KIRSTEN DUNST at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

* Her father, Klaus Dunst, is a medical-services executive & her mother Inez Dunst is a former art-gallery owner.

* Kirsten's parents are seperated. She now lives with her mother Inez, and younger brother Christian in Southern California.

* Kirsten was a Ford model as a child. She started out in showbiz at the age of three, where she began filming television commercials (at least 70).

* She went to the Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ up until the sixth grade, when she left to pursue her career in L.A.

* She made her feature film debut in Woody Allen's 1989 film "New York Stories".

* 1994 was her breakthrough year when she appeared opposite Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt in "Interview with the Vampire". Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young Actress. This film marked Kirsten's first on-screen kiss, at age 11, with none other than Brad Pitt.

* In 1995, Kirsten Dunst was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

* Over the next few years she made a string of hit movies including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998).

* 2000 was another big year for Kirsten when she received rave reviews for her role as Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's Independent film "The Virgin Suicides".

* "Bring It On" (2000) solidified Kirsten's reputation as a leading actress.
* In June 2000 Kirsten graduated from Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles.
* Kirsten and her mum are working on their own company, "Wooden Spoon Productions."
* Dated Jake Hoffman, son of Hollywood legend, Dustin Hoffman.
* Her favorite movie is "Schindler's List" (1993).
* Kirsten dated actor Ben Foster (August 2000-March 2001).
* Kirsten turned down the role of Angela in "American Beauty" (1999).

* In the movie "Get Over It" (2001) Kirsten makes her singing debut performing the song "Dream Of Me".

* In 2001 Kirsten scored the lead role of Peter Parker's girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson in the new "Spider-Man" Movie. Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) & Alicia Witt (Urban Legend) turned down the role.

* After the success of "Spider-man" (2002), Kirsten's film career has moved in to top gear with starring roles opposite some of Hollywood's big stars. In "Mona Lisa Smile" Kirsten stars with Julia Roberts and in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" with comedian Jim Carrey.

* Quote from Tom Cruise: "We're all in awe of her maturity as an actress. There seems to be the experience of a 35-year-old actress in the body of this little girl."

