KIRSTEN DUNST plays Betty Warren, a student who distrusts any challenge to the status quo at Wellesley College.
Kirsten Dunst will next be seen in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a film directed by Michel Gondry, written by Charlie Kauffman and co-starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo.
She is best known for Columbia Pictures’ record-breaking box office smash Spider-Man®, in which she starred as ‘Mary Jane Watson’ opposite Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man. She will reprise her role in the upcoming sequel. In addition, she will star in the love story Wimbledon with Paul Bettany and Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown with Ashton Kutcher.
Other recent appearances include playing Marion Davies, mistress to William Randolph Hearst (Edward Hermann), in The Cat’s Meow a semi-biographical murder-mystery directed by Peter Bogdanavich. She also starred in the independent film Levity co-starring Billy Bob Thornton and Morgan Freeman.
Dunst’s performances in the comedy Bring It On, which opened #1 at the box office, and the critically acclaimed Virgin Suicides with James Woods and Kathleen Turner, made critics and fans alike take notice of her blossoming talent. She also won rave reviews for her role as a troubled young woman in Crazy/Beautiful.
She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Interview with the Vampire. Other motion picture credits include starring roles in Drop Dead Gorgeous with Ellen Barkin and Kirstie Alley, Dick with Michelle Williams, Little Women with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder, Jumanji with Robin Williams, Mother Night with Nick Nolte, Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro and Small Soldiers with the late Phil Hartman.
Dunst’s growing list of accolades include the Blockbuster Video Award for Best Supporting Newcomer, an MTV award for Best Breakthrough Artist and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress – all for Interview with the Vampire. The Hollywood Reporter also named Dunst as Best Young Star for her portrayal of a teenage prostitute in NBC’s hit series "ER."
Dunst got her showbiz start at the age of three in television commercials. After more than 100 commercials she made the jump to the big screen in 1989 in Woody Allen’s New York Stories.
Dunst’s career has not been limited to the big screen. In addition to a critically acclaimed recurring role on "ER," she starred in Showtime’s "The Outer Limits" and "Devil’s Arithmetic" produced by Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers, as well as the telefilm "Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy," the Wonderful World of Disney’s "Tower of Terror" and Lifetime’s "15 and Pregnant."
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