The Kirsten Dunst Handbook - Everything you need to know about Kirsten Dunst

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Kirsten Dunst Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Kirsten Dunst. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, and Filmography right away: New York Stories, The Bonfire of the Vanities (film), High Strung, Sisters (TV series), Dark Page, Greedy (film), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Little Women (1994 film), Jumanji (film), Mother Night (film), Touched by an Angel, List of ER episodes, The Outer Limits (1995 TV series), Tower of Terror (film), Anastasia (1997 film), Gun (TV Series), Wag the Dog, True Heart, Fifteen and Pregnant, Kiki's Delivery Service, Small Soldiers, The Hairy Bird, The Devil's Arithmetic (film), The Virgin Suicides (film), Drop Dead Gorgeous (film), Dick (film), The Crow: Salvation, Luckytown, Bring It On (film), Deeply, Get Over It (film), Crazy/Beautiful, The Cat's Meow, Spider-Man (film), Levity (film), Kaena: The Prophecy, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider-Man 2, Wimbledon (film), Elizabethtown (film), Marie Antoinette (2006 film), Spider-Man 3, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film), All Good Things (film), Upside Down (film), Melancholia (film), On the Road (2011 film)

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781486433612
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Contents Articles Kirsten Dunst New York Stories The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) High Strung Sisters (TV series) Dark Page Greedy (film) Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Little Women (1994 film) Jumanji (film) Mother Night (film) Touched by an Angel List of ER episodes The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) Tower of Terror (film) Anastasia (1997 film) Gun (TV Series) Wag the Dog True Heart Fifteen and Pregnant Kiki's Delivery Service Small Soldiers The Hairy Bird The Devil's Arithmetic (film) The Virgin Suicides (film) Drop Dead Gorgeous (film) Dick (film) The Crow: Salvation Luckytown Bring It On (film) Deeply Get Over It (film) Crazy/Beautiful The Cat's Meow

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Spider-Man (film) Levity (film) Kaena: The Prophecy Mona Lisa Smile Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Spider-Man 2 Wimbledon (film) Elizabethtown (film) Marie Antoinette (2006 film) Spider-Man 3 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film) All Good Things (film) Upside Down (film) Melancholia (film) On the Road (2011 film) References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors Article Licenses License

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Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Dunst at theSpider-Man 3premiere in NYC,2007 Born Kirsten Caroline Dunst April 30, 1982 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States Occupation Actress Years active 1989 – present

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut inOedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthologyNew York Stories(1989). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia inInterview with the Vampire(1994), a performance for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year she appeared inLittle Women, to further acclaim. Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in theSpider-Mantrilogy (2002–07). Since then her films have included the romantic comedyWimbledon(2004), the romantic fantasyEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedyElizabethtown(2005). She played the title role in Sofia Coppola'sMarie Antoinette(2006), and she starred in the comedyHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People(2008). In 2001, Dunst made her singing debut in the filmGet Over It, in which she performed two songs. She also sang the jazz song "After You've Gone" for the end credits of the filmThe Cat's Meow(2001). In early 2008, Dunst confirmed she was suffering from depression, checking into a treatment center before discharging herself in March and resuming her career.

Early life [1] Dunst was born at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Inez (née Rupprecht) and Klaus Dunst. She has one younger [2] brother. Her father worked as a medical services executive, and her mother was an artist and one-time gallery [3] [4] owner. Dunst is of German descent on her father's side, and Swedish on her mother's. Until the age of six, Dunst lived in New Jersey, where she attended Ranney School. In 1991, she moved with her [3] mother and younger brother to Los Angeles, California. In 1995, her mother filed for divorce. The following year Dunst began attending Notre Dame, a private Catholic high school in Los Angeles. [2] After graduating from Notre Dame, Dunst continued the acting career that she had begun at the age of eight. As a teenager, she found it difficult to deal with her rising fame, and for a period she blamed her mother for pushing her [5] into acting as a child. However, she later expressed that her mother "always had the best intentions". When asked if she had any regrets about the way she spent her childhood, Dunst said: "Well, it's not a natural way to grow up, but

