Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 19, 1969
Place of Birth:
Mission Viejo, California, USA
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Kristy Swanson
Biography
Kristen Noel Swanson (born December 19, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C. Andrews book Flowers in the Attic.
She starred in several films, including Hot Shots! (1991), The Program (1993), The Chase (1994), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Big Daddy (1999), and Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), and appeared in Pretty in Pink (1986) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | I Am Luke Perry | Self |
| 2022 | Trail Blazers | Slayer |
| 2022 | Just Another Dream | Cindy Miller |
| 2021 | Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare | Joanna Riley |
| 2021 | Courting Mom and Dad | Sarah Lambert |
| 2020 | Psych 2: Lassie Come Home | Marlowe Viccellio |
| 2020 | The ObamaGate Movie | Lisa Page |
| 2019 | FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers | Lisa Page |
| 2019 | PawParazzi | Latte (voice) |
| 2019 | The Green Ribbon | Samantha Pringle (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Winter's Dream | Kat |
| 2018 | Bad Stepmother | Louise |
| 2018 | Killer Under The Bed | Sarah |
| 2018 | Mimesis: Nosferatu | Max's Mother |
| 2017 | A Mother's Sacrifice | Kathrin |
| 2017 | Crowning Jules | Victoria |
| 2015 | Driven Underground | Sarah Palmer |
| 2015 | Angels in the Snow | Judith Montgomery |
| 2014 | A Lesson in Romance | Megan Mills |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | Anne Parker |
| 2014 | A Belle for Christmas | Dani Downy |
| 2014 | Merry Ex-Mas | Noëlle Rogers |
| 2014 | Little Women Big Cars 2 | Rocky |
| 2013 | The Bouquet | Terri Benton |
| 2013 | Storm Rider | Jody Peterson |
| 2012 | Operation Cupcake | Janet Carson |
| 2012 | Little Women Big Cars | Rocky |
| 2011 | Swamp Shark | Rachel McDaniel |
| 2011 | A Christmas Wish | Martha Evans |
| 2011 | Chick Magnet | Kristy (uncredited) |
| 2010 | What if... | Wendy Walker |
| 2007 | Forbidden Secrets | Alexandra Kent Lambeth |
| 2006 | Living Death | Elizabeth |
| 2006 | The Black Hole | Shannon Muir |
| 2005 | Bound by Lies | Laura Cross |
| 2003 | Red Water | Dr. Kelli Raymond |
| 2003 | The Only Witness | Dr. Julia Craig |
| 2001 | Zebra Lounge | Louise Bauer |
| 2001 | Soul Assassin | Tessa Jansen |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Christie Boner |
| 2000 | Meeting Daddy | Laurel Lee |
| 1999 | Big Daddy | Vanessa |
| 1999 | Supreme Sanction | Jenna |
| 1998 | Ground Control | Julie Albrecht |
| 1997 | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | Laurie |
| 1997 | Lover Girl | Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry' |
| 1997 | Bad to the Bone | Francesca Wells |
| 1997 | Tinseltown | Nikki Randall |
| 1996 | The Phantom | Diana Palmer |
| 1996 | Marshal Law | Lilly Nelson |
| 1996 | The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend | Self |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Kristen Connor |
| 1994 | The Chase | Natalie Voss |
| 1994 | Getting In | Kirby Watts |
| 1993 | The Program | Camille Shafer |
| 1993 | The Chili Con Carne Club | |
| 1992 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Buffy Summers |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Kowalski |
| 1991 | Mannequin Two: On the Move | Jessie |
| 1991 | Highway to Hell | Rachel Clark |
| 1990 | Diving In | Terry Hopkins |
| 1990 | Dream Trap | Sue Halloran |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Nightingales | Becky |
| 1988 | Juarez | Cathy Dodge |
| 1987 | Flowers in the Attic | Cathy Dollanganger |
| 1987 | Not Quite Human | Eron Jeffries |
| 1986 | Deadly Friend | Samantha |
| 1986 | Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story | Stephanie Gamble |
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink | Duckette |
| 1986 | Mr. Boogedy | Jennifer Davis |
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Economics Student - Simone Adamley |
| Reapers Night | Ginger |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Psych | Marlowe Viccellio |
| 2006 | Skating with Celebrities | Self - Couple 4 |
| 2005 | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill | Woman in Car |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Roxanne Price |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Lorelei Mailer |
| 2000 | Grapevine | Susan Crawford |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Allison |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Erica Paget |
| 1989 | Nightingales | Rebecca 'Becky' Granger |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker | Lynn Ellingsworth |
| 1985 | Growing Pains | Rhonda |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Female Student #2 |
| 1984 | It's Your Move | |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Jody Campbell |