- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 19, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Mission Viejo, California, USA
Kristy Swanson
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).
Filmography
movieI Am Luke Perry
2025 · Self
movieTrail Blazers
2022 · Slayer
movieJust Another Dream
2022 · Cindy Miller
movieCourting Mom and Dad
2021 · Sarah Lambert
movieTrafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021 · Joanna Riley
movieThe ObamaGate Movie
2020 · Lisa Page
moviePsych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020 · Marlowe Viccellio
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
movieFBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019 · Lisa Page
movieThe Green Ribbon
2019 · Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
moviePawParazzi
2019 · Latte (voice)
movieKiller Under The Bed
2018 · Sarah
movieMimesis: Nosferatu
2018 · Max's Mother
movieWinter's Dream
2018 · Kat
movieBad Stepmother
2018 · Louise
movieA Mother's Sacrifice
2017 · Kathrin
movieCrowning Jules
2017 · Victoria
movieAngels in the Snow
2015 · Judith Montgomery
movieDriven Underground
2015 · Sarah Palmer
movieMerry Ex-Mas
2014 · Noëlle Rogers
movieA Belle for Christmas
2014 · Dani Downy
movieBeethoven's Treasure Tail
2014 · Anne Parker
movieA Lesson in Romance
2014 · Megan Mills
movieLittle Women Big Cars 2
2014 · Rocky
movieStorm Rider
2013 · Jody Peterson
movieThe Bouquet
2013 · Terri Benton
movieOperation Cupcake
2012 · Janet Carson
movieLittle Women Big Cars
2012 · Rocky
movieA Christmas Wish
2011 · Martha Evans
movieChick Magnet
2011 · Kristy (uncredited)
movieSwamp Shark
2011 · Rachel McDaniel
movieWhat if...
2010 · Wendy Walker
movieForbidden Secrets
2007 · Alexandra Kent Lambeth
movieLiving Death
2006 · Elizabeth
tvPsych
2006 · Marlowe Viccellio
movieThe Black Hole
2006 · Shannon Muir
Skating with Celebrities
tvSkating with Celebrities
2006 · Self - Couple 4
tvHell's Kitchen
2005 · Self - Restaurant Patron
movieBound by Lies
2005 · Laura Cross, Executive Producer
tvOne Tree Hill
2003 · Woman in Car
movieThe Only Witness
2003 · Dr. Julia Craig
movieRed Water
2003 · Dr. Kelli Raymond
tvCelebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
tvCSI: Miami
2002 · Roxanne Price
movieZebra Lounge
2001 · Louise Bauer
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Lorelei Mailer
movieSoul Assassin
2001 · Tessa Jansen
movieDude, Where's My Car?
2000 · Christie Boner
movieMeeting Daddy
2000 · Laurel Lee
tvGrapevine
2000 · Susan Crawford
movieBig Daddy
1999 · Vanessa
movieSupreme Sanction
1999 · Jenna
movieGround Control
1998 · Julie Albrecht
movieBad to the Bone
1997 · Francesca Wells
movieLover Girl
1997 · Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
movie8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997 · Laurie
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997 · Allison
movieTinseltown
1997 · Nikki Randall
tvEarly Edition
1996 · Erica Paget
movieThe Phantom
1996 · Diana Palmer
movieMarshal Law
1996 · Lilly Nelson
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
movieThe Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996 · Self
movieHigher Learning
1995 · Kristen Connor
movieGetting In
1994 · Kirby Watts
movieThe Chase
1994 · Natalie Voss
movieThe Program
1993 · Camille Shafer
movieThe Chili Con Carne Club
1993
movieBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1992 · Buffy Summers
movieHighway to Hell
1991 · Rachel Clark
movieHot Shots!
1991 · Kowalski
movieMannequin Two: On the Move
1991 · Jessie
movieDiving In
1990 · Terry Hopkins
movieDream Trap
1990 · Sue Halloran
tvB.L. Stryker
1989 · Lynn Ellingsworth
tvNightingales
1989 · Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
movieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
movieNightingales
1988 · Becky
Juarez
movieJuarez
1988 · Cathy Dodge
movieFlowers in the Attic
1987 · Cathy Dollanganger
movieNot Quite Human
1987 · Eron Jeffries
movieDeadly Friend
1986 · Samantha
movieFerris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · Economics Student - Simone Adamley
movieMr. Boogedy
1986 · Jennifer Davis
movieMiracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986 · Stephanie Gamble
moviePretty in Pink
1986 · Duckette
tvThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Female Student #2
tvGrowing Pains
1985 · Rhonda
tvIt's Your Move
1984 · Laura
tvCall to Glory
1984 · Sally
tvCagney & Lacey
1982
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Jody Campbell
movieReapers Night
— · Ginger