Little Women: Collector's Edition [DVD] DVD
Lovingly realized treatment of Louisa May Alcott's classic tale stars Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes and Trini Alvarado as Connecticut siblings who experience the joys and sorrows of impending womanhood while being raised by their mother during the Civil War. Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz and Samantha Mathis also star. 118 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English 5.1 and Dolby Surround, Spanish, Portuguese; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; audio commentary by Ryder, director Gillian Armstrong, more; deleted scenes; games; isolated music score; "making of" featurette; costume and set design gallery; talent files; production notes; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Small Soldiers (DTS) [DVD] DVD
Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS and Dolby Surround; scene access.
Stories From My Childhood: Alice And The Mystery Of The Third Planet VHS
Features the voices of James Belushi, Kirsten Dunst and Harvey Fierstein. 43 min.
KiKi's Delivery Service(1989) VHS
A box-office hit in its native Japan, this charming animated feature follows the whimsical adventures of a young witch named KiKi who, with her black cat Jiji, takes to the skies to help a bakery owner deliver his goods on time and winds up making new friends along the way. Kirsten Dunst, Janeane Garofalo, Phil Hartman, Matthew Lawrence and Debbie Reynolds supply the voices. AKA: "Majo No Takkyubin." 105 min. Dubbed in English.
The Bonfire Of The Vanities (Spanish Subtitled Version)(1990) VHS
In English with Spanish subtitles.
Greedy(1994) VHS
Greedy [DVD](1994) DVD
When the wealthy patriarch of the McTeague family enlists a sexy pizza delivery girl as his live-in nurse, his conniving relatives resort to all sorts of devious means to keep the old man's money where they feel it rightfully belongs--in their pockets! Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Phil Hartman, Nancy Travis, Olivia d'Abo star. 113 min. Widescreen 16:9; Soundtracks: English 5.1, French; Subtitles: English Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Interview With The Vampire (Special Edition) [DVD](1994) DVD
This creepy adaptation of Anne Rice's popular novel stars Tom Cruise as Lestat, the stylish, ages-old vampire who recruits 18th-century plantation owner Louis (Brad Pitt) into his nocturnal family to join him in the endless search for blood. Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Rea, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater also star; Neil Jordan directs Rice's script. 122 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1, French Dolby 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary by Jordan; "making of" documentary; interviews; introduction by Rice, Jordan and Banderas; theatrical trailer; production notes; filmographies; access.
Interview With The Vampire: Special Edition(1994) VHS
Little Women(1994) VHS
Jumanji(1995) VHS
Jumanji (Collector's Series) [DVD](1995) DVD
Thrilling, special effects-filled fantasy about two orphaned kids who find a mysterious board game in an attic. Once they begin playing, a gateway is opened to a jungle-like world filled with stampeding elephants, mischievous monkeys, and Robin Williams, who was trapped in the game as a boy decades earlier. Now, it's up to Williams, childhood friend Bonnie Hunt, and the kids to finish the game and restore reality. With Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier. 104 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1, Dolby Surround; Subtitles: English; "making of" documentary; isolated music score; storyboard comparisons; featurette; theatrical trailers; scene access; photo gallery.
Mother Night(1996) VHS
Based on the Kurt Vonnegut classic, this moody and darkly ironic drama stars Nick Nolte as Howard Campbell, an American playwright living in Nazi Germany who is recruited by Allied agents to make pro-German propaganda speeches that contain coded information. After the war's end, Nolte returns home to a country that hates him and neo-Nazis that look upon him as a hero. With Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin and John Goodman. 113 min.
The Siege At Ruby Ridge(1996) VHS
This docudrama chronicles the 1992 raid by federal agents on white supremacist and anti-government zealot Randy Weaver's remote Idaho home, which led to an 11-day standoff that ended in deaths on both sides. Based on reporter Jess Walter's book "Every Knee Shall Bow," the film stars Randy Quaid, Laura Dern, Darren Burrows and Kirsten Dunst. AKA: "Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy." 174 min.
Anastasia(1997) VHS
Anastasia [DVD](1997) DVD
Dazzling, music-filled animated adaptation of the story of an amnesiac young woman in '20s Russia who is groomed by a pair of con artists to pose as the Princess Anastasia, sole survivor of the family of Czar Nicholas, in order to collect a reward. No one suspects that she is the real princess except the evil mage Rasputin, whose curse led to her family's downfall. Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Angela Lansbury and Christopher Lloyd supply voices. 94 min. Side A: Widescreen; Side B: Standard; Soundtrack: English; documentary; featurette; interactive game; two sing-alongs songs; scene access.
Tower Of Terror(1997) VHS
Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst and the "Tower of Terror" Disney World attraction are the stars of this family mystery yarn. Guttenberg, a '30s tabloid journalist, investigates the disappearance of five people, including a child movie star. With Nia Peeples and Melora Hardin. 89 min.
Wag The Dog(1997) VHS
Wag The Dog [DVD](1997) DVD
