Kirsten Dunst

Kristen Dunst is known for her complicated love life. The actress has had several romantic relationships with some popular Hollywood celebrities—Jason Boesel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Garrett Hedlund and Johnny Borrell.

In early 2008, the star was treated for depression at the Cirque Lodge treatment center, Utah. In late March 2008, Dunst checked out of the center and began shooting for her films.

In 2016, she began dating the ‘Fargo’ star Jesse Plemons. The couple got engaged in January 2017.

Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez Dunst and Klaus Hermann Dunst. Her mother was a one-time gallery owner who also worked as a flight attendant. Her father is a medical services executive.

The actress is of German and Swedish descent and also holds citizenship in Germany as well. She has a younger brother – Christian Dunst, who was born in 1987.

Kirsten Dunst was hired as a child model at the age of three. She was signed by the Ford and Elite Modeling Agencies. At the age of six, she was cast in the short film ‘Oedipus Wrecks’.

In 1990, she played the role of a daughter in ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’. This comedy-drama was based on Tom Wolfe's novel. In 1993, Dunst made a guest appearance in the science fiction series ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ in its episode titled ‘Dark Page’.

Dunst lived in New Jersey until the age of 11. During that time, she attended the Ranney School. In 1993, her parents separated and she moved with her mother and brother to Los Angeles, California. She then studied at the Laurel Hall School and Notre Dame High School respectively.

Kirsten Dunst was cast as ‘Torrance Shipman’ in ‘Bring It On’ in 2000. The next year, she appeared in the comedy flick ‘Get Over It’ and also in the historical drama ‘The Cat's Meow’.

In 2002, the blonde beauty was cast opposite Tobey Maguire in the superhero film ‘Spider-Man’—the most financially successful movie of Dunst’s career to date. In the film, she played ‘Mary Jane Watson’ who was the love interest of ‘Peter Parker’ (the Spiderman).

The success of ‘Spider-Man’ led the actress to reprise her role as ‘Mary Jane Watson’ in ‘Spider-Man 2’ (2004).

The actress was then seen in 2005 as ‘Claire Colburn’ – a flight attendant in ‘Elizabethtown’. One year later, in 2006, she collaborated with Sofia Coppola and starred as the lead character in ‘Marie Antoinette’.

In 2007, she once again reprised her character of ‘Mary Jane Watson’ in ‘Spider-Man 3’.

Kirsten Dunst had a recurring role in season 3 of the medical drama ‘ER’ in 1996-97. The actress played a child prostitute who is taken under the guidance of a pediatrician. George Clooney also appeared in the series, playing the character of ‘Dr. Doug Ross’.

She played the character of ‘Lux Lisbon’, a troubled teenager in Sofia Coppola's drama movie ‘The Virgin Suicides’ in 1999. In this film, the actress perfectly balanced innocence and wantonness.

As a singer she recorded ‘After You've Gone’ – the jazz standard which was used in the soundtrack of ‘The Cat's Meow’. She also sang two songs in ‘Spider-Man 3’. Besides these, she also sang for Jason Schwartzman's 2007 solo album ‘Nighttiming’.