Lisa Smile
as Betty Warren
- 2003 Levity
as Sofia Mellinger
- 2002 Spider-Man
as Mary Jane Watson
- 2002 The Cat's Meow
as Marion Davies
- 2001 All Forgotten
as Zinaida
- 2001 Crazy/Beautiful
as Nicole Oakley
- 2001 Get Over It
as Kelly Woods
- 2000 Deeply
as Silly
- 2000 Bring It On
as Torrance Shipman
- 2000 Luckytown
as Lidda
- 2000 The Virgin Suicides
as Lux Lisbon
- 2000 The Crow: Salvation
as Erin Randall
- 1999 Dick
as Betsy Jobs
- 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Amber Atkins
- 1999 The Devil's Arithmetic
as Hannah Stern
- 1999 True Heart
as Bonnie
- 1998
- 1998 Strike!
as Verena von Stefan
- 1998 The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Becky Thatcher (voice)
- 1998 Small Soldiers
as Christy Fimple
- 1998 Fifteen and Pregnant
as Tina Spangler
- 1997 Wag the Dog
as Tracy Lime
- 1997 Anastasia
as Young Anastasia (voice)
- 1997 Tower of Terror
as Anna Petterson
- 1997
- 1996 Mother Night
as Young Resi Noth
- 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Sara Weaver
- 1996
- 1995 Jumanji
as Judy
- 1995
- 1994 Little Women
as Younger Amy March
- 1994 Interview with the Vampire
as Claudia
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Greedy
as Jolene
- 1993 Darkness Before Dawn
as Sandra Guard (age 8)
- 1992 High Strung
as Young Girl
- 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Campbell McCoy
- 1989 New York Stories
as Lisa’s Daughter
- 1987
Behind the camera (5)
- 2019
- 2018 The House That Jack Built
Thanks
- 2017 Woodshock
Executive Producer
- 2010 Bastard
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2007 Welcome
Writer, Director
Talk shows and appearances (54)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2022
- 2022
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
3 episodes
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2013
- 2013 Drunk History
1 episode
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
1 episode
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2010
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
2 episodes
- 2005 The Reichen Show
1 episode
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
4 episodes
- 2003 VH1 Goes Inside
1 episode
- 2003 Punk'd
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
3 episodes
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
4 episodes
- 1986 American Masters
1 episode
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
3 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
4 episodes
- 1952 Today
2 episodes