Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

actress, producer, director

Kirsten Dunst was born on Apr 30, 1982 in USA. Kirsten Dunst's big-screen debut came with New York Stories directed by Woody Allen in 1989. Kirsten Dunst is known for Hank the Cowdog directed by Jeff Nichols, Matthew McConaughey stars as Hank and Jesse Plemons as Drover. Kirsten Dunst has got 52 awards and 123 nominations so far. The most recent award Kirsten Dunst achieved is Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The upcoming new movie Kirsten Dunst plays is The Power of the Dog which will be released on Dec 01, 2021.

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, born in 1987. Her father is German, from Hamburg, and her mother, who is American, is of German and Swedish descent.Her career began at the age of 3 when she started modeling and appearing in commercials. She made her feature film debut with an uncredited role at age 6 in the 'Oedipus Wrecks' segment of Woody Allen's 1989 film New York Stories (1989). She received her first film credit in Le bûcher des vanités (1990). Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1993, where her film career took off.In 1994, she made her breakthrough performance in Entretien avec un vampire (1994), alongside such stars as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. In 1995, she was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Over the next few years, she made a string of hit movies including Les quatre filles du Docteur March (1994), Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998).In 2000, she received rave reviews for her role as "Lux Lisbon" in Sofia Coppola's independent film, Virgin Suicides (1999) and proved her status as a leading actress in the comedy hit, American Girls (2000). She also graduated from Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles in June of that year.In 2002, she landed one of her best known roles as Peter Parker's love interest, Mary Jane Watson, in Spider-Man (2002). She continued her role in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).She went on to land roles in such films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), the romantic comedy La plus belle victoire (2004), and in Cameron Crowe's Rencontres à Elizabethtown (2005). She also played the title character in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).Dunst won the Best Actress Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for her performance as Justine in Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011). In 2012, she appeared in Walter Salles' film adaptation of Sur la route (2012) and the independent comedy Bachelorette (2012). She also has several films in production, including Two Faces of January (2014).Her charity work includes designing a necklace to raise funds for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation as well as supporting various cancer charities.

  • Birthday

    Apr 30, 1982
  • Place of Birth

    Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
  • Also known

    克尔斯滕·邓斯特, キルスティン・ダンスト, كيرستين دانست, Κίρστεν Κάρολαϊν Ντανστ, Kirsten Caroline Dunst, 克斯汀·邓斯特, Кирстен Данст, Кірстен Данст, 克斯汀·鄧斯特, เคียร์สเต็น ดันสต์, 커스틴 던스트, Κίρστεν Ντανστ

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Awards

52 wins & 123 nominations

Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2022
Best Supporting Actress
Winner - EDA Award
2012
Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
Winner - EDA Special Mention Award
2012
Best Actress
Winner - EDA Special Mention Award
Austin Film Critics Association
2022
Best Supporting Actress
Winner - AFCA Award
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