| Biography:
Birth name
Kirsten Caroline Dunst
Nickname
Kiki
Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New
Jersey, USA to Klaus Dunst, a German 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 in
1986. 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's 1989 film New York Stories
(1989). 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) alongside such stars as Brad Pitt and Tom
Cruise. 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), Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998).
2000 was Kirsten's biggest year yet - she received rave reviews for her role
as Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's Independent film Virgin Suicides, The
(1999). She proved her status as a leading actress in the comedy hit Bring
It On (2000), 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." |
