- Born
- Birth nameKirsten Caroline Dunst
- Nickname
- Kiki
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German
citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New
Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and
Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother
named Christian Dunst, born in 1987. Her
father is German, from Hamburg, and her mother, who is American, is of
German and Swedish descent.
Her career began at the age of 3 when she started modeling and
appearing in commercials. She made her feature film debut with an
uncredited role at age 6 in the
'Oedipus Wrecks' segment of Woody Allen's
1989 film
New York Stories (1989). She
received her first film credit in
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1993, where her film career took
off.
In 1994, she made her breakthrough performance in
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994),
alongside such stars as Brad Pitt and
Tom Cruise. Her performance earned her a
Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough
Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. In 1995, she
was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Over the
next few years, she made a string of hit movies including
Little Women (1994),
Jumanji (1995) and
Small Soldiers (1998).
In 2000, she received rave reviews for her role as "Lux Lisbon" in
Sofia Coppola's independent film,
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
and proved her status as a leading actress in the comedy hit,
Bring It On (2000). She also
graduated from Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles in June of that
year.
In 2002, she landed one of her best known roles as Peter Parker's love
interest, Mary Jane Watson, in
Spider-Man (2002). She continued her
role in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and
Spider-Man 3 (2007).
She went on to land roles in such films as
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),
the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004),
and in
Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown (2005). She also played the
title character in Sofia Coppola's
Marie Antoinette (2006).
Dunst won the Best Actress Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for
her performance as Justine in Lars von Trier's
Melancholia (2011). In 2012, she
appeared in Walter Salles' film adaptation
of On the Road (2012) and the
independent comedy
Bachelorette (2012). She also has
several films in production, including
The Two Faces of January (2014).
Her charity work includes designing a necklace to raise funds for the
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation as well as supporting
various cancer charities.- IMDb Mini Biography By: TrendEkiD@aol.com
- SpouseJesse Plemons(July 2, 2022 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenEnnis Howard Plemons
- ParentsInez Dunst (Rupprecht)Klaus Hermann Dunst
- RelativesChristian Dunst(Sibling)
- Ever since her role in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), leading man Tom Cruise has sent her a coconut cake every year at Christmas which has become known as "The Cruise Cake" in the Dunst household.
- Kirsten's father is German. Kirsten's mother, who is American-born, is of half German and half Swedish ancestry. Kirsten can speak German fluently.
- Became a naturalized German citizen.
- Never auditioned for Melancholia (2011). Instead, she met with Lars von Trier through Skype and they had a long discussion about movies and Charlotte Rampling's performance in The Night Porter (1974). At the end of their conversation, Trier asked her if she wanted the role.
- Opened up about her stint at the Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah, saying that she sought help for depression, not for drug or alcohol abuse.
- I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it
doesn't hurt. - Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game
playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over
you. - Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why
waste your tears on someone who makes you cry? - [on turning down the role of Angela in American Beauty (1999)] When I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough to understand the script's material. I didn't want to be kissing Kevin Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?
- [on what her luxury item would be on survivor] My cat, because he's fun to play with, he'd entertain me, and I could eat him if I was really hungry.
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) - $8,000,000
- Marie Antoinette (2006) - $8,000,000
- Elizabethtown (2005) - $8,000,000
- Wimbledon (2004) - $5,000,000
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) - $7,000,000
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