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Kirsten Dunst 2 it's the way I grew up and I wouldn't change it. I have my stuff to work out ... I don't think anybody can sit around [4] and say: 'My life is more screwed up than yours.' Everybody has their issues." Career Early work [3] [6] Dunst began her career when she was three years old as a child fashion model in television commercials. She [3] was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management. At the age of eight years old she made her film debut in a minor role in Woody Allen'sOedipus Wrecks, a short film that was released as one-third of the anthologyNew [3] York Stories(1989). Soon after, she landed a small part inThe Bonfire of the Vanities(1990), as Tom Hanks's [3] daughter. In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in "Dark Page", the seventh episode of the seventh season ofStar Trek: [7] The Next Generation. Critical success The breakthrough role in Dunst's career came inInterview with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel, in which she played the child vampire Claudia, a surrogate daughter to Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's characters [8] [9] in the film. The film received ambivalent reviews, but many film critics complimented Dunst's performance. Roger Ebert commented that Dunst's creation of the child vampire Claudia was one of the "creepier" aspects of the [10] film, and mentioned her ability to convey the impression of great age inside apparent youth. Todd McCarthy in [11] VarietyThe film featured a scene in which Dunst received hernoted that Dunst was "just right" for the family. [12] first kiss from Brad Pitt, who was 18 years her senior. In an interview withInterviewmagazine, she revealed, while questioned about her kissing scene with Pitt, that kissing him had made her feel uncomfortable: "I thought it [13] was gross, that Brad had cooties. I mean, I was 10." Her performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress, and her first Golden Globe Award [2] [14] [15] nomination. Later in 1994, Dunst appeared in the adaptation of the dramaLittle Women [3] opposite Winona Ryder and Claire Danes. The film received favorable [16] reviews: critic Janet Maslin ofThe New York Timeswrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel and remarked on Dunst's performance, "The perfect contrast to take-charge Jo comes from Kirsten Dunst's scene-stealing Amy, whose vanity and twinkling mischief make so much more sense coming from an 11-year-old vixen than they did from grown-up Joan Bennett in 1933. Ms Dunst, also scarily effective as the baby bloodsucker ofInterview With the [17] Vampire,is a little vamp with a big future." In 1995, she appeared in the fantasy movieJumanji, loosely based on Chris Van [18]  Allsburg's 1981 book of the same name. The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon Dunst at the 2005 Toronto [18] International Film Festival each roll of the dice. She was part of an ensemble cast that included Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and David Alan Grier. The movie grossed $100 million [19] [3] worldwide. That year, and again in 2002, she was named one ofPeoplemagazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1996, Dunst had a recurring role in the third season of NBC's medical dramaER. She portrayed a child prostitute, [2] Charlie Chiemingo, taken under the guidance of Dr. Doug Ross, played by George Clooney. In 1997, she was the [20] voice of Young Anastasia in the animated musical filmAnastasiain 1997, Dunst appeared in the political. Also [21] satireWag the DogThe following year she was the voice of the, opposite Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. title character, Kiki, a 13-year-old apprentice witch who leaves her home village to spend a year on her own, in the [22] anime movieKiki's Delivery Service(1998).

Kirsten Dunst 3 Dunst was offered the role of Angela in the 1999 drama filmAmerican Beauty, but turned it down because she did [13] not want to appear in the film's suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey. She later explained: [13] "When I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough to understand the script's material." That same year, she appeared in the comedyDick, alongside Michelle Williams. The film is a parody retelling the events of the [23] Watergate scandal which lead to the resignation of U.S. president Richard Nixon. In Sofia Coppola's independent filmThe Virgin Suicides(1999), Dunst played the role of troubled adolescent Lux [24] Lisbon. The film was screened as a special presentation at the 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival in [25] [26] 2000. The movie received generally favorable reviews, andSan Francisco Chroniclecritic Peter Stack noted [27] in his review that Dunst "beautifully balances innocence and wantonness". [28] In 2000, she played Torrance Shipman, the captain of a cheerleading squad inBring It On. The film generated [29] mostly critical reviews, with Charles Taylor of Salon.com writing that the film had failed to provide Dunst with [30] as good a role as she had either inDickor inThe Virgin Suicides.However, Jessica Winter ofThe Village Voice complimented Dunst, stating that her performance was "as sprightly and knowingly daft as her turn inDick. She provides the only major element ofBring It Onthat plays as tweaking parody rather than slick, strident, body-slam [31] [19] churlishness." The movie grossed $68 million worldwide. [32] The following year, Dunst had the lead in the teen comedyGet Over Itlater explained that one of the(2001). She [33] reasons for accepting the role was that it gave her the opportunity to sing. Also in 2001, she depicted the late American actress Marion Davies inThe Cat's Meow, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Derek Elley ofVariety described the film as "playful and sporty", saying that this was Dunst's best performance to date: "Believable as both a spoiled ingenue and a lover to two very different men, Dunst endows a potentially lightweight character with [34] [35] considerable depth and sympathy." In theEsquireForreview, Tom Carson called her performance "terrific". [36] her work, she won the Best Actress Silver Ombú category award at the 2002 Mar del Plata Film Festival. Spider-Manand after In the 2002 superhero filmSpider-Man, the most successful film of her career to date, Dunst played Mary Jane Watson, the best friend and love interest of the title character, played by Tobey Maguire. The film was directed by Sam Raimi. Owen Gleiberman ofEntertainment Weeklyremarked on Dunst's ability to "lend even [37] the smallest line a tickle of flirtatious music." In theLos Angeles Times review, critic Kenneth Turan noted that Dunst and Maguire made a real connection on screen, concluding that their relationship involved audiences to an [38] extent rarely seen in films.Spider-Manwas a commercial and critical [39] success. The movie grossed $114 million during its opening weekend in [19] North America and went on to earn $822 million worldwide. Following the success ofSpider-Man, Dunst appeared in the independent drama [40] LevityIn this year she starred in(2003), where she had a supporting role. Dunst at the Cannes film festival Mona Lisa Smile(2003), part of an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, premiere ofMarie Antoinette. Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles. The film generated mostly negative [41] [42] reviews, with Manohla Dargis of theLos Angeles Timesdescribing it as "smug and reductive". She next appeared in the supporting role of Mary Svevo inEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004), alongside Jim [43] [44] Carrey, Kate Winslet, and Tom Wilkinson. The latter film received very positive reviews, withEntertainment [45] [19] WeeklyThe movie grossed $72 million worldwide.describing Dunst's subplot as "nifty and clever". [46] The success of the firstSpider-Manfilm led Dunst to reprise the role in the 2004 sequel,Spider-Man 2. The [47] movie was well received by critics, and it proved to be a big financial success, setting a new opening weekend [48] box office record for North America. With revenue of $783 million worldwide, it became the second highest

