Kirsten "Kiki" Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982)
is an American actress of German and Swedish
descent.
Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to
Klaus and Inez Dunst. Dunst's parents separated
several years ago. Her father, Klaus Dunst, a German
medical services executive, stayed in New Jersey.
Her mother, Inez Dunst, a Swedish former art gallery
owner, moved to California. Dunst has a younger
brother, Christian, born in 1986.
Dunst graduated from Notre Dame High School, a
private Catholic high school in Sherman Oaks, in
2000.
Dunst started dating fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal in
September 2002, after meeting him through his
sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal (her co-star in Mona Lisa
Smile). They broke up in July 2004 and have been
on-again, off-again since.
Dunst began acting at the age of three in television
commercials. In a 1988 episode of Saturday Night
Live, she played the role of President George H.W.
Bush's granddaughter, in a sketch in which Dana
Carvey acted as President Bush. Years later, Dunst
brought this to light when she hosted the show.
Dunst moved to the big screen in 1989's New York
Stories. Soon after, she landed a small part in The
Bonfire of the Vanities as Tom Hanks's daughter.
In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in the seventh season
episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called
"Dark Page".
Her breakthrough came in Interview with the Vampire,
a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel starring Tom
Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and Christian
Slater that was directed by Neil Jordan. This movie
features a somewhat controversial scene in which
Dunst, then aged eleven, had to kiss Brad Pitt, who
was 29. Her most well-known performances to date
have been in The Virgin Suicides, the cult hit Bring
It On, and as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man and
Spider-Man 2.
Dunst won the 2002 Best Actress Silver Ombú at the
Mar de Plata Film Festival for her performance as
Charlie Chaplin's love interest Marion Davies in
Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow.
Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 film, Get
Over It, performing two songs written by Marc
Shaiman. She also lent her musical voice to the end
credits of The Cat's Meow by singing the old
standard, "After You've Gone."
More recently, Dunst has played the role of doomed
18th-century royal, Queen Marie Antoinette, in the
forthcoming motion picture, titled Marie-Antoinette,
which is scheduled for release in Autumn 2006. It is
the third film directed by Sofia Coppola (the second
to feature Dunst), and is based on British historian
Lady Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie-Antoinette.
A new project has been announced on the life of
peace activist Marla Ruzicka in which Dunst will
play the title lead. Few details are available on
the project at this time.
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