I realize that a lot of you will be like “meh,” with this story. Since I lived in Berlin for about four and a half years, I wanted to report on it. Apparently Kirsten Dunst recently became a German citizen. That was probably quite simple for her, because her dad is German and she can show that she has the means to support herself. She admits she can’t really speak the language and that’s one of the requirements for people without German parents who want to get naturalized. Kirsten is really excited about it, and she told People that she thinks Berlin is awesome and that she wants to move there.
The actress, 29, shares her German roots with the German tabloid B.Z., revealing that she now has German citizenship – in addition to her U.S. citizenship.
“I’m now a real international lady,” she says,”one who can film in Europe without a problem.”
Dunst’s dream? “It would be the greatest joy for me to act in a German film,” she says.
Dunst, who stars in Melancholia, the new film by Danish director Lars von Trier, added that she even speaks German – though “at a child’s level.” (Her father is German and her mother Swedish.)
She also says she frequently visits her relatives in Hamburg but enjoys an even larger city.
“I would prefer to buy an apartment in Berlin,” she says. “It’s such a young city, and right now so much is happening in Berlin.”
[From People]
Berlin is cool and there’s plenty to do. I really enjoy it there. Honestly my favorite part is that I can drive around the whole city and find parking without a problem. There are so many different neighborhoods and of course there’s great public transportation, but I love that I can drive anywhere and not worry about it.
To me though, once you move someplace, anyplace, it stops being awesome. Like it just becomes where you live and you always find things that you miss from back home. I tell people I lived in Switzerland for a couple years and they’re like “wow,” but I just say it’s not as great as you think. I don’t find bragging rights in it. Even if you absolutely love going to a tropical island, like that’s your idea of paradise, if you ever move there you will notice that there are trade offs. Now that I’ve moved back to the states, I find that there are a lot of things I miss about Germany, though. There really is no Shangri-La, unless you are on vacation somewhere. (Or are one of those people who is psyched about life every day. That’s not really me.)
Getting back to Kirsten, though, she seems like she’s doing great. She went through a rough patch about three years ago with rehab, drinking issues and depression but she’s been looking pulled together lately and she sounds happy. A move to Berlin might be great for her and for her career. There’s a huge film industry in that area and I’m sure plenty of directors would be glad to have her. Plus it’s not like she’s me and can’t afford to travel whenever she gets bored. She’ll stay in Berlin when she feels like it, drink a lot of great beer, and go back to the states when she misses it. The lucky bitch.
Kirsten is shown on 10/3 in New York and 9/29 and 9/28 (drunk pics) in London. Credit: Fame
Okay. Great for her, I guess.
Sidenote: I absolutely LOVE Hawaii. I would move there in a hot second, and my only complaint would be how expensive cereal is and that you get rice with meals instead of baked potatoes. THAT’S IT.
Lucky bitch indeed! I am dying to move to Germany and I’m learning the language. I think Kiki is trying to turn her life around and it shows.
As a german it is nice to hear, that you enjoyed it here 🙂 I think it is great that Kirsten goes backto her roots, kind of.
I wonder if she got dual citizenship. My friend did that…her mom was born in England so she is a citizen of England and the US. Jealous
@ CB: WTF?! How is it that you can find parking everywhere?! Wonder which part of the city you lived in, because in Kreuzberg it’s always a pain in the ass! (That’s the main reason I sold my car). But I guess it’s even worse in cities like Paris or Madrid…
I didn’t live in Kreuzberg and when we went there we took the u or s-bahn definitely. I lived in Wilmersdorf and also in Zehlendorf and when I would go somewhere I usually paid to park, but it’s not inconvenient at all compared to other cities. Like I used to live near NY and there’s no way you can drive in that city. Sometimes you do look for parking in Berlin but the frustration factor was low, IMO.
She kept her us citizenship too. I went to Berlin several times while I was living in Paris and it was awesome. Watched Melancholia yesterday and think it’s the most beautiful film that von Trier has ever done. Kudos to Kirsten, as well as the rest of the cast, for their amazing performances.
I give her props for staying out of the spotlight when she was down and out, and I especially give her props for being willing to audition when she came back to the industry and needed to prove herself again.
I want to move to Germany, too! But I’d rather go to Munich.
And I’ve always wanted to be a dual-citizen. Not even of any specific country, just in general. 2 passports would be even more fun!
Good for her…she’s young and single so why not. Welcome back to the US, CB!
Cute story.
I agree she is sorting her life out, I love her look, unconventionally beautiful and don’t get me started on her snaggle teeth – I absolutely love them!! Always wanted ‘vampire fangs’ and kudos to KD for not getting them fixed to look like every other actress in the states!
I was going to write BYE BYE but the other comments were so much better than mine. She has turned her life around and YAY for her! I hope she gets more work. I have to check out Melancholia
I love Berlin and would love to go and stay there for a while. I’m really glad for Kirsten that she managed to turn her life around and do it so well too. Best of luck in the future Kiki!
