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Kirsten Dunst

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Kirsten Dunst is an American actress and singer who has built a long career in film and television. She made her acting debut as a child in the anthology film New York Stories in 1989 and drew early notice as the child vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire. After teen films such as Bring It On and a first collaboration with Sofia Coppola in The Virgin Suicides, she became widely known as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. Later work includes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Marie Antoinette, Lars von Trier's Melancholia, which earned her the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2011, and the television series Fargo. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Power of the Dog and later appeared in Civil War.

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Birth Year
1982 1
Role
Performer 1
Notable Work
Melancholia 1
Classification
Award
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress 1
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is an American actress and singer
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1. Kirsten Dunst (Wikipedia)
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    Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982)
  • Lead, occupation
    is an American actress and singer who has starred in many film and television productions
  • Lead, awards
    which earned her the Best Actress prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
  • Lead, notable work
    Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's drama Melancholia
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American actress and singer
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film work
    who has starred in many film and television productions
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television work
    who has starred in many film and television productions
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