Kirsten Dunst
Born: 1982-04-30 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kirsten Dunst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Roofman as Leigh Wainscott
2024
- Civil War as Lee
- Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War as Self
2022
- Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion as Self (archive footage)
2021
- The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Krystal Stubbs
2018
- The House That Jack Built ... (Thanks)
- Revisiting The Virgin Suicides as Self
2017
- Woodshock as Theresa
- The Beguiled as Edwina
2016
- Hidden Figures as Vivian Mitchell
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls as Self
- Midnight Special as Sarah Tomlin
2015
2014
- Fargo as Peggy Blumquist
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Cosmos as Cecilia Payne (voice)
- The Two Faces of January as Colette MacFarland
2013
- Drunk History as Agatha Christie
- The Bling Ring as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds
- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Self - Letter Reader
- The Frame as Mary Jane Watson
- Mademoiselle C as Self
2012
- Upside Down as Eden Moore
- Bachelorette as Regan Crawford
- On the Road as Camille / Carolyn Cassady
2011
- Black Mirror as Callister Employee (uncredited)
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Melancholia as Justine
- Heroes and Demons
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as Metal Chick
2010
- Conan as Self
- Bastard ... (Director)
- All Good Things as Katie Marks
- The Second Bakery Attack as Nat
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- Non Plus One as Waitress
2009
- Akihabara Majokko Princess as Akihabara Majokko Princess
2008
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Alison Olsen
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Spider-Man 3 as Mary Jane Watson
- The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- Welcome ... (Writer)
2006
- Marie Antoinette as Marie Antoinette
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- Elizabethtown as Claire Colburn
2004
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Mary
- Spider-Man 2 as Mary Jane Watson
- Wimbledon as Lizzie Bradbury
- Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- Levity as Sofia Mellinger
- Mona Lisa Smile as Betty Warren
2002
- Spider-Man as Mary Jane Watson
- The Spider-Man Story as Self
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') as Self
- Spider-Mania as Self
2001
- Crazy/Beautiful as Nicole Oakley
- The Cat's Meow as Marion Davies
- All Forgotten as Zinaida
- Get Over It as Kelly Woods
2000
- The Virgin Suicides as Lux Lisbon
- Luckytown as Lidda
- Deeply as Silly
- Bring It On as Torrance Shipman
- The Crow: Salvation as Erin Randall
- Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination as Self / Judy Shepherd
- In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
- The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
1999
- True Heart as Bonnie
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- The Devil's Arithmetic as Hannah Stern
- Tower of Terror as Anna Petterson
- Drop Dead Gorgeous as Amber Atkins
- Dick as Betsy Jobs
- The Early Show as Self
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- Strike! as Verena von Stefan
- Small Soldiers as Christy Fimple
- Fifteen and Pregnant as Tina Spangler
- TRL
- The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Becky Thatcher (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Anastasia as Young Anastasia (voice)
- Wag the Dog as Tracy Lime
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Mother Night as Young Resi Noth
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Sara Weaver
1995
- The Outer Limits as Joyce Taylor
- Jumanji as Judy Shepherd
1994
- ER as Charlie Chiemingo
- Touched by an Angel as Amy Ann McCoy
- Little Women as Younger Amy March
- Interview with the Vampire as Claudia
- Greedy as Jolene
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Darkness Before Dawn as Sandra Guard (age 8)
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Host
- High Strung as Young Girl
1990
- The Bonfire of the Vanities as Campbell McCoy
1989
- New York Stories as Lisa’s Daughter
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Hedril
1986
- American Masters as Self
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self