Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst is the actress who played the role of Hedril in the seventh season episode in when she was eleven years old . She is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Jane Watson in the blockbuster " Spider - Man " films . Early life . Dunst was born in Point Pleasant located along coastal Ocean County , New Jersey , USA . At the age of three , she began appearing in television commercials as a child fashion model . She attended the Ranney School in northern neighboring Monmouth County . She was raised in New Jersey until 1991 , when , at the age of 9 ( ? ) , she moved to Los Angeles , California , with her mother and younger brother . Her parents divorced in 1995 , after which Dunst began attending Notre Dame High School . Upon graduating from Notre Dame , she continued the acting career she began when she was eight . Acting career . 1989 – 1994 . Dunst made her acting debut in " Oedipus Wrecks " , a short film directed by which was part of the 1989 anthology " New York Stories " . Her first credited film role came a year later in the comedy - drama " The Bonfire of the Vanities " , in which she played the daughter of the characters played by Tom Hanks and actress Kim Cattrall . F . Murray Abraham , John Hancock , Richard Libertini , and Saul Rubinek also appeared in this film . Dunst subsequently appeared in the films " High Strung " ( with Denise Crosby ) and " Greedy " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . and Olivia d ' Abo ) and the 1993 TV movie " Darkness Before Dawn " , in which she played Gwynyth Walsh ' s character as a child . She also had a recurring role on the NBC drama series " Sisters " , where she acted alongside Ashley Judd and Dan Gauthier . Her breakthrough performance came at the age of 12 , when she played Claudia in the 1994 horror film " Interview with the Vampire " . Dunst received several accolades for her performance in this film , including a Golden Globe nomination and a Saturn Award . " Interview with the Vampire " was written by Anne Rice and also starred Christian Slater . Later in 1994 , Dunst was seen in the drama " Little Women " , in which she and Winona Ryder played two of the four March sisters . Dunst ' s fellow TNG guest performer John Neville also appeared in the film . 1995 – 2001 . In 1995 , Dunst starred opposite Robin Williams in the family fantasy film " Jumanji " . guest actor Bradley Pierce played Dunst ' s brother in the film , while TNG guest actress Bebe Neuwirth played their aunt . In 1996 , Dunst appeared in the TV movie " The Siege at Ruby Ridge " , which also featured Bob Gunton , Gary Graham , Hal Landon , Jr . and Joel Swetow . That same year , she appeared in the romantic drama film " Mother Night " , along with Zach Grenier . Dunst also played the recurring role of Charlie Chiemingo , a child prostitute , during the third season of NBC medical drama " ER " ( 1996 - 97 ) . Dunst appeared in several films released in 1997 , including the family adventure " True Heart " ( with Dey Young ) and " Wag the Dog " ( with Andrea Martin and Suzie Plakson ) . She also had a voice - over role in the animated 1997 film " Anastasia " , in which she played the title character as a child . Kelsey Grammer , Glenn Harris , Christopher Lloyd , and the aforementioned Andrea Martin also supplied voices in this film . Dunst and Christopher Lloyd later supplied voices for the 1998 direct - to - video movie , " The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer " . In 1998 , Dunst starred in the Lifetime Television movie " Fifteen and Pregnant " ( with David Andrews playing her father ) and the film " Small Soldiers " ( with Wendy Schaal and the late portraying her parents . Gregory Itzin , Dick Miller , and " Voyager " star Robert Picardo also appeared in the film while Frank Langella and Michael McKean had voice - over roles ) . In 1999 , Dunst starred in the Showtime movie " The Devil ' s Arithmetic " with Louise Fletcher . That same year , she was seen in three high - profile feature films : " The Virgin Suicides " , " Drop Dead Gorgeous " ( with Kirstie Alley , Matt Malloy , and Patti Yasutake ) , and " Dick " ( with Teri Garr and the aforementioned Saul Rubinek ) . In 2000 , Dunst starred in the hit cheerleader comedy film " Bring It On " . She acted opposite Gabrielle Union in the film ( Dunst and Union played rival cheerleaders ) , while Holmes Osborne played Dunst ' s father . Dunst starred in three films in 2001 : " Get Over It " ( with the aforementioned Ed Begley , Jr . , and Zoë Saldana ) , " Crazy / Beautiful " ( in which Dunst and Bruce Davison played daughter and father ) , and Peter Bogdanovich ' s " The Cat ' s Meow " , in which Dunst portrayed screen actress . 2002 – present . Dunst ' s best - known screen role is that of Mary Jane Watson in the blockbuster " Spider - Man " films . She first played the role in 2002 ' s " Spider - Man " ( in which Tim de Zarn played her father ) and reprised her role in 2004 ' s " Spider - Man 2 " ( with Donna Murphy ) and 2007 ' s " Spider - Man 3 " ( with James Cromwell ) . In addition to the " Spider - Man " films , Dunst has starred in such films as " Mona Lisa Smile " ( 2003 ) , " Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind " ( 2004 ) , and " Elizabethtown " ( 2005 , with Bruce McGill ) . She played the title role in the 2006 film " Marie Antoinette " , which also featured Tom Hardy . More recently she can be seen in the 2008 comedy " How to Lose Friends & Alienate People " , in which she starred opposite Simon Pegg , the mystery film " All Good Things " ( 2010 , along with Frank Langella and Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) , ' s science fiction drama " Melancholia " ( 2011 ) , the comedy " Bachelorette " ( 2012 , with Adam Scott ) , and the drama " On the Road " ( 2012 , with Joe Chrest ) . In 2011 , in keeping with her heritage , Dunst became a naturalized citizen of Germany enjoying dual citizenship of the Teutonic nation as well as her birth citizenship of the United States . Politically Dunst is a liberal and a registered New Jersey Democrat who endorsed both presidential campaigns of Barack Obama .