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Biography
Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on April 30, 1982 in Point
Pleasant, NJ, USA to Klaus Dunst, a medical-services exec. who's
now stationed in New Jersey while the rest of his family lives on
the West Coast. Klaus separated from Kirsten's mother Inez Dunst, a
former art-gallery owner. She also has a brother named Christian,
who was born 1987. Kirsten started out in showbiz at the age of
three, where she began filming television commercials (a grand
total of more than 70). She made her feature film debut in a
segment of 'Woody Allen' (qv)'s 1989 film _New York Stories (1989)_
(qv). Shortly after in the same year her family moved to Los
Angeles, where her film career took off. In 1994 she made her
breakthrough performance in _Interview with the Vampire: The
Vampire Chronicles (1994)_ (qv) alongside such stars as 'Brad Pitt'
(qv) and 'Tom Cruise' (qv). Her performance earned her a Golden
Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
and the Saturn award for Best Young Actress. In 1995, she was named
one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Over the next
few years she made a string of hit movies including _Little Women
(1994)_ (qv), _Jumanji (1995)_ (qv) and _Small Soldiers (1998)_
(qv). 2000 was Kirsten's biggest year yet -- she received rave
reviews for her role as Lux Lisbon in 'Sofia Coppola' (qv)'s
Independent film _Virgin Suicides, The (1999)_ (qv). She proved her
status as a leading actress in the comedy hit _Bring It On (2000)_
(qv), and she Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles
in June of that year. She is now working on her own production
company with her mother called "Wooden Spoon Productions."
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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Kirsten Dunst