Kirsten Dunst 4 [19] grossing film in 2004. Also in 2004, she appeared in the romantic comedyWimbledon, a film in which she portrays a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships opposite Paul Bettany, who plays a fading former [49] [50] [51] tennis star. Reception for the movie was mixed, but many critics enjoyed Dunst's performance; Claudia Puig ofUSA Todayreported that the chemistry between Dunst and Bettany was potent, with Dunst doing a fine job [52] as a sassy and self-assured player. In 2005, she appeared as flight attendant Claire Colburn alongside Orlando Bloom, inElizabethtown, a movie written and directed by Cameron Crowe. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. Dunst revealed that [4] working with Crowe was enjoyable, but more demanding than she had expected. The movie garnered mixed [53] reviews, with theChicago Tribunerating it one out of four stars and describing Dunst's portrayal of a flight [54] [55] attendant as "cloying". It was a box office disappointment. Dunst's next film role was the title character in the 2006 biographical filmMarie Antoinette. Adapted from Antonia Fraser's bookMarie Antoinette: The Journey, [56] [57] the film was Dunst's second with director Sofia Coppola. The movie was [58] screened at a special presentation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was [59] reviewed favourably. International revenues were $45 million out of [60] $60 million overall. [61] In 2007 she again played Mary Jane Watson, inSpider-Man 3contrast to. In [39] [47] the previous two films' positive reviews,Spider-Man 3was met with a [62] mixed reception by critics. Nonetheless, with a total worldwide gross of $891 million, it stands as the most commercially successful film in the series and [19] Dunst's highest grossing film to the end of 2008. Having initially signed on for threeSpider-Manfilms, she revealed that she would do a fourth, but only if [63] Raimi and Maguire also returned. In January 2010 it was announced that the Spider-Manfranchise would be restarted, thus dropping Dunst, Maguire, and [64] [65] Raimi from the film series. Dunst at the premiere of Spider-Man In 2008, Dunst starred alongside Simon Pegg inHow to Lose Friends and 3in Stockholm, Sweden i n April [66] Alienate Peopleadaptation of the memoir of the same name by former, an 2007 [67] Vanity Faircontributing editor Toby Young. After she signed on to the film, [68] she revealed that she had joined the project because Pegg was scheduled to appear in it. Dunst has agreed to appear in upcoming romantic dramaAll Good Things, in a leading role opposite Ryan Gosling, [69] [70] portraying a woman from a run-down neighborhood who goes missing. She also signed to appear inSweet [71] [72] Reliefas peace activist Marla Ruzicka, a U.S. relief worker killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad. She has expressed interest in playing the role of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in Michel Gondry's upcoming [73] [74] biographical film about the band. Dunst has also finished filming with Jim Sturgess inUpside Down, with a [75] scheduled release in 2011. She has also taken to directing, with the short film,Bastard, which premiered at the [76] [77] Tribeca Film Festival in 2010, and was later featured at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Dunst has also [78] recently filmed the short filmThe Second Bakery Attackwith Brian Geraghty. As of April 2010, Dunst will star in Lars von Trier's upcoming science-fiction filmMelancholiaalongside Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Rampling. [79] The film is currently shooting in Trollhättan, Sweden. Reports have also stated that she will join Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, and Garrett Hedlund in the upcoming feature,On the Road. It is scheduled to begin filming in August [80] 2010.

