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Kristy Swanson

Acting · Born 1969-12-19 · 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

2025I Am Luke PerrySelf
2022Trail BlazersSlayer
2022Just Another DreamCindy Miller
2021Courting Mom and DadSarah Lambert
2021Trafficked: A Parent's Worst NightmareJoanna Riley
2020The ObamaGate MovieLisa Page
2020Psych 2: Lassie Come HomeMarlowe Viccellio
2019FBI Lovebirds: UnderCoversLisa Page
2019The Green RibbonSamantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019PawParazziLatte (voice)
2018Killer Under The BedSarah
2018Mimesis: NosferatuMax's Mother
2018Winter's DreamKat
2018Bad StepmotherLouise
2017A Mother's SacrificeKathrin
2017Crowning JulesVictoria
2015Angels in the SnowJudith Montgomery
2015Driven UndergroundSarah Palmer
2014Merry Ex-MasNoëlle Rogers
2014A Belle for ChristmasDani Downy
2014Beethoven's Treasure TailAnne Parker
2014A Lesson in RomanceMegan Mills
2014Little Women Big Cars 2Rocky
2013Storm RiderJody Peterson
2013The BouquetTerri Benton
2012Operation CupcakeJanet Carson
2012Little Women Big CarsRocky
2011A Christmas WishMartha Evans
2011Chick MagnetKristy (uncredited)
2011Swamp SharkRachel McDaniel
2010What if...Wendy Walker
2007Forbidden SecretsAlexandra Kent Lambeth
2006Living DeathElizabeth
2006PsychMarlowe Viccellio
2006The Black HoleShannon Muir
2006Skating with CelebritiesSelf - Couple 4
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron
2005Bound by LiesLaura Cross
2003One Tree HillWoman in Car
2003The Only WitnessDr. Julia Craig
2003Red WaterDr. Kelli Raymond
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf
2002CSI: MiamiRoxanne Price
2001Zebra LoungeLouise Bauer
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLorelei Mailer
2001Soul AssassinTessa Jansen
2000Dude, Where's My Car?Christie Boner
2000Meeting DaddyLaurel Lee
2000GrapevineSusan Crawford
1999Big DaddyVanessa
1999Supreme SanctionJenna
1998Ground ControlJulie Albrecht
1997Bad to the BoneFrancesca Wells
1997Lover GirlDarlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
19978 Heads in a Duffel BagLaurie
1997Just Shoot Me!Allison
1997TinseltownNikki Randall
1996Early EditionErica Paget
1996The PhantomDiana Palmer
1996Marshal LawLilly Nelson
1996The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the LegendSelf
1995Higher LearningKristen Connor
1994Getting InKirby Watts
1994The ChaseNatalie Voss
1993The ProgramCamille Shafer
1993The Chili Con Carne Club
1992Buffy the Vampire SlayerBuffy Summers
1991Highway to HellRachel Clark
1991Hot Shots!Kowalski
1991Mannequin Two: On the MoveJessie
1990Diving InTerry Hopkins
1990Dream TrapSue Halloran
1989B.L. StrykerLynn Ellingsworth
1989NightingalesRebecca 'Becky' Granger
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzTeenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988NightingalesBecky
1988JuarezCathy Dodge
1987Flowers in the AtticCathy Dollanganger
1987Not Quite HumanEron Jeffries
1986Deadly FriendSamantha
1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffEconomics Student - Simone Adamley
1986Mr. BoogedyJennifer Davis
1986Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town StoryStephanie Gamble
1986Pretty in PinkDuckette
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFemale Student #2
1985Growing PainsRhonda
1984It's Your MoveLaura
1984Call to GlorySally
1982Cagney & Lacey
1979Knots LandingJody Campbell
—Reapers NightGinger

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