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Kirsten Dunst - Biography |
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Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on
April 30th, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Unlike so many child
actors whose promise diminishes with the onset of adulthood, Dunst has
grown in both range and popularity. She has already garnered over 40 film
and television credits and continues to command hefty sums for acting
appearances.
Dunst made her acting debut before she was able to walk. She was signed to
the Ford Modeling Agency as a child and by age 12, she had made over 100
commercials.
In 1989, Dunst made her film debut with a small role in Woody Allen’s New
York Stories. This was soon followed by a role as Tom Hank’s daughter in
the film adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestselling novel, The Bonfire of the
Vanities.
Dunst got her big break at the tender age of 11, when she played the
pre-pubescent bloodsucker Claudia in the screen adaptation of Anne Rice’s
Interview with the Vampire. Although critical response to the film was
mixed, Dunst received high marks from reviewers for her controlled
portrayal of an adult perpetually trapped in a child’s body. Rice’s
literary following flocked to the film and made Dunst a ghoulish cult
favorite. For her performance, Dunst received the MTV Movie Award for best
breakthrough performance and a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting
actress.
Dunst went on to appear in a string of major Hollywood productions
including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995) and Wag the Dog (1997), but
also received critical attention for her performances in the
less-publicized mock-documentary Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) and the
political spoof Dick (1999).
Dunst engineered a successful transition to “adult” roles with her 2000
appearance in Sophia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides. Dunst received
positive critical attention for her facility with the movie’s weighty
themes of teen suicide and burgeoning sexuality.
Dunst further cemented her move from darling daughter to femme fatale,
playing Marion Davies, silent-film actress and mistress to William
Randolph Hearst, in Peter Bogdanovich’s semi-biographical The Cat’s Meow
(2002).
Dunst was chosen to play opposite fellow child-phenom Tobey Maguire in the
2002 adaptation of Spiderman. The film netted $114 million in its opening
weekend, a box-office record, and proved Dunst and Maguire's ability to
play bankable leading roles. The two then went on to film the sequal,
released in 2004, which was equally sucessful. Dunst then continued with
more serious films, such as Columbia Pictures' The Crimson Petal and the
White, a period piece about a well-read prostitute taken in by a wealthy
family in Victorian London, and Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile with Julia
Roberts. Dunst will also star in Wimbledom as an up-and-coming American
tennis ace.
In her early teens, Dunst’s family moved to Los Angeles to further her
career. When her parents separated, she and her brother remained with her
mother, Inez. Film commitments required Dunst to abandon high school and
finish her degree with private tutors. Plans for college have also been
abandoned in favor of acting. Dunst continues to live Los Angeles. |
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Kirsten Dunst - Personal Quotes |
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"I'd like to grow up and be
beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt."
Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game
playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over
you.
Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy.
Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?
On turning down the role of Angela in American Beauty (1999): "When
I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough to
understand the script's material. I didn't want to be kissing Kevin
Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?".
"My cat, because he's fun to play with, he'd entertain me, and I
could eat him if I was really hungry." (on what her luxury item
would be on survivor)
"I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm
married or engaged." - 2002
"I run the treadmill whenever I can do it with weights." (when asked
how she stays in shape) - 2002
"Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize
that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains
me to see my friends do it."
"So many teen films are overproduced and people are going to burnout
on the subject."
"I think vegetarians - for a lot of them - it's about a lack of
commitment to life and relationships. There are some who just like
the fact that they're controlling something in their life."
"And in the next film they've got to bring in another female
character. Just give me the acting; she can do all the falling and
fighting."
(on money) "I think one of my credit cards is corporate for my
company, Wooden Spoons Productions. I don't know; my financial
adviser does that. I don't handle that shit."
"I want to go on "Crossing Over with John Edward" (1999). I'd like
to be regressed to find out about my past lives".
(On Spider-Man (2002))"I really wanted the role because I knew it
would give my career a boost, especially in foreign markets where I
don't feel I'm that well known".
"The Virgin Suicides (1999) showed I could nail a very difficult
character, while Bring It On (2000) brought a great deal of joy to
young girls. These are the beautiful rewards of being an actress".
"On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think
it's definitely up to me to set the pace. That's because I've had a
lot of experience and I think there's always a certain amount of
professionalism that should be maintained."
(On Bring It On (2000)): We're breaking boundaries. And we're not
doing the same old little cliché of, "Oh, cheerleaders are dumb, so
let's make fun of them".
"I have never done a drug in my life. I tried smoking once. Hated
it. I don't want to infect myself with cancer."
"Whenever I have to smoke for a character, I make sure they're fake
cigarettes. It's a terrible habit, and I can't believe kids still
want to do it."
"What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's
kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody."
"It would actually be really interesting if Spider-Man died. Why
doesn't the superhero ever die? I think if Mary Jane was alone,
pregnant and he died, she could give birth to a spider baby and
carry on the series with another young boy or something like that."
- July 2004
(On kissing Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire
Chronicles (1994) ): "It was horrible, I hated it. Brad and Tom were
like my big brothers on the set, so it was like kissing your big
brother - totally gross."
"You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're
excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life." quoted in
Womans World (1-24-06)
I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're
not, you're not.
