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Kirsten Dunst at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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Born |
Kirsten Caroline Dunst April 30, 1982 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. |
Citizenship | United States Germany |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Partner(s) | Jesse Plemons (e. 2017) |
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her film debut in Woody Allen's short film Oedipus Wrecks for the anthology film New York Stories (1989). At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year. After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama ER (1996–97) as Charlie Chemingo and starring in films such as Wag the Dog (1997), Small Soldiers (1998), the English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service (1998), and The Virgin Suicides (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Bring It On (2000), Get Over It and Crazy/Beautiful (both released in 2001).