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Kirsten Dunst
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 Dunst at the Spider-Man 3 premiere in New York. |
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| Birth name | Kirsten Caroline Dunst | |||||
| Born | April 30, 1982 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States |
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| Years active | 1989 - present | |||||
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Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series.
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Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are divorced. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art gallery owner,[2] also moved to California. Dunst has a younger brother, Christian.
Dunst attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, and graduated in 2000 from Notre Dame High School, a private Catholic high school in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Dunst got her start as a child fashion model at the age of three in television commercials. She was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management.[3] In a 1988 episode of Saturday Night Live, she played the role of President George H. W. Bush's granddaughter. In 1989, Dunst made her film debut in Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, a short film that was released as one-third of the anthology film New York Stories. Soon after, she landed a small part in The Bonfire of the Vanities as Tom Hanks' daughter. Dunst also did the voice of Kiki in the 1989 anime film Kiki's Delivery Service (in 1997, when it was released in America). In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in the seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Dark Page". She also had a recurring role as a child prostitute, Charlie Chiemingo, on ER.
Her feature film breakthrough came in Interview with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel. The movie featured a scene in which Dunst, then aged eleven, received her first kiss from Brad Pitt, who was 29. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. In 1995 (and again in 2002), she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Dunst was also offered the role of Angela in the 1999 Academy Award-winning film American Beauty, but turned it down because she did not want to appear in the film's suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey.[4] The same year, she had the role of troubled adolescent Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's independent film The Virgin Suicides. In 2000, she played the captain of a cheerleading squad in Bring It On.
She is best known for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series based on Stan Lee's comic serial Spider-Man opposite Tobey Maguire. She portrayed the neighbor and romantic interest of the mild-mannered superhero in the original Spider-Man in 2002. Dunst was generally well-received in the role, and had a now-famous and often-parodied scene in which she kisses the hero while he hangs upside-down from his web. The success of the first film led her to reprise the role in two sequels, Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and Spider-Man 3 in 2007. Dunst initially signed on to appear in three Spider-Man films, and has said that she would not appear in a fourth film unless director Sam Raimi returned to direct.[5]
At the 2002 Mar de Plata Film Festival, Dunst won the Best Actress Silver Ombú for her performance as Charlie Chaplin's love interest Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow.
At the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Marie Antoinette premiered. It was released in North America on October 20, 2006. In the film, her second with director Sofia Coppola, Dunst plays the title character and uses an American accent in the role.[6]
She ranked at #59 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
Dunst will next be seen in the upcoming film, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People", with Simon Pegg. The film is expected to release in early of October 2008. Dunst is also expected to portray peace activist Marla Ruzicka in Sweet Relief scripted by Lorene Scafaria for Warner Independent Pictures in 2009.[7] She is rumored to have the role of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in director Michel Gondry's upcoming biopic about the band. Dunst also expressed interest in playing Jean Seberg in an upcoming biopic. This would not be Dunst's first foray into music; she made her singing debut in the 2001 film Get Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her voice to the end credits of The Cat's Meow, singing Henry Creamer and Turner Layton's jazz standard "After You've Gone." In Spider-Man 3, she sings two songs as part of her role as Mary Jane Watson, one as a Broadway actress and one as a singing waitress in a jazz club. She also appeared in the music video for Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You".
After briefly dating her longtime friend, playwright Jeff Smeenge, she started dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal in September 2002, after meeting him through his sister, Maggie (her Mona Lisa Smile co-star). They broke up in July 2004 but then dated intermittently until December 2005.[8] She was recently seen with British rocker Johnny Borrell at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.[9] Borrell, the frontman of Razorlight, commented on their relationship, saying, "I'm not hiding anything. We met in Los Angeles. We were hanging out at South by Southwest and we've been hanging out ever since."
She is close friends with Spider-Man 3 co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Tobey Maguire, & James Franco. [1]
Dunst is known for her fashion style and has been featured on Richard Blackwell's famous Best Dressed List.
- "Dreamweaver", Holly Millea, Premiere, July/August 2004
- ^ Kirsten is pronounced IPA: /'kɪrstən/).
- ^ Virgin.net. Dunst to take time out. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.
- ^ Bio at absolutely.net
- ^ Fametastic. Kirsten Dunst turned down Kevin Spacey kissing role. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.
- ^ The Boston Herald. Dunst storm - Actress dives headfirst into "Marie Antoinette" role. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.
- ^ Can-Mag. Modern Marie Antoinette. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.
- ^ Sweet Relief at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Gyllenhaal, Dunst call it quits;. USA Today. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
- ^ Kirsten Dunst dating Razorlight's Johnny Borrell;. Fametastic. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
| Preceded by Sarah Jessica Parker |
MTV Movie Awards host 2001 (with Jimmy Fallon) |
Succeeded by Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar |
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| NAME | Dunst, Kirsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dunst, Kirsten Caroline |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
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