---
name: "Kirsten Dunst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirsten-dunst"
fi1m_id: "kirsten-dunst"
imdb_id: "nm0000379"
tmdb_id: 205
wikidata_id: "Q76478"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 April 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-22T02:46:00.064002+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kirsten Dunst

## Identity

Kirsten Dunst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirsten-dunst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kirsten-dunst
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000379
- **TMDB ID:** 205
- **Wikidata ID:** Q76478
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Dunst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76478, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205

Actor. Born 30 April 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 April 1982, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Kirsten Caroline Dunst
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 16: 15 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [James Franco](https://film.one/person/james-franco.md), [Laura Ziskin](https://film.one/person/laura-ziskin.md), [Sam Raimi](https://film.one/person/sam-raimi.md), [Sofia Coppola](https://film.one/person/sofia-coppola.md), [Tobey Maguire](https://film.one/person/tobey-maguire.md), [Alvin Sargent](https://film.one/person/alvin-sargent.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Jason Schwartzman](https://film.one/person/jason-schwartzman.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 15 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (3), 2000s 77 (6), 2010s 81 (3), 2020s 75 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 69 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 7 of 14 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Science Fiction 5, Action 4, Adventure 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2
- **Screen time:** 28 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,490m across 13 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Dunst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76478, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205

## Coming up

- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027-07-22), as Alex
- *The Housemaid's Secret* (2027-12-17), as Wendy Garrick

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 2*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) (85), [*Spider-Man*](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md) (78), [*Anastasia*](https://film.one/film/anastasia.md) (64), [*Spider-Man 3*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (84), [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80), [*Roofman*](https://film.one/film/roofman.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Melancholia*](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md) (80)
- **HBO Max:** [*Interview with the Vampire*](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Kirsten Dunst

> Kirsten Dunst can hold our attention with an almost motionless face or an angry demand. She lets difficult characters stay difficult, and can give us a reason to watch films we have reservations about.

In *Civil War* (2024), Kirsten Dunst’s Lee can watch a man burn and still think about getting the photograph. Dunst barely moves her face, making the photographer’s long experience of other people’s wars seem frightening rather than reassuring. We were unsettled by how little she appeared to react; the attention to the job made the moment worse. Alex Garland’s film is tense and expertly made, but its silence about the war itself keeps us at a distance. Dunst is the reason to see it, because she gives us someone to watch closely even when the film declines to explain itself.

That ability to hold our attention was already there in Neil Jordan’s *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), though Claudia is considerably less restrained. Her child vampire is angry, and Dunst does not soften that anger into a request to be liked. Against Brad Pitt’s repeated expressions of remorse, she brings a welcome impatience to the household. We find the domestic quarrels more involving than the talk of eternity, and she makes those quarrels matter. It is a forceful performance in a film that can spend too long having its adults explain their unhappiness.

Sofia Coppola’s *The Virgin Suicides* (2000) gave her adolescent longing and rebellion to play as Lux Lisbon. Her work with Coppola makes good use of an emotional directness that does not need much dialogue. Mary Jane Watson in the *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002–2007) brought wider recognition, though those lighter commercial roles could make her look a simpler actor than she was. From the late 2000s, she turned increasingly towards director-led, character-centred films. *Melancholia* (2011) and *The Power of the Dog* (2021) continued to find room for her willingness to show women under pressure.

It would be a mistake to describe her gift as merely doing less. Claudia’s anger is as persuasive as Lee’s near-stillness, and neither performance is trying to make its character pleasant. The limitation is that Dunst cannot supply everything the writing lacks. Jordan’s repeated remorse still wears, and Garland’s decision not to explain his conflict still keeps a good film from being more satisfying. Try *Civil War* if a performance can be enough of a reason for an evening.

## Biography

Kirsten Dunst is an American actress. She was born on 30 April 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Her career began with an uncredited role in *New York Stories* (1989) and a credited appearance in *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990). She gained early recognition as Claudia in *Interview with the Vampire* (1994).

Dunst starred as Mary Jane Watson in the *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002–2007) and appeared in *Jumanji* (1995), *Bring It On* (2000), *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004) and *Marie Antoinette* (2006). She received an Academy Award nomination for her role in *The Power of the Dog* (2021).

In 2024 she played the photojournalist Lee in *Civil War*. Dunst has also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, including for her performance in the second season of *Fargo* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com, thewrap.com.*

