Kirsten Dunst American Actress Known for Spider-Man

Kirsten Dunst (30 April 1982, Point Pleasant) is an American actress. She is known for Spider-Man (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Early life

Her education includes Ranney School and Notre Dame High School.

Career

Her screen career on record begins in 1989 with New York Stories. The 1990s brought Interview with the Vampire (1994, as Claudia) and Jumanji (1995). Her 2000s credits include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007, as Mary Jane Watson). During the 2010s, she worked on Melancholia (2011) and Hidden Figures (2016, as Vivian Mitchell). Work from the 2020s includes The Power of the Dog (2021, as Rose Gordon) and Civil War (2024, as Ellie).

Kirsten Dunst’s credits add up to 57 films and one TV series from 1989 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (15), followed by comedy (9) and romantic comedy (7). Her credits run up to Roofman in 2025. Of her five titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Spider-Man 3 (2007) has the highest, at $891 million.

Elizabeth Banks appears in three of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Stan Lee (three titles) and Tobey Maguire (three titles). Sam Raimi directed three of her titles on record. Sofia Coppola is credited as director on three of them, including The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Marie Antoinette (2006).

Recognition

Kirsten Dunst’s wins include the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, awarded in 2011 for Melancholia. The list of wins also includes two Saturn Awards (1995 and 2012) and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress (2016) for Fargo. A nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for The Power of the Dog is also listed. In total, she has won 13 awards and earned 2 nominations.

Personal life

She has been married to Jesse Plemons since 2022. She has 2 children on record.