Kirsten "Kiki" Caroline
Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress
of German and Swedish descent. Her first name is pronounced
"KEER-sten" (IPA: 'k??s.tn?).
Personal life
Dunst was born in in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to
Klaus and Inez Dunst. Dunst's parents separated several
years ago. Her father, Klaus Dunst, a German medical
services executive, stayed in New Jersey. Her mother,
Inez Dunst, a Swedish former art gallery owner, moved
to California. Dunst has a younger brother, Christian,
born in 1986
Dunst graduated from Notre Dame High School, a private
Catholic high school in Sherman Oaks, in 2000.
Dunst started dating fellow actor
Jake Gyllenhaal in September 2002, after meeting him
through his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal (her co-star
in Mona Lisa Smile). They broke up in July 2004 and
have been on-again, off-again since.
Career
Dunst began acting at the age of three in television
commercials. In a 1988 episode of Saturday Night Live,
she played the role of President George H.W. Bush's
granddaughter, in a sketch in which Dana Carvey acted
as President Bush. Years later, Dunst brought this
to light when she hosted the show.
Dunst moved to the big screen in 1989's
New York Stories. Soon after, she landed a small part
in The Bonfire of the Vanities as Tom Hanks's daughter.
In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in the seventh season
episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Dark
Page".
Her breakthrough came in Interview
with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's
novel starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas,
and Christian Slater that was directed by Neil Jordan.
This movie features a somewhat controversial scene
in which Dunst, then aged eleven, had to kiss Brad
Pitt, who was 29. Her most well-known performances
to date have been in The Virgin Suicides, the cult
hit Bring It On, and as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man
and Spider-Man 2.
Dunst won the 2002 Best Actress Silver
Ombú at the Mar de Plata Film Festival for
her performance as Charlie Chaplin's love interest
Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow.
Dunst made her singing debut in the
2001 film, Get Over It, performing two songs written
by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her musical voice to
the end credits of The Cat's Meow by singing the old
standard, "After You've Gone."
More recently, Dunst has played the
role of doomed 18th-century royal, Queen Marie Antoinette,
in the forthcoming motion picture, titled Marie-Antoinette,
which is scheduled for release in Autumn 2006. It
is the third film directed by Sofia Coppola (the second
to feature Dunst), and is based on British historian
Lady Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie-Antoinette.
A new project has been announced on
the life of peace activist Marla Ruzicka in which
Dunst will play the title lead. Few details are available
on the project at this time.
Filmography
American Dog (2008)
Spider-Man 3 (2007) (in-production)
Marie-Antoinette (2006) (post-production)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Wimbledon (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003) (voice)
Levity (2003)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
Get Over It (2001)
Deeply (2000)
Bring It On (2000)
Luckytown (2000)
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
All Forgotten (2000)
Dick (1999)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)
The Hairy Bird (1998)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Anastasia (1997) (voice)
Tower of Terror (1997)
True Heart (1997)
Mother Night (1996)
Jumanji (1995)
Little Women (1994)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Greedy (1994)
High Strung (1994)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) (voice in 1998 English
dubbed version)
New York Stories (1989)
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