Birth name Kirsten Caroline Dunst Nickname Kiki Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) Date of birth 30 April 1982 Birth place Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA   Kirsten is an American actress and former child fashion mdoel, perhaps best known for her performances in Jumanji, The Virgin Suicides, Bring It On, and as Mary Jane Watson in a series of major Spider-Man films.

Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Klaus and Inez Dunst, who are separated. Her father, Klaus Dunst, a German medical services executive, remained 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 attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, but graduated in 2000 from Notre Dame High School in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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 appear to have broken up in July 2004.

Dunst began as a child fashion model at the age of three in television commercials. She was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management.

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.

In 1989, Dunst moved to the big screen with 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 feature film breakthrough came in Interview with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice's novel. The movie features a somewhat controversial scene in which Dunst, then aged eleven, had to kiss Brad Pitt, who was 29.

At the 2002 Mar de Plata Film Festival, Dunst won the Best Actress Silver Ombú 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."

Dunst played the title role in Marie-Antoinette, which premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It is the second time Dunst has starred in a film directed by Sofia Coppola.

Dunst is slated to portray peace activist Marla Ruzicka in a film scripted by Lorene Scafaria for Warner Independent Pictures in late 2006.