Kristy Swanson
Born: 1969-12-19 in Mission Viejo, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- I Am Luke Perry as Self
2022
- Trail Blazers as Slayer
- Just Another Dream as Cindy Miller
2021
- Courting Mom and Dad as Sarah Lambert
- Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare as Joanna Riley
2020
- Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Marlowe Viccellio
- The ObamaGate Movie as Lisa Page
2019
- PawParazzi as Latte (voice)
- The Green Ribbon as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
- FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers as Lisa Page
2018
- Killer Under The Bed as Sarah
- Bad Stepmother as Louise
- Winter's Dream as Kat
- Mimesis: Nosferatu as Max's Mother
2017
- A Mother's Sacrifice as Kathrin
- Crowning Jules as Victoria
2015
- Angels in the Snow as Judith Montgomery
- Driven Underground as Sarah Palmer
2014
- Beethoven's Treasure Tail as Anne Parker
- Merry Ex-Mas as Noëlle Rogers
- A Lesson in Romance as Megan Mills
- A Belle for Christmas as Dani Downy
- Little Women Big Cars 2 as Rocky
2013
- Storm Rider as Jody Peterson
- The Bouquet as Terri Benton
2012
- Operation Cupcake as Janet Carson
- Little Women Big Cars as Rocky
2011
- Chick Magnet as Kristy (uncredited)
- Swamp Shark as Rachel McDaniel
- A Christmas Wish as Martha Evans
2010
- What if... as Wendy Walker
2007
- Forbidden Secrets as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2006
- Psych as Marlowe Viccellio
- The Black Hole as Shannon Muir
- Living Death as Elizabeth
- Skating with Celebrities as Self - Couple 4
2005
- Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- Bound by Lies as Laura Cross
2003
- One Tree Hill as Woman in Car
- Red Water as Dr. Kelli Raymond
- The Only Witness as Dr. Julia Craig
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- CSI: Miami as Roxanne Price
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lorelei Mailer
- Zebra Lounge as Louise Bauer
- Soul Assassin as Tessa Jansen
2000
- Dude, Where's My Car? as Christie Boner
- Grapevine as Susan Crawford
- Meeting Daddy as Laurel Lee
1999
- Big Daddy as Vanessa
- Supreme Sanction as Jenna
1998
- Ground Control as Julie Albrecht
1997
- Just Shoot Me! as Allison
- 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag as Laurie
- Bad to the Bone as Francesca Wells
- Tinseltown as Nikki Randall
- Lover Girl as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1996
- Early Edition as Erica Paget
- The Phantom as Diana Palmer
- Marshal Law as Lilly Nelson
- The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend as Self
1995
- Higher Learning as Kristen Connor
1994
- The Chase as Natalie Voss
- Getting In as Kirby Watts
1993
- The Program as Camille Shafer
- The Chili Con Carne Club
1992
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Buffy Summers
1991
- Hot Shots! as Kowalski
- Mannequin Two: On the Move as Jessie
- Highway to Hell as Rachel Clark
1990
- Diving In as Terry Hopkins
- Dream Trap as Sue Halloran
1989
- B.L. Stryker as Lynn Ellingsworth
- Nightingales as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1988
- Nightingales as Becky
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
- Juarez as Cathy Dodge
1987
- Flowers in the Attic as Cathy Dollanganger
- Not Quite Human as Eron Jeffries
1986
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
- Pretty in Pink as Duckette
- Deadly Friend as Samantha
- Mr. Boogedy as Jennifer Davis
- Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story as Stephanie Gamble
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Female Student #2
- Growing Pains as Rhonda
1984
- It's Your Move as Laura
- Call to Glory as Sally
1982
1979
- Knots Landing as Jody Campbell