Before Kirsten Dunst met Jesse Plemons, she had a good sense of what she wanted. I remember her interviews from the pre-Jesse era very well – she was actively looking for a man to “settle down.” She wanted to get married and have babies and she was very clear about it. Then in 2015-ish, she was cast in a season of Fargo and Jesse was cast as her character’s husband. The rest is history. They ended up dating after filming Fargo, and everything came together. She gave birth to their two sons Ennis and James, and Kirsten and Jesse reportedly married in 2022. They seem really happy and they seem like they really “get” each other. Well, it turns out, they both just “knew.”
The connection between Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons was instant. In a recent cover profile for Texas Monthly highlighting Plemons, 35, Dunst recalled first meeting her now-husband on the set of FX’s Fargo series almost a decade ago.
“Immediately I felt safe, and he did too,” said the actress, 41. “And free.”
Dunst also referred to her husband as “one of the kindest humans I’ve ever met” during the couple’s chat with the magazine.
“I think that sensitivity makes him very astute when it comes to other people,” she added.
The couple first met when they played a married couple on season 2 of Fargo in 2015, though their romantic relationship didn’t develop until about a year and a half later. And Plemons and Dunst’s onscreen collaboration didn’t stop at Fargo. They were later both nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, respectively, for their roles in 2021’s The Power of the Dog. They will also star together in the upcoming movie Civil War, which follows a group of people in a “race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge.”
In a 2020 interview with The New York Times, Dunst said they bonded over being former child stars: “We laugh about the fact that we were two child actors, and we both made it out okay.” About working with Dunst for the first time, Plemons added, “I knew that she would be in my life for a long time.”
I love these kinds of couples, the “we just knew” couples who meet and everything just falls into place. It’s sweet and you can just feel how they make so much sense together. No drama, no chaos. I love how they constantly work with each other too, like they’re a package deal. Whenever Dunst gets cast in anything, she suggests Jesse for other available parts. She did that with her latest film, Civil War – she suggested Jesse to director Alex Garland. She’s done that a few times.
Here are some photos of Kirsten at a London screening of Civil War on March 26th. I really dislike this Dice Kayek dress!
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
Celebrities walk the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Featuring: Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 10 Mar 2024 Credit: Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY** 
96th Annual Academy Awards at the Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Featuring: Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 10 Mar 2024 Credit: Media Punch/INSTARimages 
Kirsten Dunst arriving at the ‘Civil War’ UK Special Screening, The Cinema in The Power Station, Battersea Featuring: Kirsten Dunst Where: London, United Kingdom When: 26 Mar 2024 Credit: Doug Peters/EMPICS/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Kirsten Dunst arriving at the ‘Civil War’ UK Special Screening, The Cinema in The Power Station, Battersea Featuring: Kirsten Dunst Where: London, United Kingdom When: 26 Mar 2024 Credit: Doug Peters/EMPICS/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY** 
‘Civil War’UK Special Screening at The Cinema in The Power Station, London Featuring: Kirsten Dunst Where: London, United Kingdom When: 26 Mar 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmcW5kaIZ4e8qiqayslaOspcHNrKuYp56Uuqax06KloJeamsC0sb6po56ln6PAoLXMppydoZGpsq3FvqKWn52cqay0rcWelpqmlJSzs7HEaA%3D%3D