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| As a model from the age of three, and film actor from the age of six (her first two roles were for Woody Allen and Brian De Palma), Kirsten Dunst survived growing up in the public eye to become a A-lister who can always be relied on to turn in a compelling, charming performance. | As a model from the age of three, and film actor from the age of six (her first two roles were for Woody Allen and Brian De Palma), Kirsten Dunst survived growing up in the public eye to become a A-lister who can always be relied on to turn in a compelling, charming performance. |
| Here are five of her best roles to date – but what would you add to the list? Let us know in the thread below. | Here are five of her best roles to date – but what would you add to the list? Let us know in the thread below. |
| 1. On The Road | 1. On The Road |
| Walter Salles's adaptation of Kerouac's beat classic was a directionless damp squib – but Dunst impressed as Camille, spurned wife of Garrett Hedlund's Dean Moriarty. | |
| 2. Marie Antoinette | 2. Marie Antoinette |
| Dunst took the lead role in Sophia Coppola's revisionist take on the life of the French queen. Peter Bradshaw wrote: "Dunst is perhaps the only possible casting for the young heroine: an | Dunst took the lead role in Sophia Coppola's revisionist take on the life of the French queen. Peter Bradshaw wrote: "Dunst is perhaps the only possible casting for the young heroine: an |
| intelligent, biddable young woman who glides through what is expected of | intelligent, biddable young woman who glides through what is expected of |
| her, irreproachably charming of dress and manner, and for whom dissent | her, irreproachably charming of dress and manner, and for whom dissent |
| is restricted to a quizzical half-smile and elevation of the eyebrows." | is restricted to a quizzical half-smile and elevation of the eyebrows." |
| 3. Spiderman | 3. Spiderman |
| Sam Raimi's 2002 superhero film was a huge commercial success, in no small part thanks to the chemistry between Dunst's Mary Jane Watson and Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker. | Sam Raimi's 2002 superhero film was a huge commercial success, in no small part thanks to the chemistry between Dunst's Mary Jane Watson and Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker. |
| 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous | 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous |
| Dunst played beauty contest underdog Amber Atkins in this pleasingly dark mockumentary from 1995, facing off against rival competitor Rebecca Ann Leeman (Denise Richards), the richest, most wholesomely patriotic girl in town. | Dunst played beauty contest underdog Amber Atkins in this pleasingly dark mockumentary from 1995, facing off against rival competitor Rebecca Ann Leeman (Denise Richards), the richest, most wholesomely patriotic girl in town. |
| 5. Interview with the Vampire | 5. Interview with the Vampire |
| Finally, her breakthrough role from 1994. At the age of 10 Dunst held her own opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt as Claudia, a vampire destined to remain a child for eternity. | Finally, her breakthrough role from 1994. At the age of 10 Dunst held her own opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt as Claudia, a vampire destined to remain a child for eternity. |