Line #22 Creator/KirstenDunst


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3	Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey) is a New Jersey-born American actor of German and Swedish descent.
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5	She started out as a child actor, gaining tremendous recognition with the role of Claudia in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', but her career as an adult has been significantly more prolific than her career as a child. This might be helped by her acting mainly in smaller films, with the occasional blockbuster, thus not being tied to any one role.
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7	But one thing that does stand out is her GirlNextDoor looks and demeanor, being [[TheIngenue sweet and wholesome]], but not too much.
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9	In 2007 she wrote and directed a short film called ''Welcome'', starring Creator/WinonaRyder.
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11	She is married to Creator/JessePlemons, her ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' co-star. Both were nominated for Best Supporting Oscars for their roles in ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog''. They have two sons together.
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14	!!Her roles include:
15	* ''Film/NewYorkStories'' (1989) as Lisa's daughter
16	* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (1989) as Kiki (Creator/{{Disney}} English dub)
17	* ''Literature/TheBonfireOfTheVanities'' (1990) as Campbell [=McCoy=]
18	* ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' (1993) as Kitten Margolis
19	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' (1993) as Hedril
20	* ''Film/{{Greedy}}'' (1994) as Jolene
21	* ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' (1994) as Claudia
22	* ''Film/{{Little Women\|1994}}'' (1994) as Young Amy March
23	* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' (1995) as Judy Shepherd
24	* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (1996-97) as Charlie Chiemingo
25	* ''Literature/MotherNight'' (1996) as Young Resi Noth
26	* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' (1996) as Amy Ann [=McCoy=]
27	* ''Series/{{The Outer Limits\|1995}}'' (1997) as Joyce Taylor
28	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' (1997) as Young Anastasia (voice)
29	* ''Film/WagTheDog'' (1997) as Tracy Lime
30	* ''Film/FifteenAndPregnant'' (1998) as Tina Spangler
31	* ''Film/TheHairyBird'' (1998) as Verena Von Stefan
32	* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' (1998) as Christy Fimple
33	* ''Literature/TheDevilsArithmetic'' (1999) as Hannah Stern
34	* ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'' (1999) as Lux Lisbon
35	* ''Film/DropDeadGorgeous'' (1999) as Amber Atkins
36	* ''Film/{{Dick}}'' (1999) as Betsy Jobs
37	* ''Film/TheCrowSalvation'' (2000) as Erin Randall
38	* ''Film/BringItOn'' (2000) as Torrance Shipman
39	* ''Film/GetOverIt'' (2001) as Kelly Woods
40	* ''Film/CrazyBeautiful'' (2001) as Nicole Oakley
41	* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' (2001) as Marion Davies
42	* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]]
43	** ''Film/SpiderMan1'' (2002)
44	** ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (2004)
45	** ''Film/SpiderMan3'' (2007)
46	* ''WesternAnimation/KaenaTheProphecy'' (2003) as Kaena (English dub)
47	* ''Film/MonaLisaSmile'' (2003) as Betty Warren
48	* ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' (2004) as Mary Svevo
49	* ''Film/{{Wimbledon}}'' (2004) as Lizzie Bradbury
50	* ''Film/{{Elizabethtown}}'' (2005) as Claire Colburn
51	* ''Film/{{Marie Antoinette\|2006}}'' (2006) as UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette
52	* ''Film/HowToLoseFriendsAndAlienatePeople'' (2008) as Alison Olsen
53	* ''Film/{{All Good Things\|2010}}'' as Katie [=McCarthy=]
54	* ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' (2011) as Justine
55	* ''Film/{{Bachelorette}}'' (2012) as Regan Crawford
56	* ''Literature/OnTheRoad'' (2012) as Camille Moriarty
57	* ''Film/UpsideDown'' (2012) as Eden Moore
58	* ''Film/TheBlingRing'' (2013) as herself
59	* ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' (2013) as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds
60	* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' (2014) as Kim
61	* ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'' (2014) as Cecilia Payne (voice)
62	* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' (2015) as Peggy Blumquist
63	* ''Film/MidnightSpecial'' (2016) as Sarah Tomlin
64	* ''Film/HiddenFigures'' (2016) as Vivian Mitchell
65	* ''Film/TheBeguiled'' (2017) as Miss Edwina Morrow
66	* ''Film/{{Woodshock}}'' (2017) as Theresa
67	* ''Series/BlackMirror'' (2017) as Callister Employee
68	* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2018) as Creator/AgathaChristie
69	* ''Series/OnBecomingAGodInCentralFlorida'' (2019) as Krystal Stubbs
70	* ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' (2020) as Sally May (voice)
71	* ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog'' (2021) as Rose Gordon
72	* ''Film/{{Civil War\|2024}}'' (2024) as Lee
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74	!!Tropes associated with her include:
75	* CuteLittleFangs: You'd almost think she was destined to play a vampire
76	* FormerChildStar: Averted. She burst onto the scene as a child star in the 90s but managed to transcend that and carve out a respectable career as an adult actress. The films she's done as an adult are usually more remembered than her child roles.
77	* GirlNextDoor: Common in many of her roles, she tends to play fairly down-to-earth characters that still are considered quite attractive. She's not always lovey-dovey though.
78	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Her performance as Claire Colburn in ''Film/{{Elizabethtown}}'' is what led critic Nathan Rabin to coin the trope name and define the character archetype in a [[http://www.avclub.com/article/the-bataan-death-march-of-whimsy-case-file-1-emeli-15577 piece he wrote about the film]]. For the record, Dunst is not a fan of the term.
79	* MouthyKid: In her early teen movies she was quite known for this. ''Bring it On'', ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'', and ''Get Over It'' are her best examples.
80	-->'''Felix''': "Shouldn't you be at a pajama jammy jam or something?"
81	-->'''Kelly''': "What am I a year younger than you? Not that anyone can tell from your birthday presents. Pink roller blades."
82	* MsFanservice: Most notably in ''Spider-Man'', where she famously spent a scene in a very thin shirt in the rain. She's also played a cheerleader, been in many photoshoots, appeared topless, and even appeared fully nude in ''Marie Antoinette'' and ''Melancholia''.
83	* PrettyInMink: Wore a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_kirsten_1572.jpg white rabbit dress for a magazine shoot]], and wore some fur-trimmed dresses playing UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette.
84	* RomanceOnTheSet:
85	** She, like her successors, Creator/EmmaStone and Creator/{{Zendaya}}, played the LoveInterest to ComicBook/SpiderMan and dated the actor that played him (Creator/TobeyMaguire), in RealLife too, for a short while.
86	** She and Creator/GarrettHedlund dated for four years after they worked together in ''Film/OnTheRoad''.
87	** She and Creator/JessePlemons began dating several months after they worked together in Season 2 of ''Series/{{Fargo}}''. They are now engaged and have two sons.
88	* StarMakingRole: ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' established her child career. ''Film/SpiderMan1'' established her adult career.

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