Kirsten Dunst Height, Weight, Age, Body Measurements, Biography & Net Worth

Kirsten Dunst is an American actress, singer, and model whose four-decade career spans child stardom, teenage icon status, critically acclaimed auteur cinema, and Oscar-nominated prestige drama making her one of the most enduringly versatile performers in Hollywood history. Her single most defining critical achievement came when she won the Best Actress Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a woman suffering from clinical depression in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, a performance

she has since described as the one she is most proud of. In 2026, she is among the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood: currently filming A Minecraft Movie 2 as Alex a role she famously manifested after joking she’d love to “make a movie where I don’t lose money” while also attached to The Housemaid’s Secret opposite Sydney Sweeney, Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down, and Alejandro Landes’ Reptilia opposite Mikey Madison.

Quick Facts

Early Life & Biography

Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on April 30, 1982, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Klaus Hermann Dunst, a German executive at manufacturing company Siemens, and Inez Rupprecht, an artist and one-time gallery owner of Swedish descent. She has one younger brother, Christian Dunst. The family lived in Brick Township, New Jersey until Kirsten was eleven. When her parents separated in 1993, she relocated with her mother and brother to Los Angeles. She attended Ranney School in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, then Laurel Hall School in North Hollywood and Notre

Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, graduating in 2000. She was a cheerleader during high school. Dunst’s mother began taking her from New Jersey to New York City every day from age three to film commercials and work with a modelling agency, beginning a professional career that has never stopped. She claimed dual German citizenship in 2011 through her father’s nationality. She began dating actor Jesse Plemons — her Fargo co-star — in 2016, and the couple became engaged in 2017. They have two sons: Ennis Howard Plemons (born May 2018) and James Robert Plemons (born 2021). The couple married in June 2022 in an intimate ceremony in Jamaica.

Career Highlights

• 1994 — Delivered her breakthrough performance at age 12 as child vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire, starring opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress — one of the youngest nominees in the category’s history.
• 2000 — Starred in Bring It On, the cheerleading comedy that grossed $90.5 million worldwide against a $10 million budget and became a defining pop-culture touchstone of the early 2000s; also appeared in Sofia Coppola’s debut The Virgin Suicides (1999), beginning a landmark creative partnership.
• 2002–2007 — Played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, one of the most commercially successful superhero franchises of its era, grossing a combined $2.51 billion worldwide; reportedly earned $4 million for the first film, $7 million for Spider-Man 2, and $10 million for Spider-Man 3, with the trilogy making her one of the highest-paid actresses of the decade.
• 2011 — Won the Best Actress Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of Justine in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia — the most prestigious acting prize of her career, and a performance she still cites as the work she is most proud of.
• 2021 — Received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her deeply moving performance as Rose Gordon in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, opposite Benedict Cumberbatch; also received BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for the same role.
• 2024–2026 — Starred in Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman opposite Channing Tatum and Alex Garland’s acclaimed dystopian war film Civil War (2024); currently filming A Minecraft Movie 2 as Alex opposite Jack Black and Jason Momoa, and attached to star in The Housemaid’s Secret opposite Sydney Sweeney for Lionsgate and Ruben Östlund’s highly anticipated ensemble satire The Entertainment System Is Down.

Body Measurements Table

Note on height: Kirsten Dunst’s height is consistently cited at 5 ft 7 in / 170 cm across industry databases and agency listings. CelebHeights.com, which aggregates photographic comparisons, places her consensus figure at approximately 5 ft 5¾ in / 167 cm based on comparison photos, with firsthand accounts from industry professionals placing her at 5 ft 6–7 in. The 5 ft 7 in / 170 cm figure is used here as the most widely cited agency listing. Her bra size is the subject of some variation across sources, with 32D being the most commonly cited figure; Dunst has been candid in past interviews about finding it difficult to find well-fitting clothes due to her bust size.

Kirsten Dunst Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Kirsten Dunst is an American actress, singer, and model who has a net worth of $25 million. Other financial sources place the figure modestly higher: Alux.com estimates her net worth at $35 million, reflecting additional income from decades of franchise work. The most consistent figure across the majority of reputable sources in 2026 is $25 million.

Estimated Net Worth Range (2026): $25M – $35M

Sources: Celebrity Net Worth (2026 update); Alux.com / Social Life Magazine (2026 estimates)

Her wealth is built primarily on the Spider-Man trilogy, which reportedly generated between $15 million and $25 million across three films the financial foundation on which her entire career security rests. Additional documented salary highlights include $7 million for Spider-Man 2, $10 million for Spider-Man 3, $5 million for Wimbledon (2004), and $8 million each for Elizabethtown (2005) and Marie Antoinette (2006). Real estate investments have included a $2.6 million Toluca

Lake home purchased in 2001 and sold in 2019, and a $4.5 million New York City property owned from 2007 to 2018. Brand endorsements have included campaigns for L’Oréal and Bulgari. In 2026, her earning power is further bolstered by A Minecraft Movie 2 a Warner Bros. franchise sequel expected to approach the $1 billion mark at the global box office — and the upcoming The Housemaid’s Secret for Lionsgate.