Kirsten Caroline Dunst\u00a0(\/\u02c8k\u026a\u0259rst\u0259n\/\u00a0KEER-st\u0259n; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film\u00a0New York Stories\u00a0(1989) and has since starred in\u00a0several films and television productions. She has received\u00a0several awards, including nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, and four\u00a0Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n
Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire\u00a0Claudia\u00a0in the horror film\u00a0Interview with the Vampire\u00a0(1994), which earned her a\u00a0Golden Globe\u00a0nomination for\u00a0Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in\u00a0Little Women\u00a0(1994) and\u00a0Jumanji\u00a0(1995). Dunst transitioned to leading roles in\u00a0teen films\u00a0of 1999, the satires\u00a0Dick\u00a0and\u00a0Drop Dead Gorgeous\u00a0and\u00a0Sofia Coppola’s drama\u00a0The Virgin Suicides. After the leading role in the cheerleading film\u00a0Bring It On\u00a0(2000), she gained wider attention for her role as\u00a0Mary Jane Watson\u00a0in\u00a0Sam Raimi’s\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0trilogy\u00a0(2002\u20132007). Her career progressed with a supporting role in\u00a0Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), followed by a lead role in\u00a0Cameron Crowe’s tragicomedy\u00a0Elizabethtown\u00a0(2005), and as\u00a0Marie Antoinette\u00a0in Coppola’s\u00a0Marie Antoinette\u00a0(2006).<\/p>\n
In 2011, Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in\u00a0Lars von Trier’s drama\u00a0Melancholia, which earned her the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. In 2015, she played\u00a0Peggy Blumquist\u00a0in the second season of the\u00a0FX\u00a0series\u00a0Fargo, earning a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nomination for the role. Dunst had a supporting role in the film\u00a0Hidden Figures\u00a0(2016), and leading roles in Coppola’s\u00a0The Beguiled\u00a0(2017) and in the dark comedy series\u00a0On Becoming a God in Central Florida\u00a0(2019), for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination. Dunst earned her fourth nomination for a Golden Globe and first nomination for an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0for her performance in the psychological drama\u00a0The Power of the Dog\u00a0(2021). In 2024, she led the dystopian thriller film\u00a0Civil War.<\/p>\n
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Kirsten Caroline Dunst\u00a0(\/\u02c8k\u026a\u0259rst\u0259n\/\u00a0KEER-st\u0259n; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film\u00a0New York Stories\u00a0(1989) and has since starred in\u00a0several films and television productions. She has received\u00a0several awards, including nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, and four\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7889","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n