Kirsten Dunst Born April 30, 1982 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, perhaps most well-known for her performances in Jumanji, The Virgin Suicides, Bring It On, and as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man and its sequels, Spider-Man 2 and the upcoming Spider-Man 3. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Trivia 5 Further reading 6 External links Personal life Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Klaus and Inez Dunst, who are separated. Her father, Klaus Dunst, a German medical services executive, remained 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, but attended the Ranney School during her elementary years. 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 appear to have broken up in July 2004. The current status of the relationship is unknown. 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. Kirsten Dunst on the cover of ES Magazine May 2001 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, 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. 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 released in June 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. Dunst is slated to portray peace activist Marla Ruzicka in a film scripted by Lorene Scafaria for Warner Independent Pictures in late 2006. Filmography Kirsten Dunst on the cover of Entertainment Weekly April 2002, modeling a red qipao Year Film Role Notes 2007 Spider-Man 3 Mary Jane Watson In-production 2006 Marie-Antoinette Marie Antoinette Post-production 2005 Elizabethtown Claire Colburn 2004 Wimbledon Lizzie Bradbury Spider-Man 2 Mary Jane Watson Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Mary Svevo 2003 Mona Lisa Smile Betty Warren Kaena: The Prophecy Kaena Voice Levity Sofia Mellinger 2002 Spider-Man Mary Jane Watson 2001 The Cat's Meow Marion Davies Crazy/Beautiful Nicole Oakley Get Over It Kelly Woods/Helena 2000 Deeply Silly Bring It On Torrance Shipman Luckytown Lidda Doyles The Crow: Salvation Erin Randall All Forgotten Zinaida 1999 Dick Betsy Jobs Drop Dead Gorgeous Amber Atkins The Virgin Suicides Lux Lisbon The Devil's Arithmetic Hannah Stern 1998 Fifteen and Pregnant Tina Spangler The Hairy Bird Verena von Stefan Small Soldiers Christy Fimple 1997 Wag the Dog Tracy Lime Anastasia Young Anastasia Voice Tower of Terror Anna Petterson True Heart Bonnie 1996 Mother Night Young Resi Noth 1995 Jumanji Judy Shepard 1994 Little Women Younger Amy March Interview with the Vampire Claudia Greedy Jolene High Strung Young Girl 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Campbell McCoy 1989 Kiki's Delivery Service Kiki Voice in 1998 English dubbed version New York Stories Lisa's daughter Uncredited Trivia Drives a 2004-model Toyota Prius. Co-starred in the music video for Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" as the love interest of Darren Hayes. In 1990, Tom Hanks and Kirsten Dunst were cast as father and daughter in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Years later, Tom Hanks' real life son Colin Hanks and Kirsten Dunst played the parts of brother and sister in Get Over It. In 2005, British singer-songwriter Daniel Flay recorded a song entitled Kirsten Dunst, which features the line "Kirsten Dunst, you must be worth a million bucks". The song can be heard at his MySpace page. Her first name is pronounced "KEER-sten" (IPA: 'kɪɹs.tn̩). She also did the voice for Kiki in the anime dub movie Kiki's Delivery Service Further reading "Dreamweaver", Holly Millea, Premiere, July/August 2004 External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Dunst at the Internet Movie Database Kirsten-Dunst.org fansite Persondata NAME Dunst, Kirsten Caroline ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actress DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH Point Pleasant, New Jersey DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Dunst" Categories: 1982 births | Living people | Actors and actresses appearing on ER | Actor-singers | American film actors | American female singers | American child actors | German-Americans | Lutherans | People from New Jersey | Spider-Man actors | Swedish-Americans | New Jersey actors | Star Trek: The Next Generation actors