## On Fi1m (16)

### Performed in (15) — the average rests on these

- *Roofman* (2025), Fi1m 68, as Leigh Wainscott — [page](https://film.one/film/roofman.md)
- *Civil War* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Rose Gordon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Vivian Mitchell — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Peggy Blumquist — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Justine — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Fi1m 55, as Mary Jane Watson — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Marie Antoinette — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Fi1m 88, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Fi1m 85, as Mary Jane Watson — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, as Mary Jane Watson — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Fi1m 83, as Lux Lisbon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md)
- *Anastasia* (1997), Fi1m 64, as Young Anastasia (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/anastasia.md)
- *Wag the Dog* (1997), Fi1m 77, as Tracy Lime — [page](https://film.one/film/wag-the-dog.md)
- *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), Fi1m 79, as Claudia — [page](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Making Marie Antoinette* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/making-marie-antoinette.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Housemaid's Secret* (2027), as Wendy Garrick
- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027), as Alex
- *Roofman* (2025), as Leigh Wainscott — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/roofman.md)
- *Civil War* (2024), as Lee — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), as Rose Gordon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019), series, as Krystal Stubbs · Executive Producer
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), Thanks
- *Woodshock* (2017), as Theresa · Executive Producer
- *The Beguiled* (2017), as Edwina
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), as Vivian Mitchell — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *Midnight Special* (2016), as Sarah Tomlin
- *Aspirational* (2015), as Kirsten Dunst
- *The Two Faces of January* (2014), as Colette MacFarland
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Peggy Blumquist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Cosmos* (2014), series, as Cecilia Payne (voice)
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *The Bling Ring* (2013), as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
- *Upside Down* (2012), as Eden Moore
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), as Nat (segment "The Second Bakery Attack")
- *Bachelorette* (2012), as Regan Crawford
- *On the Road* (2012), as Camille / Carolyn Cassady
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Callister Employee (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Fight for Your Right Revisited* (2011), as Metal Chick
- *Melancholia* (2011), as Justine — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *All Good Things* (2010), as Katie Marks
- *The Second Bakery Attack* (2010), as Nat
- *Bastard* (2010), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Non Plus One* (2010), as Waitress
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), as Alison Olsen
- *Welcome* (2007), Writer, Director
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), as Mary Jane Watson — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Marie Antoinette — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Elizabethtown* (2005), as Claire Colburn
- *A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Actor
- *Wimbledon* (2004), as Lizzie Bradbury
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as Mary Jane Watson — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), as Mary — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), as Betty Warren
- *Levity* (2003), as Sofia Mellinger
- *Spider-Man* (2002), as Mary Jane Watson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *The Cat's Meow* (2002), as Marion Davies
- *All Forgotten* (2001), as Zinaida
- *Crazy/Beautiful* (2001), as Nicole Oakley
- *Get Over It* (2001), as Kelly Woods
- *Deeply* (2000), as Silly
- *Bring It On* (2000), as Torrance Shipman
- *Luckytown* (2000), as Lidda
- *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), as Lux Lisbon — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md)
- *The Crow: Salvation* (2000), as Erin Randall
- *Dick* (1999), as Betsy Jobs
- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), as Amber Atkins
- *The Devil's Arithmetic* (1999), as Hannah Stern
- *True Heart* (1999), as Bonnie
- *TRL* (1998), series, Actor
- *Strike!* (1998), as Verena von Stefan
- *The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1998), as Becky Thatcher (voice)
- *Small Soldiers* (1998), as Christy Fimple
- *Fifteen and Pregnant* (1998), as Tina Spangler
- *Wag the Dog* (1997), as Tracy Lime — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/wag-the-dog.md)
- *Anastasia* (1997), as Young Anastasia (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/anastasia.md)
- *Tower of Terror* (1997), as Anna Petterson
- *Gun* (1997), series, as Sondra
- *Mother Night* (1996), as Young Resi Noth
- *The Siege at Ruby Ridge* (1996), as Sara Weaver
- *The Siege at Ruby Ridge* (1996), series, as Sara Weaver
- *Jumanji* (1995), as Judy
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Joyce Taylor
- *Little Women* (1994), as Younger Amy March
- *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), as Claudia — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Amy Ann McCoy
- *ER* (1994), series, as Charlie Chiemingo — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Greedy* (1994), as Jolene
- *Darkness Before Dawn* (1993), as Sandra Guard (age 8)
- *High Strung* (1992), as Young Girl
- *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990), as Campbell McCoy
- *New York Stories* (1989), as Lisa’s Daughter
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Hedril — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Self Help*, Actor
- *Rhubarb*, Actor
- *The Entertainment System Is Down*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Kirsten Dunst as Justine in Melancholia (2011)](https://film.one/media/title/1719/still-1c293a2bafe5.jpg) Kirsten Dunst as Justine in *Melancholia* (2011) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon in The Virgin Suicides (2000)](https://film.one/media/title/4607/still-77037670e419.jpg) Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon in *The Virgin Suicides* (2000) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002)](https://film.one/media/title/5289/still-8bc79f502e5a.jpg) Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson in *Spider-Man* (2002) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst as Lee in Civil War (2024)](https://film.one/media/title/31/still-0f4009b0cdda.jpg) Kirsten Dunst as Lee in *Civil War* (2024) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-f8bebb2be58b.jpg) Kirsten Dunst — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Kirsten_Dunst_Cannes_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-36750ccc384a.jpg) Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_1.jpg/1280px-2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-2a964e0e8d2e.jpg) Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_11.jpg/1280px-2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-04e69791c34c.jpg) Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-7eaffb38cad2.jpg) Kirsten Dunst — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-2f51c9766a03.jpg) Kirsten Dunst — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-50221d915243.jpg) Kirsten Dunst — Image via TMDB
- ![Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/679/gallery-2e36de4e74c8.jpg) Kirsten Dunst at the world premiere of Civil War at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, edited by Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_1_bright.jpg/1280px-2024-03-14_SXSW_Civil-War_1_bright.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Power of the Dog*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2017: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (won), for *Hidden Figures*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2011: Best Actress (won), for *Melancholia*

### Other awards — 10 won, 1 nominated

- Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture 2017: Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture (won), for *Hidden Figures*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2016: Best Movie/Miniseries Actress (won), for *Fargo*
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama 2016: Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (won), for *Fargo*
- Saturn Awards 2012: Best Actress (won), for *Melancholia*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2011: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Melancholia*
- Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2011: Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Melancholia*
- Empire Award for Best Actress 2003: Empire Award for Best Actress (won), for *Spider-Man*
- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 2003: MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (won), for *Spider-Man*
- MTV Movie Award for Best Performance 2003: MTV Movie Award for Best Performance (won), for *Spider-Man*
- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 1995: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (won), for *Interview with the Vampire*
- Saturn Awards 1995: Best Performance by a Younger Actor (won), for *Interview with the Vampire*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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