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Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in many film and television productions. She has received several awards including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1982) · actor · film actor · voice actor · television actor · also Kirsten Dunst, Dunst
Born 30 April 1982 · Q76478
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Roofman review – Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst lift fact-based crime caper
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2024· 3 entries
The Guardian: Kirsten Dunst says she ‘didn’t even think to ask’ about Hollywood’s gender pay gap
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Was a critical and commercial success, and her performance as Lee Smith, a world-weary war photojournalist, was particularly praised by critics
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Following a two-year hiatus, she led the dystopian thriller film Civil War, and costarred with Channing Tatum in the true-crime drama Roofman (2025)
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2022· 3 entries
“Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school. I was always leaving to make a movie then coming back in.”
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“You need your family in this business. It's one of the most important things to keep you grounded. You come home and your mom's like, "Clean the kitty's litter box." It's not like it's all about me.”
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“It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes. So I just try to choose the scripts that have the best characters for myself, or would be the most challenging, or fun.”
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2019· 1 entry
Dunst starred in the Showtime dark comedy television series On Becoming a God in Central Florida, which premiered in August that year
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture for Hidden Figures (2017).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Hidden Figures (2017).
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Fargo (2016).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress for Fargo (2016).
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Dunst co-starred in Jeff Nichols' science fiction drama Midnight Special with Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton
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2015· 1 entry
Played hairdresser Peggy Blumquist in the second season of the FX series Fargo, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role
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2014· 1 entry
Dunst voiced a character in the eighth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and made a guest appearance in an episode of Portlandia
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actress for Melancholia (2012).
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2011· 5 entries
Awarded Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Melancholia (2011).
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Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Melancholia (2011).
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Acquired German citizenship, which enabled her to "film in Europe without a problem"
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Dunst co-starred opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Rampling in Lars von Trier's drama film Melancholia as a woman suffering depression as the world ends
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Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's drama Melancholia, which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award For Best Actress
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2010· 2 entries
Dunst co-starred with Brian Geraghty in Carlos Cuarón's short film The Second Bakery Attack, based on Haruki Murakami's short story
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And was later featured at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
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2009· 1 entry
Participated in the Teletón in Mexico, in order to raise awareness for cancer treatment and children's rehabilitation
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2008· 1 entry
In which she co-starred opposite Simon Pegg in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, based on former Vanity Fair contributing editor Toby Young's memoir of the same name
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2007· 3 entries
Dunst said she had no intention to release albums, saying, "It worked when Barbra Streisand was doing it, but now it's a little cheesy, I think
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“It worked when Barbra Streisand was doing it, but now it”
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Dunst reprised the role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 3
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2004· 1 entry
Dunst co-starred opposite Paul Bettany in the romantic comedy Wimbledon in which she portrayed a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships, while Bettany portrayed a fading former tennis star
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Performance for Spider-Man (2003).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for Spider-Man (2003).
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Awarded Empire Award for Best Actress for Spider-Man (2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Dunst starred opposite Tobey Maguire in the superhero film Spider-Man, the most financially successful film of her career as of this date
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Dunst was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
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2001· 3 entries
Dunst starred in the comedy film Get Over It
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Dunst made her singing debut in the comedy film Get Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman
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Dunst dated her Spider-Man co-star Tobey Maguire; they split the next year but remained friends and co-stars
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2000· 1 entry
Dunst starred in the comedy Bring It On as Torrance Shipman, the captain of a cheerleading squad
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1997· 2 entries
Dunst appeared in the black comedy film Wag the Dog, opposite Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman
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Voiced Young Anastasia in the animated musical film Anastasia
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for Interview with the Vampire (1995).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Interview with the Vampire (1995).
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Dunst starred in the fantasy adventure film Jumanji, a loose adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 children's book of the same name
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1994· 2 entries
Dunst co-starred in the drama film Little Women alongside Winona Ryder and Claire Danes
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In the horror drama Interview with the Vampire opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, based on Anne Rice's novel of the same name
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1993· 2 entries
Dunst made a guest appearance in an episode of the science fiction drama Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Moved to Los Angeles with her mother and brother, after her parents separated
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1988· 1 entry
Appeared in Saturday Night Live as the granddaughter of George H
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1982· 2 entries
Born 1982-04-30.
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At Point Pleasant Hospital in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
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