Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California, on Jan. 4, 2024.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP via GettyThe connection betweenKirsten DunstandJesse Plemonswas instant.In a recent cover profile forTexas Monthlyhighlighting Plemons, 35, Dunst recalled first meeting her now-husband on the set of FX’sFargoseries 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.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.The couple first met when they played a married couple on season 2 ofFargoin 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 atFargo.They were later both nominated forAcademy Awardsin the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, respectively, for their roles in 2021’sThe Power of the Dog.They will also star together in the upcoming movieCivil 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.“The cast of the latter project also includesWagner Moura,Stephen McKinley Henderson,Cailee SpaenyandNick Offerman.Kirsten Dunst and Jesses Plemons at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.Jordan Strauss/Invision/APDunst’s breakout role was inInterview with the Vampirewhen she was 11, whilePlemons got his acting start in a Coke commercialwhen he was 2.In a 2020 interview withThe 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.“Aboutworking with Dunst for the first time, Plemons added, “I knew that she would be in my life for a long time.“After getting engaged in 2017, Dunst and Plemons welcomed two sons together:Ennis, now 5½, andJames, who turns 3 this year. PEOPLE confirmed thatthe duo had wedin July 2022.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California, on Jan. 4, 2024.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
The connection betweenKirsten DunstandJesse Plemonswas instant.In a recent cover profile forTexas Monthlyhighlighting Plemons, 35, Dunst recalled first meeting her now-husband on the set of FX’sFargoseries 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.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.The couple first met when they played a married couple on season 2 ofFargoin 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 atFargo.They were later both nominated forAcademy Awardsin the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, respectively, for their roles in 2021’sThe Power of the Dog.They will also star together in the upcoming movieCivil 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.“The cast of the latter project also includesWagner Moura,Stephen McKinley Henderson,Cailee SpaenyandNick Offerman.Kirsten Dunst and Jesses Plemons at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.Jordan Strauss/Invision/APDunst’s breakout role was inInterview with the Vampirewhen she was 11, whilePlemons got his acting start in a Coke commercialwhen he was 2.In a 2020 interview withThe 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.“Aboutworking with Dunst for the first time, Plemons added, “I knew that she would be in my life for a long time.“After getting engaged in 2017, Dunst and Plemons welcomed two sons together:Ennis, now 5½, andJames, who turns 3 this year. PEOPLE confirmed thatthe duo had wedin July 2022.
The connection betweenKirsten DunstandJesse Plemonswas instant.
In a recent cover profile forTexas Monthlyhighlighting Plemons, 35, Dunst recalled first meeting her now-husband on the set of FX’sFargoseries 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.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
The couple first met when they played a married couple on season 2 ofFargoin 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 atFargo.They were later both nominated forAcademy Awardsin the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, respectively, for their roles in 2021’sThe Power of the Dog.
They will also star together in the upcoming movieCivil 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.”
The cast of the latter project also includesWagner Moura,Stephen McKinley Henderson,Cailee SpaenyandNick Offerman.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesses Plemons at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Dunst’s breakout role was inInterview with the Vampirewhen she was 11, whilePlemons got his acting start in a Coke commercialwhen he was 2.
In a 2020 interview withThe 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.”
Aboutworking with Dunst for the first time, Plemons added, “I knew that she would be in my life for a long time.”
After getting engaged in 2017, Dunst and Plemons welcomed two sons together:Ennis, now 5½, andJames, who turns 3 this year. PEOPLE confirmed thatthe duo had wedin July 2022.
source: people.com
