Since her breakthrough debut as Claudia in Interview With A Vampire, Kirsten Dunst stole many hearts on-screen and off before finding love with Jesse Plemons. They met while shooting Season 2 of Fargo, a darkly comedic crime anthology, and are now happily married parents of two sons, Ennis Howard and James Robert.
Kirsten told PorterEdit, "He's my favorite actor—the best I've ever worked with. I just knew he would be in my life forever. I didn't know what capacity that would be at the time. When [Fargo] was over, I just missed him terribly. We didn't get together until a year later. We were both smart enough that we were wondering if the connection was just because we were working together. But it was real." The pair have been deemed Hollywood's Most Underrated Couple, which is ironic considering Kirsten's past relationships chronicled below are now officially overrated.
8 Jacob Hoffman (1998)
Kirsten and Jacob were just puppy love sweethearts in 1998, who met via Wag the Dog, through his father and her then co-star, Dustin Hoffman. The young lovers withered from blooming too early in life, at a time when each was embarking on journeys of their own and establishing careers. Afterwards, Kirsten went on to graduate from Norte Dame and filmed The Virgin Suicides, and they remained friends, reuniting at Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.
7 Ben Foster (2000 to 2001)
Kirsten and Ben dated from 2000 to 2001 while working together to film Get Over It (2001), but the relationship ended before the movie premiered. In Rolling Stone, Kirsten expressed antipathy towards romances between actors because, according to her, those kinds of relationships are distorted by the fishbowl effect. When congratulated on her convincing performance during the scene where they fall in love, Kirsten replied, “That was a reshoot. We’d already broken up by then.”
6 Tobey Maguire (2001)
Tobey and Kirsten began dating during filming for the first Spider-Man movie, but broke-up before production started on Spider-Man 2 because of unfair salary differences. In an interview with The Independent, Kirsten said, "The pay disparity between me and Spider-Man was very extreme. I didn’t even think about it. I was just like, ‘Oh yeah, Tobey is playing Spider-Man.’ But you know who was on the cover of the second Spider-Man poster? Spider-Man and me.”
5 Jake Gyllenhaal (2002 to 2004)
Kirsten and Jake met through her co-star in Mona Lisa Smile and his sister, Maggie, and dated for almost two years, despite her mother's disapproval. They lived together in Hollywood Hills and shared a German Shepard, but ultimately split because of radically different preferences in lifestyles–proving moms always know best! They didn't keep in touch and she later admitted in Allure that, "It would be nice to see him. But we're not good friends."
4 Fabrizio Morretti (2007)
Kirsten and Fabrizio had a short fling in 2007 that only lasted a few months but they appeared to have a lot of fun together. Fabrizio is the drummer for The Strokes, and has formerly been linked with Drew Barrymore and Kirsten Wiig. He and Kirsten had been spotted in public many times enjoying each other's company before going their separate ways and haven't shared much about one another since.
3 Johnny Borrell (2007)
Kirsten and Johnny, frontman for the band Razorlight, dated for seven months in 2007, and even attended the Met Gala as a couple that year. They broke up soon after moving in together because she discovered how messy of a person he really was and couldn’t stand his destructive nature. He admitted his bad habits resulted in their split, and she said, "We all want the bad guy who doesn't give you what you want."
2 Jacob Soboroff (2008 to 2009)
Kirsten dated Jacob, a documentary filmmaker with whom she was working on a documentary about U.S. voters and how participation lags behind the world. "Being a part of this is constantly teaching me new things,” Kirsten exclaimed. “I feel totally honored and was really proud to vote, and have never been so proud to vote in my entire life.” The effect of the documentary lasted longer than the relationship as they broke up in 2009.
1 Jason Boesel (2010 to 2011)
Kirsten and Jason dated from 2010 to 2011 and broke up because of conflicting work schedules but garnered no bad blood between each other. On their relationship, Kirsten said, "[Jason's] not into partying and it works. We have similar schedules: long periods of time off and periods of mad work. When I’ve finished work, I travel to be with him. It’s special.'' Both parties now lead separate lives and are happily fulfilled with new partners.