Kristy Swanson
Known for acting · Born 19 December 1969 · 56 · Mission Viejo, California, USA
93 credits
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
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
The Phantom
1996
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
The Chase
1994
Deadly Friend
1986
Higher Learning
1995
Early Edition
1996
Flowers in the Attic
1987
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
Highway to Hell
1991
Psych
2006
Acting (92)
2026Run Hide Fight: InfidelsDeputy Director Teresa QuillFilm
2025I Am Luke PerrySelfFilm
2022Just Another DreamCindy MillerFilm
2022Trail BlazersSlayerFilm
2021Trafficked: A Parent's Worst NightmareJoanna RileyFilm
2021Courting Mom and DadSarah LambertFilm
2020Psych 2: Lassie Come HomeMarlowe ViccellioFilm
2020The ObamaGate MovieLisa PageFilm
2019PawParazziLatte (voice)Film
2019FBI Lovebirds: UnderCoversLisa PageFilm
2019The Green RibbonSamantha Pringle (archive footage)Film
2018Killer Under The BedSarahFilm
2018Winter's DreamKatFilm
2018Bad StepmotherLouiseFilm
2018Mimesis: NosferatuMax's MotherFilm
2017A Mother's SacrificeKathrinFilm
2017Crowning JulesVictoriaFilm
2015Angels in the SnowJudith MontgomeryFilm
2015Driven UndergroundSarah PalmerFilm
2014Beethoven's Treasure TailAnne ParkerFilm
2014A Belle for ChristmasDani DownyFilm
2014A Lesson in RomanceMegan MillsFilm
2014Merry Ex-MasNoëlle RogersFilm
2014Little Women Big Cars 2RockyFilm
2013Storm RiderJody PetersonFilm
2013The BouquetTerri BentonFilm
2012Operation CupcakeJanet CarsonFilm
2012Little Women Big CarsRockyFilm
2011Swamp SharkRachel McDanielFilm
2011A Christmas WishMartha EvansFilm
2011Chick MagnetKristy (uncredited)Film
2010What if...Wendy WalkerFilm
2007Forbidden SecretsAlexandra Kent LambethFilm
2006PsychMarlowe Viccellio · 6 episodesSeries
2006The Black HoleShannon MuirFilm
2006Living DeathElizabethFilm
2006Skating with CelebritiesSelf - Couple 4 · 7 episodesSeries
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant PatronSeries
2005Bound by LiesLaura CrossFilm
2003One Tree HillWoman in CarSeries
2003Red WaterDr. Kelli RaymondFilm
2003The Only WitnessDr. Julia CraigFilm
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelfSeries
2002CSI: MiamiRoxanne PriceSeries
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLorelei MailerSeries
2001Zebra LoungeLouise BauerFilm
2001Soul AssassinTessa JansenFilm
2000Dude, Where's My Car?Christie BonerFilm
2000Meeting DaddyLaurel LeeFilm
2000GrapevineSusan Crawford · 6 episodesSeries
1999Big DaddyVanessaFilm
1999Supreme SanctionJennaFilm
1998Ground ControlJulie AlbrechtFilm
1997Just Shoot Me!AllisonSeries
19978 Heads in a Duffel BagLaurieFilm
1997Lover GirlDarlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'Film
1997TinseltownNikki RandallFilm
1997Bad to the BoneFrancesca WellsFilm
1996The PhantomDiana PalmerFilm
1996Early EditionErica Paget · 20 episodesSeries
1996Marshal LawLilly NelsonFilm
1996The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the LegendSelfFilm
1995Higher LearningKristen ConnorFilm
1994The ChaseNatalie VossFilm
1994Getting InKirby WattsFilm
1993The ProgramCamille ShaferFilm
1993The Chili Con Carne ClubFilm
1992Buffy the Vampire SlayerBuffy SummersFilm
1991Hot Shots!KowalskiFilm
1991Mannequin Two: On the MoveJessieFilm
1991Highway to HellRachel ClarkFilm
1990Diving InTerry HopkinsFilm
1990Dream TrapSue HalloranFilm
1989B.L. StrykerLynn Ellingsworth · 2 episodesSeries
1989NightingalesRebecca 'Becky' Granger · 13 episodesSeries
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzTeenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)Film
1988NightingalesBeckyFilm
1988JuarezCathy DodgeFilm
1987Flowers in the AtticCathy DollangangerFilm
1987Not Quite HumanEron JeffriesFilm
1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffEconomics Student - Simone AdamleyFilm
1986Pretty in PinkDucketteFilm
1986Deadly FriendSamanthaFilm
1986Mr. BoogedyJennifer DavisFilm
1986Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town StoryStephanie GambleFilm
1985Growing PainsRhondaSeries
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFemale Student #2Series
1984It's Your MoveLauraSeries
1984Call to GlorySallySeries
1982Cagney & LaceySeries
1979Knots LandingJody Campbell · 8 episodesSeries
—Reapers NightGingerFilm
Production (1)
2005Bound by LiesExecutive ProducerFilm