Kirsten Dunst has been an actress since the 1980s and gained recognition with her role as Claudia in the film Interview with a Vampire (1994). Dunst is also recognized for her work raising funds and awareness for organizations in support of AIDS, breast cancer, medical treatments, rehabilitation, and political advocacy. She has received accolades and awards for her career spanning decades and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
Dunst has amassed an estimated net worth of $25 million working as an actress in television and films from the late 1980s to present day. The list below includes details and fun facts about Dunst's life and professional career spanning decades in the entertainment industry, including current and upcoming projects. From her early life, to her current career success, and the journey in between, here’s how Kirsten Dunst accumulated her estimated $25 million net worth.
10 Early Life & Family
Dunst was born in New Jersey, then moved to Los Angeles after her parents separated, and experienced difficulty coping with fame as a child actor. Dunst said, "Well, it's not a natural way to grow up, but it's the way I grew up, and I wouldn't change it. I have my stuff to work out... I don't think anybody can sit around and say, 'My life is more screwed up than yours.' Everybody has their issues."
9 Early '90s: Career Beginnings
Dunst began her acting career at age three by modeling and appearing in television commercials, and was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management. She then appeared on Saturday Night Live as the granddaughter of George H. W. Bush and made her feature film debut in Oedipus Wrecks (1989). Afterwards, Dunst performed in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), and made a guest appearance in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993).
8 Interview With A Vampire & Little Women (1994)
Dunst's breakthrough role was in 1994 with the film Interview with the Vampire as Claudia, the child vampire and surrogate daughter of Lestat and Louis. For her performance, she received accolades and awards including the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, Saturn Award for Best Young Actress, and more. Afterwards, Dunst co-starred alongside Winona Ryder and Claire Danes in the drama film Little Women (1994), which was critically acclaimed and also recognized Dunst's performance.
7 Late '90s: Jumanji, ER, And Anastasia
Dunst starred in Jumanji (1995) as Judy Shepard, receiving nominations for Best Performance and Best Leading Actress at The Academy Awards and Young Artists Awards. From 1996 to 1997, Dunst appeared in ER Season 3 as Charlie Chemingo, a child prostitute cared for by a pediatrician portrayed by George Clooney. Dunst's ER performance won Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the Online Film & Television Association. She also voiced Anastasia in Disney's Anastasia (1997).
6 Wag The Dog, Kiki’s Delivery Service, & All I Wanna Do
Dunst appeared as Tracy Lime in Wag the Dog (1997), which received critical acclaim, recognition for cast performances, and earned the Special Grand Jury Prize. She then voiced the title character of Kiki in Kiki's Delivery Service (1998), an anime film released by The Walt Disney Company and Studio Ghibli. Dunst also starred as Verena von Stefan in All I Wanna Do (1998), a film about students at an all-girls' boarding school in the 1960s.
5 Late '90s Film & Music Video Performances
In 1999, Dunst starred in Drop Dead Gorgeous, a mockumentary film about a beauty pageant, and co-starred in Dick, a parody about the Watergate scandal. She also starred in The Virgin Suicides, garnering recognition for her performance, and the music video for “I Knew I Loved You” by Savage Garden. Dunst then starred in the 2000 film Bring It On as high school cheerleading captain, Torrance Shipman, and received widespread critical acclaim for her work.
4 Early to Mid 2000s Filmography & Awards
In 2001, Dunst starred in the films Get Over It and The Cat’s Meow, earning Best Actress at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Dunst then starred in Spider-man, the most financially successful film of her career, as Mary Jane Watson, the love interest of Spider-Man. She also performed in Levity, Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider-Man 2, Wimbleton (2004), Elizabethtown (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), and Spider-man 3 (2007).
3 Late 2000s To Early 2010s Film & TV Performances
Dunst's filmography throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s includes How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008), All Good Things, The Second Bakery Attack (2010), Melancholia (2011), Upside Down, Bachelorette, On the Road (2012), and The Two Faces of January (2014). Also in 2014, Dunst starred in Fargo Season 2, performed a character voiceover for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and made a guest appearance in Portlandia.
2 2015 To The Early 2020s Performances & Awards
Throughout 2015, Dunst mainly worked in television, earning awards and nominations for Fargo at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, and Golden Globes. She then co-starred in Midnight Special, Hidden Figures (2016), The Beguiled, Woodshock (2017), and starred in Showtime's On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019). Dunst's next performance was in The Power Of The Dog (2021), receiving nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the 2022 Academy Awards.
1 2022 To Present & Upcoming Projects
Kirsten Dunst has continued acting to present day and will next star in the upcoming movie Civil War produced by Alex Garland and A24 studios. Dunst will star alongside Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Cailee Spaeny. Dunst said the movie is "about a civil war that’s basically happening now." The film is Dunst's first project since the birth of her second son James Robert last May with her husband and Fargo co-star Jesse Plemons.
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