She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories and has since starred in several film and television productions. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire , which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She also had roles in her youth in Little Women and Jumanji Her career progressed with a supporting role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , followed by a lead role in Cameron Crowe 's tragicomedy Elizabethtown , and as Marie Antoinette in Coppola's Marie Antoinette Dunst had a supporting role in the film Hidden Figures , and leading roles in Coppola's The Beguiled and in the dark comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida , for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination.
Dunst earned her fourth nomination for a Golden Globe and first nomination for an Academy Award for her performance in the psychological drama The Power of the Dog In , she led the dystopian thriller film Civil War.
Like a Swedish milkmaid". In , she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and brother, after her parents separated. In her teens, she found it difficult to cope with her rising fame, and for a period she blamed her mother for pushing her into acting as a child. However, she later said that her mother "always had the best intentions". I have my stuff to work out I don't think anybody can sit around and say, 'My life is more screwed up than yours.
Dunst began her career at age three as a child fashion model in television commercials. Soon after, Dunst performed in the comedy-drama The Bonfire of the Vanities , based on Tom Wolfe 's novel of the same name , in which she played the daughter of Tom Hanks ' character. Dunst's breakthrough role came in , in the horror drama Interview with the Vampire opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt , based on Anne Rice 's novel of the same name. She played Claudia , the child vampire who is a surrogate daughter to Cruise's and Pitt's characters.
