Dunst Kirsten

German-American actress, singer and model, who achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). She played the title role in Sofia Coppolas Marie Antoinette (2006). She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Triers Melancholia (2011). Dunst was born to Inez (née Inez Carolinn Rupprecht) and Klaus Hermann Dunst. Dunsts father is German, originally from Hamburg, and Dunsts mother, who was born in New Jersey, is of German and Swedish descent. Dunst affirmed her German citizenship in 2011 and now holds passports as a dual citizen of the United States and Germany. In 1993, her parents separated, and she subsequently moved with her mother and younger brother to Los Angeles, California, where she attended Laurel Hall School in North Hollywood. In 1995, her mother filed for divorce. The following year Dunst began attending Notre Dame High School, a private Catholic high school in Los Angeles. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a performance 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 to further acclaim. After supporting roles in the television series ER (1996) and films such as Wag the Dog (1997), Small Soldiers (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 2001). Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004), the romantic science fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Cameron Crowes tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005). She starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). In 2001, Dunst made her singing debut in the film Get Over It, in which she performed two songs. She also sang the jazz song "After Youve Gone" for the end credits of the film The Cats Meow (2001). Dunst was treated for depression in early 2008 at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah. She explained that she had been feeling low in the six months before her admission. In late March she checked out of the treatment center and began filming All Good Things. In May she went public with this information in order to highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful women and to dispel false rumors that had been very painful for her friends and family. She has also gone public detailing her "sedate lifestyle" and the fact that she has a single apartment in New York with one bedroom. She dated her On the Road co-star Garrett Hedlund. Dunst began dating her Fargo co-star Jesse Plemons in 2016. They are currently engaged. Dunst gave birth to their son in Santa Monica, California, at 8:16 AM on 3 May 2018, whom they named Ennis Howard Plemons. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less