Kirsten Dunst Biography:
One of the leading actors of her generation, Kirsten Dunst made her name in teen films without
succumbing to entrapment in the teen film ghetto. Skinny, blonde, and possessing a charmingly
crooked Pepsodent smile, she has repeatedly demonstrated her talent and charisma in
projects ranging from kiddie comedies to high school romances to towering summer
blockbusters.
Born in Point Pleasant, NJ, on April 30, 1982, Dunst first appeared in front of a camera at the
age of three, when she became a Ford model and commercial actor. She continued to model
and do commercials until 1989, when she made her film debut in Woody Allen's New York
Stories. Her uncredited role led to a part as Tom Hanks' daughter in the infamously troubled
1990 adaptation of Tom Wolfe's -The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Three years later, Dunst got her first big break when director Neil Jordan chose her over 5,000
hopefuls for the role of Claudia, the child vampire in his 1994 adaptation of Anne Rice's
-Interview with the Vampire. Dunst made a big impact on audiences and critics alike with her
portrayal of a woman trapped eternally in the body of an 11-year-old, kissing co-star Brad Pitt,
and gorging herself on human and animal blood. That same year, Dunst also appeared
alongside Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon in Gillian Armstrong's adaptation of -Little
Women; the combined success of these two movies propelled Dunst to the top of the
child-actor hierarchy, in terms of both bankability and exposure.
Dunst followed up with a lead role in the Robin Williams action-fantasy Jumanji (1995), and lent
her voice to a few animated features, including Disney's Anastasia (1997). She also had a brief
but memorable turn as a refugee from a war-torn country in Barry Levinson's highly praised
satire Wag the Dog (1997).
1999 marked a turning point in Dunst's career, as she began appearing in films that cast her as
a young woman instead of a precocious child. She starred as a small-town beauty queen
contestant in the satirical comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous and as one of two teenage girls (the
other played by Michelle Williams) who unwittingly uncover the Watergate scandal in Dick,
another satirical comedy. Dunst further lived up to her title as one of Teen People's 21 Hottest
Stars Under 21 with her leading role as the sexually rebellious Lux in Sofia Coppola's
acclaimed adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides' novel -The Virgin Suicides (1999). Her work in the
film proved to be a critical breakthrough for Dunst, whom critics praised for her portrayal of the
conflicted, headstrong character.
Dunst subsequently did her bit for the high school comedy-romance genre, starring as a
cheerleader in Bring It On (2000), and as another teen queen in Get Over It (2001); she also
forsake makeup and a hairdresser for her role as the archetypal poor little rich girl in
crazy/beautiful (2001), a teen romantic drama.
Subsequently cast as the actress Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow,
Dunst got her first shot at playing a grown woman. She garnered praise for her work in the
period drama, but any notice she received was quickly eclipsed by the maelstrom of publicity
surrounding her starring role as Mary Jane Watson, true love of Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's
big-budget adaptation of Spider-Man. Playing opposite Tobey Maguire as the web-spinning
superhero, Dunst spent a lot of the movie running around as a damsel in distress, but there
was nothing distressing about the 110-million dollars the film grossed in its opening weekend,
breaking new box-office records and catapulting both Dunst and Maguire into the rarefied
realm of full-fledged movie stars.
Even though Spider-Man gave her a great deal of box-office clout, she continues to mix more
offbeat films with more box-office friendly material. She acted opposite Billy Bob Thornton in
the little-seen drama Levity in the same year she accepted a role as one of the three young
students inspired by art teacher Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile. A very busy 2004 found
Dunst appearing in the Spider-Man sequel, a film that was universally regarded as superior to
its predecessor, and taking a small but key supporting part in the superb Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind. These two roles were so well received that the non-event of her starring in
the romantic comedy Wimbledon barely registered. She was the only person to escape
unscathed from Elizabethtown, before reteaming with Sofia Coppola to star as Marie
Antoinette. Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide
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| 5/25/08 Kirsten Dunst and costar Ryan Gosling walk back to their trailers on the set of their new movie, All Good Things, in New York City on Friday. The pair filmed scenes indoors at a private building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The period thriller is set in the ’80s and centers on the scion of a New York real estate dynasty (Gosling) who falls for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Dunst). When the girl disappears, a down-and-out detective begins to uncover information that could put people close to the case in danger. 15+ picture inside of Ryan and Kirsten walking the set of All Good Things click here. 7/29/08 photos of kirsten chilling out.. |