Moving to a foreign country doesn’t guarantee that you’ll miss “home”, necessarily. I left Vancouver BC a few years ago and moved to France, at 22. I’ve never had a moment of regret! Sure, there are some cultural aspects of Canada that I wish I could’ve taken with me, but overall, France is pretty damn amazing : )
she just still looks drunk to me, I think she wants to move there so she can continue but away from the Paps.
everytime, I see her pics, she looks like she is boozing on the downlow.
Agree avec only1shmoo. For me it’s Amsterdam, and I am still having the greatest love affair with it, two years later.
Her performance in Interview with the Vampire makes it one of my favorite vampire movies even now. Considering she’s a child star, she’s managed to do relatively well with a few bumps on the way.
@15: Do you miss Bloody Caesars? I moved to France in my 20’s and oddly that’s what I missed. Oh and since it was Paris, I missed polite people who wait in line rather than cutting in and people who don’t invade your personal space. That last took me a year to get used to.
@CB: the more you move, the less you know where you want to retire to someday. Sadly there are things that you miss from every place you live and nowhere has it all.
Unless you absolutely detest the cultural decadence of the place you’re living in; then moving to a different place may be a permanent upgrade.
i love this crazy bitch.
that’s cool that she has dual citizenship now. I have triple, and I love it. carrying three passports makes me feel like a spy, lol.
I haven’t lived abroad yet, but since I have family all over the world, growing up I spent my summer/winter/spring breaks abroad. if it was summer, I would spend the whole three months there – it was awesome. I never really missed home, it was always fun and exciting. I imagine that if I do move abroad after I’m done with school, I would miss some aspects of home, but that’s just the nature of moving. I mean if I moved to NYC, I would miss California. naturally, if I moved to Paris, I would also miss California a bit. thinking about traveling has got me all excited about my next trip, can’t wait for thanksgiving and winter break.
Auf Wiedersehen talentless one.
My understanding was that it is not possible to hold dual German-other citizenship..
My kid has dual citizenship, I’m pretty sure you can have both if one of your parents is German.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship
Germany’s CDU (christian democratic party), in order to speed up integration of foreigners (Turks mainly) drafted a law that would force people to give up any given second citizenship.
The social democratic party sued against it and won as it woulf have been discriminatory.
Now the only people in Germany who can have dual citizenship are non-germans.
However, if necessary Germans can file a “Beibehaltungsbegehren” expressing their wish to obtain dual citizenship that might be granted case-by-case.
I’m a born German living in the US. I have german citizenship with a US green card. You can’t have dual citizenship if you are a born German. They make you choose.
As an alcoholic I think the last thing she should be doing in Berlin is drinking lots of yummy beer! I am a recovering alcoholic in a city where micro-brews reign and believe me..its hard! Stick to the tea K, and you’ll do just fine no matter where you live!
Thanks for this article. Sorta tired of who had botox and who didn’t and who has babies, and blah blah blaaaaah.
sure germany is a nice place to live. if you’re a white person.
#31 What’s your point?
Germany has a lot of people with a non german background.
Turks, Polish people, Russians, Spaniards…
If by white you mean white as opposed to blacks, well, the reason is that Germany did not not buy black people to do slave labour.
@mark well my relatives are physically white so you’re right in that regard only, but still doesn’t explain who they were treated terribly with many racist and xenophobic remarks only in the recent years. for a country who claims to have left racism behind you sure haven’t progressed much. and btw my relatives are completely civilized and polite people who can speak german very well, with no audible accent whatsoever their only fault was not being german.
“You sure haven’t progressed much” are you serious???
If you look at racial tensions that still exist in the USA, the UK and France (because you are hinting at Germany’s fascist past) it doesn’t seem that any of these nations have found the cure-all for xenophobia either.
Why? Because racism exists EVERYWHERE.
I guarantee you it exists just as much in the country that your family is from, which you conveniently don’t mention.
I did not, btw imply your relatives were uncivilized and this does not play a role in xenophobia and racism anyway as everyone can be a target.
racism can exist anywhere but my german friends seem to be oblivious to it just like you seem to be. everyone is quick to defend that there is no racism in germany when i met so many of you who approached me in racist and aggressive manners and i really can’t believe this idea that germany is no longer a racist country. because it simply isn’t true. i wish it were, but it is not.
And how exactly am I oblivious to racism (in Germany in particular)?
It’s funny how you try to deflect.
It’s also funny how you paint everybody with big strokes.
So, you decided to not name the nationality of your relatives (and your’s?). Might that be because we could then discuss about racism in YOUR country?
You got caught in a lie.
I didn’t name my nationality because i don’t want any more racist attacks on the internet… stop calling me a liar… if you agree (in essence) to what i’m saying, why get so defensive? as a matter of fact i have german friends who are not racist at all, but when asked about world war 2, they say stuff like “jews made up a lot of stuff about that” and there is so much delusion going on… your aggressive tone does not surprise me a bit actually.
i’m so happy for her! as an american living in paris i understand wanting to pick up and stay in europe for a while 🙂 and she looks really lovely in the first pic, love the makeup