The actress can seemingly do it all, and she makes her own choices.
Doing projects for herself seems to be working.
This is the untold truth of Kirsten Dunst.

Her parents eventually started bringing her to auditions for television ads.
It worked out because Dunst landed her first commercial at age 3 (viaChicago Tribune)!
While the actress began her career early, she credits her mom for keeping her grounded.

She toldMarie Claire UKin August 2015, “Being achild actresscan really be unhealthy for your psyche.
I was very sweet.
I was a very innocent 12-year-old.

I was just doing my job, and they were very sweet to me.”
You know, little girl stuff," she told Colbert.
When the actresswas 16, she landed the role of Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola’sThe Virgin Suicides.

In August 2019, Dunst reflected on the film, tellingYahoo!
They even fixed my teeth on the poster.
But I just knew I was never doing that."

The series was a hugehit, and Dunst thinks those films are better than the ones that came later.
I’m like, ‘You make it all you want.’
They’re just milking that cow for money.

It’s so obvious.
You know what I mean?"
Dunst wanted a fourthSpider-Manfilm to happen, which could explain her negativity toward the Tom Holland-starring reboot.

She also admitted she hadn’t seen the newSpider-Manfilms, saying, “Everyone likes ourSpider-Man.'
C’mon, am I right or what?
Listen, I’d rather be in the first ones than the new ones.”

Initial sources toldPeoplethat the actress, then 25, had entered rehab after “partying hard.”
However, Dunst spoke out against the claims, saying she sought help fordepression.
In a May 2008 interview withE!

I was fortunate to have the resources to do it.
My friends and family thought it was a good idea, too."
So all you could do is be yourself just be who the hell you are."

InFargo’s second season, Dunst played a Minnesota beautician caught up in a murder plot.
Don’t make me!'"
While filmingOn the Roadin 2010, Dunst met fellow actor Garrett Hedlund, and the pair hit it off.

The actors began dating in 2012, but maintained a relatively low-key relationship.
Dunst spoke toVanity Fairabout her relationship expectations in November 2015, saying, “I appreciate old-fashioned manners.”
She continued, “I want a guy to pay for dinner and kick off the door for me.

Judging by the length of their relationship, it’s safe to say Hedlund met Dunst’s expectations.
She went on, “We’re the same age.
We have similar backgrounds [Hedlund is from Minnesota].

He feels like family to me.”
Sadly, the couplesplitby April 2016, after four years together.
The couple thensparked engagement rumorswhen Dunst was seen wearing what appeared to be anengagement ringin January 2017.

We became really good friends first.”
But that’s good in sickness and in health."
She said, “It’s good.

I’m doing all that, like pinning things.
She noted, “So it has to be a good time when we can all have fun.”
The actress later gavebirthto a beautiful baby boy, Ennis, in May 2018. people until my goddaughter was born.”
She explained, “I love her so much.
That love is just like… it’s possible for you to’t experience that unless you have a kid.
I just love that love.
That’s what I want.”
It’s never ending.
You clean one and there’s another one to clean!"
She shared, “For me, having a kid … you just live life differently.
And you act differently.
You just don’t care as much.
And it’s really freeing.”
For the role, Dunst had to geta spray tanevery Sunday before filming.
I remember Monday morning my mother-in-law is texting me.
I was like, ‘Lisa, that’s my spray tan!'"
The actress went on, “So, on Sundays I couldn’t hold my kid.”