Kirsten Caroline Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA to Klaus Dunst, a German medical-services exec. who’s now stationed in New Jersey while the rest of his family lives on the West Coast.

Kirsten started out in showbiz at the age of three, where she began filming television commercials. She made her feature film debut in a segment of Woody Allen's 1989 film New York Stories (1989). Her uncredited role led to a part as Tom Hanks' daughter in the infamously troubled 1990 adaptation of Tom Wolfe's -The Bonfire of the Vanities.

In 1994 she made her breakthrough performance in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) alongside such stars as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young Actress.

Hot off the success of the "Spider-Man" films, Dunst landed her first full-fledged adult leading role in the lukewarm romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), winningly playing up-and-coming tennis sensation Lizzie Bradbury, an easily distracted "bad girl of tennis" whose romance with a faded ex-star of the game (Paul Bettany) reignites his passion and send him to tennis' most prestigious tournament.