Kirsten Dunst: Fashion Celebrity Guide

Actress from Interview with the Vampire to the Spider-Man trilogy and Melancholia — photos, style and news

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a German-American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989). At the age of 12, she gained widespread recognition playing the vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She achieved international fame as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–07). She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006), and won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011).

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a German-American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a performance for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year to further acclaim. After supporting roles in the television series ER (1996) and films such as Wag the Dog (1997), Small Soldiers (1998) and The Virgin Suicides (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy dramas, starring in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Bring It On (2000), Get Over It and Crazy/beautiful (both 2001). Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–07). Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004), the romantic science fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005). She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011). In 2001, Dunst made her singing debut in the film Get Over It, in which she performed two songs. She also sang the jazz song "After You've Gone" for the end credits of the film The Cat's Meow (2001).

Child Star, Franchise Lead, Festival Winner

The three phases in this profile are cleanly dated. The child phase — Little Women in the same year as Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji the year after — gave way to the teen comedies and dramas of the turn of the century: Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bring It On, Get Over It and Crazy/beautiful. The Spider-Man trilogy then made her a franchise lead for five years, and the work after it turned toward directors: Coppola's Marie Antoinette, in which the costume is the subject, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Elizabethtown, and the Cannes-winning turn in Melancholia.

Using This Guide

This page gathers Kirsten Dunst photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each. A note on the name: the biography here is Kirsten Dunst's, and the profile is filed under K for her first name, between Kristen Bell and Kristin Cavallari — three near-identical first names that the K directory keeps as three separate profiles.

Common Questions

How old was Kirsten Dunst when she played Claudia in Interview with the Vampire?

Dunst was 12 when she gained widespread recognition playing the vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a performance nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Which role brought Kirsten Dunst international fame?

Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–07).

For which film did Kirsten Dunst win Best Actress at Cannes?

She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Saturn Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011). She also sang in Get Over It (2001) and performed the jazz song “After You've Gone” for the end credits of The Cat's Meow.

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