Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress who started out as a child artist at the age of six before emerging as one of the leading ladies of Hollywood. In a career spanning close to three decades, Dunst has appeared in over 70 movies, the most notable among which are Interview with the Vampire (1994), Jumanji (1995), Wag the Dog (1997), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Elizabethtown (2005), Mary Antoinette (2006), the Spiderman trilogy (2002-07) directed by Sam Raimi and Melancholia (2011). For her performance in Melancholia, she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year.


Besides guest-starring in TV shows like ER, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Portlandia, Dunst has also appeared in main roles in The Devils Arithmetic and Fargo, the latter of which won her a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actress in 2015. Known for her political activism and charity ventures, the actress was in the news in 2008 when she revealed her prolonged battle with depression in her mid twenties.
Did you Know?
Kirsten Dunst has taken on the role of a singer on more than one occasion, having performed original songs in Little Women (1994), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Get Over It (2001) and The Cats Meow (2001).

She has written and directed two short films: Welcome (2007) and Bastard (2010), and is all set to make her feature film directorial debut with The Bell Jar.

She holds dual citizenship - of Germany (since 2011) and the United States of America.


Besides appearing in music videos for Savage Garden, Beastie Boys and R.E.M., Dunst has also sung two songs in Jason Schwartzmans solo album Nighttiming.

As a child, she has modelled for the famous automaker Ford.


Thanks to her voice role in the 1997 English dub version of Kikis Delivery Service, Dunst has earned the nickname Kiki.

Annie Hall (1977), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Schindlers List (1993) are Dunsts favourite movies, while The Office, Larry Davids Curb Your Enthusiasm and the sitcom Friends are her favourite TV shows.