KIRSTEN DUNST (Claudia) has been in front of the camera almost all of her young life. A native of New Jersey, she started her career in New York, modeling for print ads with the Little Rascals Agency, then joined the Ford Agency and was doing TV commercials by the time she was three years old, eventually making more than 70 commercials. She made her film debut in 1989, in the Woody Allen segment of "New York Stories," playing Mia Farrow's daughter, and followed with "The Bonfire of the Vanities," playing the daughter of Tom Hanks.
The Dunst family
moved to Los Angeles, where Kirsten continued to audition for films. She
then signed for the recurring role of Kitten in the television series "Sisters."
Kirsten has made two appearances on "Saturday Night Live" and co-starred
with Meredith Baxter in the NBC Movie of the Week "Darkness Before Dawn."
She most recently co- starred in the feature film "Greedy," with Michael
J. Fox and Kirk Douglas, and stars as Amy in "Little Women," directed by
Gillian Armstrong. Her next film role will be opposite Robin Williams in
"Jumanji."
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