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Kirsten Dunst is a married woman! The 40-year-old Marie Antoinette star reportedly married her Power of the Dog co-star Jesse Plemons at the luxury GoldenEye Resort in Ocho Rios, Jamaica last weekend, according to a Page Six source. Kirsten’s rep tells HollywoodLife in a statement, “I can confirm that they are married. No other details will be shared.”
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Former child star Jesse is also father to Kirsten’s two sons, Ennis, 4, and James, 1. The pair have been together for five years. Kirsten and Jesse originally met on the set of the FX series Fargo. They got engaged in 2017. Kirsten was previously engaged to her On the road co-star Garrett Hedlund, but the two broke up in 2016. Both Jesse and Kirsten were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances in 2021’s The Power of the Dog.
Marriage seems inevitable considering the pair originally starred as married couple Peggy and Ed Bloomquist in Season 2 of the hit FX series. Jesse told the New York Times in September 2020 that he knew the relationship would stick. “I knew she was going to be in my life for a long time,” he said of their first time working together. In turn, Kirsten told the Los Angeles Times that she feels a similar connection.
“He was like a creative soul mate for me and the way we both work,” she told the paper in 2021. “I found out about Fargo after two weeks. I didn’t remember saying that, but one of my best friends told me that I told her that “I’m going to know this person for the rest of my life. I just know it. Just because I felt such an immediate connection.”
The instant connection makes sense—Jesse and Kirsten share a rare upbringing. Both are former child stars. Kirsten broke out with an ethereal and disturbing performance as a child vampire in the 1994 gothic sensation Interview With The Vampire. Jesse was only 3 and a half years old when he started his career doing a Coca Cola commercial.
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Now, their sweet relationship transcends their individual careers. Kirsten told USA Today in February that Jesse’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination brought her more joy than she did herself. “Like I could release my joy more with Jesse’s nomination than my own, for some reason?” she said. “I just can’t believe we were nominated together for the same movie. It sounds like an old fashioned thing that wouldn’t happen now. It is incredible to have this as a family and for our families. Everyone is so excited.”
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