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Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; 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 film 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 Dickand Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After leading 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.
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Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; 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 film 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 Dickand Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After leading 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.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Touched by an Angel
The Graham Norton Show
Honest Trailers
The Daily Show
Today
Teen Choice Awards
Black Mirror
The Early Show
ER
The Jonathan Ross Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Drunk History
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Outer Limits
MTV Movie & TV Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The Bling Ring
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Oscars
Fargo
Wag the Dog
Anastasia
Interview with the Vampire
Hidden Figures
Little Women
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
The Power of the Dog
The Beguiled
Spider-Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jumanji
Small Soldiers
All Good Things
Elizabethtown
Spider-Man 3
Tower of Terror
Spider-Man 2
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
The Two Faces of January
Saturday Night Live
Mona Lisa Smile
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Civil War
Get Over It
The Virgin Suicides
Strike!
Bachelorette
Bring It On
Wimbledon
Melancholia
Marie Antoinette
Production Credits
The House That Jack Built
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
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