Kirsten Dunst: Snapshot

Kirsten Dunst: Five Fun Facts

1. On the set of ER , George Clooney taught Kirsten Dunst to drive using his studio golf cart.
2. Kirsten Dunst borrowed a John Galliano dress from director Sofia Coppola for her prom in 2000. Coppola previously wore the dress to the Golden Globes.
3. Kirsten Dunst was offered Mena Suvari's role in 1999's Academy Award-winning film American Beauty but turned it down because of the film's suggestive sexual scenes.
4. Kirsten Dunst was the only one of five young actresses to get a trailer in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides . But instead of keeping it to herself, Dunst turned it into a hangout for all the girls to share.
5. At the Wag the Dog premiere in 1997, Dustin Hoffman set up his costar Kirsten Dunst, 15, with his son Jake, 16. They dated briefly. "He wants me to be his daughter-in-law!" Dunst told PEOPLE.

Kirsten Dunst: Biography

1985

Cereal Pitch

Dunst's mother Inez, an artist and former gallery owner, takes her 3-year-old daughter to auditions. Dunst's first gig, a cereal commercial, leads to a contract with Ford Modeling Agency.

1989

March 10

Debuting Daughter

Dunst makes her feature film debut as Mia Farrow's daughter in Woody Allen's short in New York Stories . She's also cast as Tom Hanks' daughter in The Bonfire of the Vanities . The following year, her mother moves Dunst and her younger brother, Christian (right), to San Fernando Valley, Calif. In 1995, Inez files for divorce from Dunst's father, Klaus. "I am very close to my dad, too," Dunst tells PEOPLE. "I don't feel I've suffered from divorce."

1994

November 11

Kissing Brad Pitt

With more than 100 commercials under her belt, Dunst, 12, stars opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview With the Vampire. Her portrayal of the scheming young bloodsucker Claudia earns her a Golden Globe nomination and an on-screen kiss with Pitt. Later that year, she appears in Little Women , with Winona Ryder and Claire Danes

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