Kirsten Dunst is known to mainstream movie audiences as Mary Jane in the 2002 super-hero flick
Spider-Man. (She reprised the role in the sequels
Spider-Man 2 (2004) and
Spider-Man 3 (2007); all three movies starred
Tobey Maguire as the web-spinner.) Dunst was only seven when she made her movie debut in the
Woody Allen-directed portion of the trilogy
New York Stories (1989). She made her mark as a young up-and-comer by playing the creepy tot Claudia in
Interview With the Vampire (1992, with
Tom Cruise and
Brad Pitt). As the century turned she was suddenly grown up in a raft of movies including the drama
The Virgin Suicides (2000, directed by
Sofia Coppola), the battle-of-the-cheerleaders comedy
Bring It On (2000, with
Gabrielle Union) and the high school romance
Get Over It (2001). Her other films include
The Cat's Meow (2002),
Mona Lisa Smile (2003, with
Julia Roberts) and
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, starring
Jim Carrey). She had the title role in the 2006
Sofia Coppola film
Marie Antoinette.
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