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1999年，她又拒绝了[[萨姆·门德斯]]的[[《美国美人》]]中那个洒满玫瑰花蕾的销魂角色，选择了[[索菲亚·科波拉]]执导的[[《处女自杀》]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/12/15/the_virgin_suicides_1999_review.shtml |title=BBC Films—The Virgin Suicide |last=Thompson |first=Michael |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Films |accessdate=2013-08-29 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823105031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/12/15/the_virgin_suicides_1999_review.shtml |archivedate=2009-08-23 }}</ref>。该片于2000年在第43届旧金山国际电影节作为特别作品展映<ref name="virgin">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Art-angst-in-Suicides-3063606.php |title=Art, angst in 'Suicides'|last=Morris |first=Wesley|date=2000-04-20|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2013-08-29}}</ref>。影片获得了影评人的普遍好评<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-virgin-suicides |title=Virgin Suicides, The (2000): Reviews |date=2000-04-21 |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=2013-08-29 |deadurl=no |archivedate=2013-05-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502131322/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-virgin-suicides }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/virgin_suicides/ |title=The Virgin Suicides (1999) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2013-08-29 |deadurl=no |archivedate=2013-03-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319010529/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/virgin_suicides/ }}</ref>，《[[旧金山纪事报]]》影评人彼得·斯塔克（{{lang|en|Peter Stack}}）在其文章中称赞邓斯特在“纯真和放荡间取得了美丽的平衡”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Sofia-Coppola-Creates-A-Dreamy-Lyrical-World-2763344.php |title=Sofia Coppola Creates A Dreamy, Lyrical World|last=Stack|first=Peter|date=2000-04-21|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2013-08-29}}</ref>。 。段时期她尝试过许多类型，包括改编自[[屠格涅夫]]小说[[《初恋》]]的电影[[《恶意的诱惑》]]，以及魔幻作品[[《鸦魔战士》]]，此外她还在[[《美丽与疯狂》]]和[[《失恋大不同》]]中出演。<ref name="age" />。她之后表示：“我看到剧本时才15岁，我觉得自己还没有成熟到能够理解剧本的含义。”<ref name="age" />同样她出演了喜剧片《[[迪克 (电影)|迪克]]》（{{lang|en|Dick}}），与[[蜜雪儿·威廉丝]]演对手戏，该片以讽刺的角度重新讲述了导致前[[美国总统]][[理查德·尼克松]]辞职的[[水门事件]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/080499dick-film-review.html |title='Dick': That Gap in the Nixon Tapes? Maybe a Teen-Age Cry of Love|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=1999-08-04 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=2013-08-29}}</ref>。