On Marie Antoinette (2006): "It's kind of like a history of feelings
rather than a history of facts. So don't expect a masterpiece
theatre, educational Marie Antoinette biopic". |
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Kirsten Dunst - Filmography |
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Sweet Relief (2009) ... Marla
Ruzicka
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) .... Alison Olsen
Spider-Man 3 (2007) .... Mary Jane Watson
... aka Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Marie Antoinette (2006) .... Marie Antoinette
... aka Marie Antoinette (France)
Elizabethtown (2005) .... Claire Colburn
Wimbledon (2004) .... Lizzie Bradbury
... aka Plus belle victoire, La (France)
Spider-Man 2 (2004) .... Mary Jane Watson
... aka Spider-Man 2.1 (USA: recut version)
... aka Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Spider-Man 2 (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Mary Jane Watson
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) .... Mary
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) .... Betty Warren
Kaena: La prophétie (2003) (voice: English version) .... Kaena
... aka Kaena: The Prophecy (USA)
Levity (2003) .... Sofia Mellinger
The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (2003) (TV)
Spider-Man (2002) .... Mary Jane Watson
The Cat's Meow (2001) .... Marion Davies
Crazy/Beautiful (2001) .... Nicole Oakley
Get Over It (2001) .... Kelly Woods
... aka Get Over It! (USA: promotional title)
Deeply (2000) .... Silly
... aka Deeply (Germany)
... aka Sur fond d'océan (Canada: French title)
Bring It On (2000) .... Torrance Shipman
Luckytown (2000) .... Lidda Doyles
The Crow: Salvation (2000) .... Erin Randall
... aka The Crow III - Tödliche Erlösung (Germany: DVD title)
All Forgotten (2000) .... Zinaida
... aka Lover's Prayer (USA)
Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in
Australia (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Girl on Subway ("I Knew I
Loved You")
Dick (1999) .... Betsy Jobs
... aka Dick, les coulisses de la présidence (France)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) .... Amber Atkins
... aka Gnadenlos schön (Germany)
The Virgin Suicides (1999) .... Lux Lisbon
... aka Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides (USA: complete title)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV) .... Hannah Stern
Strike! (1998) .... Verena von Stefan
... aka The Hairy Bird (Australia) (Canada: English title: working
title)
... aka All I Wanna Do (USA: new title)
... aka College femminile (Italy)
... aka Filles font la loi, Les (Canada: French title)
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1998) (V) (voice) .... Becky
Thatcher
Small Soldiers (1998) .... Christy Fimple
Fifteen and Pregnant (1998) (TV) .... Tina Spangler
"Stories from My Childhood" .... Alice / ... (2 episodes)
... aka Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (USA:
complete title)
- Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet (????) TV Episode
(voice)
- The Snow Queen (????) TV Episode (voice)
Wag the Dog (1997) .... Tracy Lime
Anastasia (1997) (voice) .... Young Anastasia
Tower of Terror (1997) (TV) .... Anna Petterson
"Gun" .... Sondra (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Robert Altman's Gun
- The Hole (1997) TV Episode .... Sondra
"ER" .... Charlie Chiemingo (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
- One More for the Road (1997) TV Episode .... Charlie Chiemingo
- Post Mortem (1997) TV Episode .... Charlie Chiemingo
- Night Shift (1997) TV Episode .... Charlie Chiemingo
- Homeless for the Holidays (1996) TV Episode .... Charlie Chiemingo
- Union Station (1996) TV Episode .... Charlie Chiemingo
(1 more)
"The Outer Limits" .... Joyce Taylor (1 episode, 1997)
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)
- Music of the Spheres (1997) TV Episode .... Joyce Taylor
True Heart (1997) .... Bonnie
"Touched by an Angel" .... Amy Ann McCoy (1 episode, 1996)
- Into the Light (1996) TV Episode .... Amy Ann McCoy
Mother Night (1996) .... Young Resi Noth
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996) (TV) .... Sara Weaver
... aka Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy
"CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1 episode, 1995)
- Children Remember the Holocaust (1995) TV Episode (voice)
Jumanji (1995) .... Judy Shepherd
Little Women (1994) .... Younger Amy March
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) ....
Claudia
... aka Interview with the Vampire (USA: short title)
Greedy (1994) .... Jolene
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... Hedril (1 episode, 1993)
... aka Star Trek: TNG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Dark Page (1993) TV Episode .... Hedril
"Sisters" .... Kitten Margolis (2 episodes, 1993)
- The Land of the Lost Children (1993) TV Episode .... Kitten
Margolis
- Dear Georgie (1993) TV Episode .... Kitten Margolis
Darkness Before Dawn (1993) (TV) .... Sandra Guard (age 8)
High Strung (1991) .... Young Girl
... aka Pissed Off (USA: alternative title)
"Loving" (1983) TV Series .... Young Child (unknown episodes,
1990-1991)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) .... Campbell McCoy
"Saturday Night Live" .... George Bush's Granddaughter / ... (2
episodes, 1988-1990)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick Jr. (1990) TV Episode .... Girl in
Bizilady Commercial
- Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka (1988) TV Episode (uncredited)
.... George Bush's Granddaughter
Majo no takkyûbin (1989) (voice: English version) .... Kiki
... aka Kiki's Delivery Service (USA)
... aka The Witch's Express Mail (literal title)
New York Stories (1989) (uncredited) .... Lisa's Daughter |
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Kirsten Dunst - Related Links |
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Wikipedia: Kirsten Dunst
YouTube: Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst at Celebs, Inc.
Kirsten Dunst at Babemania.com
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