Hollywood fiction and Washington reality eerily dovetailed in director Barry Levinson's wickedly funny satire of modern politics and media manipulation. When the president is accused of sexually accosting a teenage girl in the Oval Office weeks before Election Night, top advisor Anne Heche and political troubleshooter Robert De Niro contact Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman. Their plan: to create a fictitious military incident with Albania to divert the news media and take the heat off the White House. Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary co-star. 96 min. Side A: Widescreen ; Side B: Standard; Soundtracks: English 5.1, French, Spanish; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary by Levinson and Hoffman; "making of" featurette; scene
All I Wanna Do(1998) VHS
A New England girls' school in the early 1960s is thrown into turmoil when finances force the institution to consider merging with a nearby boys' school, leading a group of students to become activists to preserve their way of life. Bright and funny coming-of-age tale stars Rachael Leigh Cook, Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Heather Matarazzo and Lynn Redgrave. AKA: "The Hairy Bird," "Strike." 97 min.
Small Soldiers(1998) VHS
Small Soldiers (Spanish Language Version)(1998) VHS
Dubbed in Spanish.
Small Soldiers [DVD](1998) DVD
"Gremlins" meets "G.I. Joe" in this wild, special effects-fueled adventure from Joe Dante. Young Alan brings a new line of toys into his father's store in hopes of helping sales. Little does he known that the Commando Elite figures are programmed with military computer chips and are gung-ho in attacking the rival Gorgonite figures--and meddling humans! With Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, the great Dick Miller and Phil Hartman, in his final role. 110 min. Side A: Widescreen; Side B: Standard; Soundtrack: English; biographies; deleted scenes; outtake gag reel; "making of" featurette; interactive game demo; theatrical trailer; scene access.
The Devil's Arithmetic(1998) VHS
A gripping and intense filming of Jane Yolen's novel, this family drama stars Kirsten Dunst as a rebellious Jewish teen who learns a powerful lesson about her family's faith and the Holocaust when she's miraculously sent back in time to a Polish concentration camp in 1941. Paul Freeman, Brittany Murphy and Mimi Rogers also star; introduced by co-producer Dustin Hoffman. 101 min.
Dick(1999) VHS
Watergate gets comedically whacked in this good-natured satire starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams as ditsy high school students who become official dog-walkers for President Nixon after they accidentally witness the Watergate burglary. When their friendship with "Tricky Dick" turns sour, they get even by revealing their knowledge of White House shenanigans to a pair of reporters named Woodward and Bernstein. With Dave Foley, Will Ferrell, and Dan Hedaya as Nixon. 94 min.
Drop Dead Gorgeous(1999) VHS
Beauty pageants are spoofed to the max in this barbed satire featuring Denise Richards and Kirsten Dunst as rivals vying to represent Minnesota in the Miss Teen Princess America contest. Also battling it out are their mothers: Richards' mom, Kirstie Alley, is a former pageant winner, while Ellen Barkin, Dunst's mother, is a trailer park trash queen. With Nora Dunn and Adam West as himself. 98 min.
Lover's Prayer(1999) VHS
This sweeping tale set in 19th-century England stars Kirsten Dunst as a beautiful young woman who seduces innocent, younger rich boy Nick Stahl while she is on vacation. He soon discovers that Dunst has made a habit out of attracting different suitors, then abandoning them. With Julie Walters, Geraldine James, Nathaniel Parker and James Fox. AKA: "All Forgotten." 106 min.
Bring It On(2000) VHS
Pert pom-pom-waving comedy stars Kirsten Dunst as the newly-named captain of a San Diego high school's cheerleader squad who tries to whip her five-time championship-winning team into shape for the regionals. Problems arise when new member Eliza Dushku notices that they've been using routines swiped from another team, an inner-city squad who's ready for a showdown on the gym floor. With Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford. 99 min.
Luckytown(2000) VHS
A pretty girl named Lidda and an aspiring card shark named Colonel set out on a trip from Nebraska to Las Vegas. Lidda's looking to reunite with her poker-playing father, while the Colonel hopes to make a name for himself at the casino tables. Their plans need altering when they run into Tony, a gangster who happens to be Lidda's father's nemesis. Kirsten Dunst, Vincent Kartheiser, Luis Guzman and James Caan star. 105 min.
The Crow: Salvation(2000) VHS
The third film installment in the popular series features Eric Mabius as a man who returns from the dead after being executed on his 21st birthday for the brutal stabbing death of his girlfriend. While searching for the real culprit, Mabius joins forces with Kirsten Dunst, his girlfriend's sister, and their quest leads to a conspiracy within the police department. Fred Ward, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe and William Atherton also star. 102 min.
The Virgin Suicides(2000) VHS
Writer/director Sofia Coppola's acclaimed debut feature, based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel, traces the tragic ends of five beautiful young sisters in a well-to-do Michigan suburb in the '70s. Through narration by a now-grown man who, like his classmates, worshipped the girls from afar, the film shows how their strict and overprotective parents stifled the siblings' growth and led the seemingly perfect family to inevitable ruination. Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, James Woods star. 97 min.
Get Over It!(2001) VHS
Get Over It! [DVD](2001) DVD
Exuberant teen comedy with musical numbers finds high schooler Ben Foster coping with being dumped by girlfriend Melissa Sagemiller, who has since gotten involved with rival Shane West. To win her back, Foster lands a part in the school play, a musical version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but doesn't realize that Kirsten Dunst, his Shakespeare tutor and best friend's sister, is attracted to him. Martin Short, Sisqo and Colin Hanks also star. 86 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1 and Dolby Surround, French; audio commentary by director Tommy O'Haver; "making of" featurette; deleted scenes; music videos; outtakes; scene access.