Kristy Swanson

Personal Info

Birthday

December 19, 1969

(55 years old)

Place of Birth

Mission Viejo, California, USA

Also Known As

Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson

クリスティ・スワンソン

کریستی سوانسون

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

CSI: Miami

Psych

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

One Tree Hill

Knots Landing

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Early Edition

Just Shoot Me!

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
The ObamaGate Movie
as Lisa Page
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
2019
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
as Lisa Page
The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
PawParazzi
as Latte (voice)
2018
Killer Under The Bed
as Sarah
Mimesis: Nosferatu
as Max's Mother
Winter's Dream
as Kat
Bad Stepmother
as Louise
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
Merry Ex-Mas
as Noëlle Rogers
A Belle for Christmas
as Dani Downy
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Anne Parker
A Lesson in Romance
as Megan Mills
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
A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
2010
What if...
as Wendy Walker
2007
Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2006
Living Death
as Elizabeth
The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
2005
Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
2003
The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
2001
Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
2000
Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
1999
Big Daddy
as Vanessa
Supreme Sanction
as Jenna
1998
Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
1997
Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
1996
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
Getting In
as Kirby Watts
The Chase
as Natalie Voss
1993
The Program
as Camille Shafer
1992
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
1991
Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
1990
Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
1988
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
Deadly Friend
as Samantha
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
Mr. Boogedy
as Jennifer Davis
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
as Stephanie Gamble
Pretty in Pink
as Duckette