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Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30,
1982) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress,
known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire, The
Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as
well as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series.
Early life: Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New
Jersey, to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are separated. Her
father, a German medical services executive from
Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los
Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art
gallery owner, also moved to California. Dunst has a
younger brother, Christian.
Dunst attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, and
graduated in 2000 from Notre Dame High School in the
Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Career: Dunst got her start as a child fashion
model at the age of three in television commercials. She
was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management.
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.
In 1989, Dunst moved to the big screen
with New York Stories. Soon after, she landed a small
part in The Bonfire of the Vanities as Tom Hanks'
daughter. Dunst also did the voice of Kiki in the 1989
anime film Kiki's Delivery Service. In 1993, Dunst
played Hedril in the seventh season episode of Star
Trek: The Next Generation called "Dark Page".
She also had a recurring role as a child prostitute,
Charlie Chiemingo, on ER.
Her feature film breakthrough came in Interview with the
Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel. The
movie featured a scene in which Dunst, then-aged eleven,
received her first kiss from Brad Pitt, who was 29. Her
performance earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination,
the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the
Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. In 1995 (and again
in 2002), she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most
Beautiful People.
Dunst was also offered the role of Angela in the 1999
Academy Award-winning film American Beauty, but turned
it down because she did not want to appear in the film's
suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey.
The same year, she had the role of troubled adolescent
Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's independent film The
Virgin Suicides.
At the 2002 Mar de Plata Film Festival, Dunst won the
Best Actress Silver Ombú for her performance as Charlie
Chaplin's love interest Marion Davies in Peter
Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow.
At the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Marie Antoinette,
premiered and was released in North America on October
20, 2006. In the film, her second with director Sofia
Coppola, Dunst plays the title character and uses an
American accent in the role. Dunst stated in an
interview in 2006 while promoting Marie Antoinette that
she wants to take a break from appearing in films to
study and pursue art.
Dunst is slated to portray peace activist Marla Ruzicka
in Sweet Relief scripted by Lorene Scafaria for Warner
Independent Pictures in 2009. Dunst also reprises her
role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 3, which was
first released May 1, 2007. Dunst initially signed on to
appear in three Spider-Man films, and has said that she
would not appear in a fourth film unless director Sam
Raimi returned to direct.
In another project, she is rumored to play Blondie
frontwoman Debbie Harry in director Michel Gondry's
upcoming biopic about the band. This would not be
Dunst's first foray into music; she made her singing
debut in the 2001 film Get Over It, performing two songs
written by Marc Shaiman.
Previously had appeared in the music
video for Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved
You". She also lent her musical voice to the end
credits of The Cat's Meow by singing the old standard,
"After You've Gone." In Spider-Man 3, she
sings two songs as part of her role as Mary Jane Watson,
one in MJ's Broadway debut and one as a singing waitress
in a jazz club.
Personal life: After briefly dating her longtime
friend, playwright Jeff Smeenge, she started dating
actor Jake Gyllenhaal in September 2002, after meeting
him through his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal (her Mona Lisa
Smile co-star). They officially broke up in July 2004
but remained off and on until December 2005.
They adopted a German Shepherd dog from
a Los Angeles dog shelter and named him Atticus, after
Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. She was
recently seen with British rocker Johnny Borrell at the
South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Borrell, the frontman of Razorlight, commented on their
relationship, saying, "I'm not hiding anything. We
met in Los Angeles. We were hanging out at South by
Southwest and we've been hanging out ever since."
As of April 9, 2007, Dunst admitted that she has tried
marijuana and other illegal drugs. Dunst claims that,
"I've never been a major smoker, but I think
America's view on weed is ridiculous. I mean - are you
kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be
a better place. I'm not talking about being stoned all
day, though. I think if it's not used properly, it can
hamper your creativity and close you up inside.". |
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