Kirsten Dunsthas been taken for granted for too long.

(Clunkers are rare and usually the result of poor direction, likeElizabethtown.)

Here are eleven of Kirsten Dunsts greatest performances, displaying her versatility, sensitivity, and power.

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At first glance,Drop Dead Gorgeousappeared to be neither.

The acerbic mockumentary about a small-town beauty pageant was ignored by audiences and dismissed by critics.

There are possibilities - strict parents, teen heartbreak, etc.

Kirsten Dunst looking at the camera while leafing through a book in Interview With the Vampire.

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  • but the only ones who know for sure are five dead girls in suburban Michigan.

And of course, most impressively, she managed to believably kiss someone hanging upside-down!

Justine, like Dunst, is at the height of her power.

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Justine looking at her hands as white energy comes from the tips of her fingers in the film Melancholia.

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Kristen Dunst as Peggy Blumquist in Fargo Season 2

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Krystal riding a pink quad bike in On Becoming A God In Central Florida.

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