Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Known for
Acting
Born
December 19, 1969 (age 56)
Birthplace
Mission Viejo, California, USA

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).

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Filmography

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Reapers Night poster

Reapers Night

Movie · as Ginger

2026
Run Hide Fight: Infidels poster

Run Hide Fight: Infidels

Movie · as Deputy Director Teresa Quill

2025
I Am Luke Perry poster

I Am Luke Perry

Movie · as Self

2022
Trail Blazers poster

Trail Blazers

Movie · as Slayer

2022
Just Another Dream poster

Just Another Dream

Movie · as Cindy Miller

2021
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare poster

Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare

Movie · as Joanna Riley

2021
Courting Mom and Dad poster

Courting Mom and Dad

Movie · as Sarah Lambert

2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home poster

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home

Movie · as Marlowe Viccellio

2020
The ObamaGate Movie poster

The ObamaGate Movie

Movie · as Lisa Page

2019
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers

FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers

Movie · as Lisa Page

2019
PawParazzi poster

PawParazzi

Movie · as Latte (voice)

2019
The Green Ribbon poster

The Green Ribbon

Movie · as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)

2018
Winter's Dream poster

Winter's Dream

Movie · as Kat

2018
Bad Stepmother poster

Bad Stepmother

Movie · as Louise

2018
Killer Under The Bed poster

Killer Under The Bed

Movie · as Sarah

2018
Mimesis: Nosferatu poster

Mimesis: Nosferatu

Movie · as Max's Mother

2017
A Mother's Sacrifice poster

A Mother's Sacrifice

Movie · as Kathrin

2017
Crowning Jules poster

Crowning Jules

Movie · as Victoria

2015
Driven Underground poster

Driven Underground

Movie · as Sarah Palmer

2015
Angels in the Snow poster

Angels in the Snow

Movie · as Judith Montgomery

2014
A Lesson in Romance poster

A Lesson in Romance

Movie · as Megan Mills

2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail poster

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Movie · as Anne Parker

2014
A Belle for Christmas poster

A Belle for Christmas

Movie · as Dani Downy

2014
Merry Ex-Mas poster

Merry Ex-Mas

Movie · as Noëlle Rogers

2014
Little Women Big Cars 2 poster

Little Women Big Cars 2

Movie · as Rocky

2013
The Bouquet poster

The Bouquet

Movie · as Terri Benton

2013
Storm Rider poster

Storm Rider

Movie · as Jody Peterson

2012
Operation Cupcake poster

Operation Cupcake

Movie · as Janet Carson

2012
Little Women Big Cars poster

Little Women Big Cars

Movie · as Rocky

2011
Swamp Shark poster

Swamp Shark

Movie · as Rachel McDaniel

2011
A Christmas Wish poster

A Christmas Wish

Movie · as Martha Evans

2011
Chick Magnet poster

Chick Magnet

Movie · as Kristy (uncredited)

2010
What if... poster

What if...

Movie · as Wendy Walker

2007
Forbidden Secrets poster

Forbidden Secrets

Movie · as Alexandra Kent Lambeth

2006
Living Death poster

Living Death

Movie · as Elizabeth

2006
The Black Hole poster

The Black Hole

Movie · as Shannon Muir

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Marlowe Viccellio · 6 eps

2006
Skating with Celebrities

Skating with Celebrities

TV · as Self - Couple 4 · 7 eps

2005
Bound by Lies poster

Bound by Lies

Movie · as Laura Cross

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2003
Red Water poster

Red Water

Movie · as Dr. Kelli Raymond

2003
The Only Witness poster

The Only Witness

Movie · as Dr. Julia Craig

2003
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
One Tree Hill poster

One Tree Hill

TV · as Woman in Car · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Roxanne Price · 1 ep

2001
Zebra Lounge poster

Zebra Lounge

Movie · as Louise Bauer

2001
Soul Assassin poster

Soul Assassin

Movie · as Tessa Jansen

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Lorelei Mailer · 1 ep

2000
Dude, Where's My Car? poster

Dude, Where's My Car?

Movie · as Christie Boner

2000
Meeting Daddy poster

Meeting Daddy

Movie · as Laurel Lee

2000
Grapevine poster

Grapevine

TV · as Susan Crawford · 6 eps

1999
Big Daddy poster

Big Daddy

Movie · as Vanessa

1999
Supreme Sanction poster

Supreme Sanction

Movie · as Jenna

1998
Ground Control poster

Ground Control

Movie · as Julie Albrecht

1997
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag poster

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Movie · as Laurie

1997
Lover Girl poster

Lover Girl

Movie · as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'

1997
Bad to the Bone poster

Bad to the Bone

Movie · as Francesca Wells

1997
Tinseltown poster

Tinseltown

Movie · as Nikki Randall

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Allison · 1 ep

1996
The Phantom poster

The Phantom

Movie · as Diana Palmer

1996
Marshal Law poster

Marshal Law

Movie · as Lilly Nelson

1996
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Movie · as Self

1996
Early Edition poster

Early Edition

TV · as Erica Paget · 20 eps

1995
Higher Learning poster

Higher Learning

Movie · as Kristen Connor

1994
The Chase poster

The Chase

Movie · as Natalie Voss

1994
Getting In poster

Getting In

Movie · as Kirby Watts

1993
The Program poster

The Program

Movie · as Camille Shafer

1993
The Chili Con Carne Club poster

The Chili Con Carne Club

Movie

1992
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Movie · as Buffy Summers

1991
Hot Shots! poster

Hot Shots!

Movie · as Kowalski

1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move poster

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Movie · as Jessie

1991
Highway to Hell poster

Highway to Hell

Movie · as Rachel Clark

1990
Diving In poster

Diving In

Movie · as Terry Hopkins

1990
Dream Trap poster

Dream Trap

Movie · as Sue Halloran

1989
Nightingales poster

Nightingales

TV · as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger · 13 eps

1989
B.L. Stryker poster

B.L. Stryker

TV · as Lynn Ellingsworth · 2 eps

1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz poster

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Movie · as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)

1988
Nightingales poster

Nightingales

Movie · as Becky

1988
Juarez

Juarez

Movie · as Cathy Dodge

1987
Flowers in the Attic poster

Flowers in the Attic

Movie · as Cathy Dollanganger

1987
Not Quite Human poster

Not Quite Human

Movie · as Eron Jeffries

1986
Deadly Friend poster

Deadly Friend

Movie · as Samantha

1986
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story poster

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Movie · as Stephanie Gamble

1986
Pretty in Pink poster

Pretty in Pink

Movie · as Duckette

1986
Mr. Boogedy poster

Mr. Boogedy

Movie · as Jennifer Davis

1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Movie · as Economics Student

1985
Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains

TV · as Rhonda · 1 ep

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Female Student #2 · 1 ep

1984
It's Your Move poster

It's Your Move

TV · as Laura · 1 ep

1984
Call to Glory poster

Call to Glory

TV · as Sally · 1 ep

1982
Cagney & Lacey poster

Cagney & Lacey

TV · 1 ep

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Jody Campbell · 8 eps