Kirsten and Jake are on the outs, Kirsten is dating a French guy, etc. etc. We've talked with this ultra-popular 22-year-old blonde actress numerous times and still find that she insists on keeping her private life private. She's even planning on asking Tom Hanks how he does it. Whether you first caught her as a child/woman vampire in a remarkable performance in Interview with the Vampire or as Mary-Jane in distress in this summer's Spider-Man 2, you've gotta admit that Ms. Dunst can light up the big screen.

Kirsten as Mary Jane in Spider-Man - 2002 Credit: Columbia Pictures

Most recently Kirsten (pronounced Keersten) is taking on romantic comedy as a hot-shot tennis pro with a serious 'tude opposite tall drink of water Paul Bettany in Wimbledon. Although Ms. Dunst has German blood, you would think she was Italian the way she uses her hands to gesture when she speaks. As Paul Bettany says "she's been doing this since she was a fetus" so Kirsten is hard for reporters to "crack". However, when she talked to press at the 4 Seasons in L.A. recently, the young actress did talk a lot about the perils of a "public" personal life, insecurities, her next projects, fave music etc.

Dressed in a simple black shirtwaist dress, her hair up with braids and wearing little jewelry, the talented young woman put herself in the line of fire yet again. Sit back and take it all in.....