Kristy Swanson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Da...
Known For
Filmography
Run Hide Fight: Infidels
2026
as Deputy Director Teresa Quill
I Am Luke Perry
2025
as Self
Trail Blazers
2022
as Slayer
Just Another Dream
2022
as Cindy Miller
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021
as Joanna Riley
Courting Mom and Dad
2021
as Sarah Lambert
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Marlowe Viccellio
The ObamaGate Movie
2020
as Lisa Page
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019
as Lisa Page
PawParazzi
2019
as Latte (voice)
The Green Ribbon
2019
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
Winter's Dream
2018
as Kat
Bad Stepmother
2018
as Louise
Killer Under The Bed
2018
as Sarah
Mimesis: Nosferatu
2018
as Max's Mother
A Mother's Sacrifice
2017
as Kathrin
Crowning Jules
2017
as Victoria
Driven Underground
2015
as Sarah Palmer
Angels in the Snow
2015
as Judith Montgomery
A Lesson in Romance
2014
as Megan Mills
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
as Anne Parker
A Belle for Christmas
2014
as Dani Downy
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
as Noëlle Rogers
Little Women Big Cars 2
2014
as Rocky
The Bouquet
2013
as Terri Benton
Storm Rider
2013
as Jody Peterson
Operation Cupcake
2012
as Janet Carson
Little Women Big Cars
2012
as Rocky
Swamp Shark
2011
as Rachel McDaniel
A Christmas Wish
2011
as Martha Evans
Chick Magnet
2011
as Kristy (uncredited)
What if...
2010
as Wendy Walker
Forbidden Secrets
2007
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
Living Death
2006
as Elizabeth
The Black Hole
2006
as Shannon Muir
Psych
2006
as Marlowe Viccellio
Skating with Celebrities
2006
as Self - Couple 4
Bound by Lies
2005
as Laura Cross
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Red Water
2003
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
The Only Witness
2003
as Dr. Julia Craig
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
One Tree Hill
2003
as Woman in Car
CSI: Miami
2002
as Roxanne Price
Zebra Lounge
2001
as Louise Bauer
Soul Assassin
2001
as Tessa Jansen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lorelei Mailer
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
as Christie Boner
Meeting Daddy
2000
as Laurel Lee
Grapevine
2000
as Susan Crawford
Big Daddy
1999
as Vanessa
Supreme Sanction
1999
as Jenna
Ground Control
1998
as Julie Albrecht
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
as Laurie
Lover Girl
1997
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
Bad to the Bone
1997
as Francesca Wells
Tinseltown
1997
as Nikki Randall
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Allison
The Phantom
1996
as Diana Palmer
Marshal Law
1996
as Lilly Nelson
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996
as Self
Early Edition
1996
as Erica Paget
Higher Learning
1995
as Kristen Connor
The Chase
1994
as Natalie Voss
Getting In
1994
as Kirby Watts
The Program
1993
as Camille Shafer
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Buffy Summers
Hot Shots!
1991
as Kowalski
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
as Jessie
Highway to Hell
1991
as Rachel Clark
Diving In
1990
as Terry Hopkins
Dream Trap
1990
as Sue Halloran
Nightingales
1989
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
B.L. Stryker
1989
as Lynn Ellingsworth
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
Nightingales
1988
as Becky
Juarez
1988
as Cathy Dodge
Flowers in the Attic
1987
as Cathy Dollanganger
Not Quite Human
1987
as Eron Jeffries
Deadly Friend
1986
as Samantha
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986
as Stephanie Gamble
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Duckette
Mr. Boogedy
1986
as Jennifer Davis
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
Growing Pains
1985
as Rhonda
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Female Student #2
It's Your Move
1984
as Laura
Call to Glory
1984
as Sally
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Knots Landing
1979
as Jody Campbell