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