kirsten DunstOne of the leading actors of her generation, Kirsten Dunst made her name in films without succumbing to entrapment in the film ghetto. Skinny, blonde, and possessing a charmingly crooked Pepsodent smile, They has repeatedly demonstrated her talent and charisma in projects ranging from kiddie comedies to high school romances to towering summer blockbusters.
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Born in Point Pleasant, NJ, on April 30, 1982, Dunst first appeared in front of a camera at the age of three, when she became a Ford model and commercial actor. She continued to model and do commercials until 1989, when she made her film debut in Woody_Allen's New_York_Stories. 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.
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Three years later, Dunst got her first big break when director Neil_Jordan chose her over 5,000 hopefuls for the role of Claudia, the child vampire in his 1994 adaptation of Anne_Rice's -Interview with the Vampire. Dunst made a big impact on audiences and critics alike with her portrayal of a woman trapped eternally in the body of an 11-year-old, kissing co-star Brad_Pitt, and gorging herself on human and animal blood. That same year, Dunst also appeared alongside Winona_Ryder and Susan_Sarandon in Gillian_Armstrong's adaptation of -Little Women; the combined success of these two movies propelled Dunst to the top of the child-actor hierarchy, in terms of both bankability and .
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