Kirsten Dunst 5 Music [81] Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 filmGet Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her voice to the end credits ofThe Cat's Meow, singing Henry Creamer and Turner Layton's jazz standard [63] [82] "After You've Gone". InSpider-Man 3, she sings two songs as part of her role as Mary Jane Watson, one [63] [83] during a Broadway performance, and one as a singing waitress in a jazz club. Dunst revealed that she [63] recorded the songs earlier and later lip-synced to it when filming began. She also appeared in the music video for [84] Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You", and she sang two tracks, "This Old Machine" and "Summer Day", on [85] Jason Schwartzman's 2007 solo albumNighttiming. In an interview withThe Advertiser, Dunst explained that she has no plans to follow the steps of actors such as Russell Crowe or Toni Collette's in releasing an album, saying: "Definitely not. No way. It worked when Barbra Streisand was doing it, but now it's a little cheesy, I think. It works [5] better when singers are in movies." Dunst starred as the magical princess Majokko in the Takashi Murakami and McG directed shortAkihabara Majokko Princesssinging a cover of "Turning Japanese". This was shown at the "Pop Life" exhibition in London's Tate [86] [87] Modern museum. It shows Dunst prancing around Akihabara, a crowded shopping district in Tokyo. The exhibition was held from October 1, 2009 to January 17, 2010 in London. Personal life Dunst is not married and has not been identified with a long-term partner. She has reportedly been involved in short-term relationships with playwright Jeff Smeenge, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and musician Johnny Borrell of [88] [89] [90] Razorlight. [91] Dunst supported Democratic candidate John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Four years later, she [6] [92] supported Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. Dunst revealed that she supported [93] Obama "from the beginning" of the presidential campaign. In support of this, she directed and narrated a [93] [94] documentary entitledWhy Tuesday, explaining the United States tradition of voting on Tuesdays. Dunst explained that Tuesday is "not a holiday, and [the United States is] one of the lowest democratic countries in voter [93] [94] turnout". She felt it important to "influence people in a positive way" to vote on November 4. Her charity work includes participation with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, in which she helped [95] design and promote a necklace, for which all proceeds from sales went to the Glaser foundation. She also has helped with breast cancer awareness; in September 2008 she participated in the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, to help [96] [97] raise funds to accelerate cancer research. On December 5, 2009, she participated in the Teletón in Mexico, to [98] help raise funds to treat cancer and children rehabilitation. [99] Dunst has confirmed that she was treated for depression in early 2008. She sought treatment at the Cirque Lodge [88] [99] treatment center in Utah. Dunst explained that she had been feeling low in the six months before her [99] admittance to rehab. In late March she checked out from the treatment center and began filmingAll Good Things. In May she went public with this information, she said, to highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful [100] [101] women and to dispel false rumors that had been very painful for her friends and family. Filmography

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Year Film 1989New York Stories 1990The Bonfire of the Vanities 1991High Strung 1993Darkness Before Dawn 1993Sisters

1993Star Trek: The Next Generation 1994Greedy 1994Interview with the Vampire

1994Little Women

1995Jumanji 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge(aka Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy) 1996Mother Night 1996Touched by an Angel 1996ER

1997The Outer Limits 1997Tower of Terror 1997Anastasia 1997Gun 1997Wag the Dog 1997True Heart 1998Stories from My Childhood

1998Fifteen and Pregnant 1998Kiki's Delivery Service 1998Small Soldiers 1998The Hairy Bird 1998The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Role Lisa's daughter Campbell McCoy Young Girl Sandra Guard Kitten Margolis

Hedril Jolene Claudia

Younger Amy March Judy Shepherd Sara Weaver

Film

Uncredited

Notes

Episode: "Dear Georgie" Episode: "The Land of the Lost Children" Episode: "Dark Page"

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated– Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated–Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated–Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

YoungStar Awards 1997: Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Made For TV Movie

Young Resi Noth Amy Ann McCoyEpisode: "Into the Light" Charlie ChiemingoEpisode: "Ghosts" Episode: "Union Station" Episode: "Homeless for the Holidays" Episode: "Night Shift" Episode: "Post Mortem" Episode: "One More for the Road" Joyce TaylorEpisode: "Music of the Spheres" Anna Petterson Young AnastasiaVoice SondraEpisode: "The Hole" Tracy Limes Bonnie Alice/GertaEpisode: "The Snow Queen" Episode: "Alice and the Mystery of the Third" Tina SpanglerTelevision movie KikiVoice in English language dubbed version Christy Fimple Verena von Stefan Becky ThatcherVoice

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