Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey on April 30, 1982. She was born to parents Klaus and Inez. Kirsten, who is part Swedish and part German, is well-known to movie audiences as 'Mary Jane' in the super-hero blockbusters
Spider-Man (2002),
Spider-Man 2 (2004) and
Spider-Man 3 (2006). Kirsten was only seven years old when she made her movie debut in the
Woody Allen-directed film
New York Stories (1989).
She made her mark as a young up-and-comer by playing the creepy little girl 'Claudia' in
Interview With the Vampire (1992). As the century turned she was cast in a number of movies including the drama
The Virgin Suicides (2000), the battle-of-the-cheerleaders comedy
Bring it On (2000) and the high school romance
Get Over It (2001).
Her other films include
The Cat's Meow (2002),
Mona Lisa Smile (2003),
Wimbledon (2004) and
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).