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Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Acting1969Mission Viejo, California, USA

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).

Acting History

Future
Reapers Night
as Ginger
2025
2022
Just Another Dream
as Cindy Miller
Trail Blazers
as Slayer
2021
Courting Mom and Dad
as Sarah Lambert
2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
2019
PupParazzi
as Latte (voice)
The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2018
Mimesis: Nosferatu
as Max's Mother
2017
Crowning Jules
as Victoria
2015
Angels in the Snow
as Judith Montgomery
Driven Underground
as Sarah Palmer
2014
A Lesson in Romance
as Megan Mills
Merry Ex-Mas
as Noëlle Rogers
2013
Storm Rider
as Jody Peterson
The Bouquet
as Terri Benton
2012
Operation Cupcake
as Janet Carson
2011
Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
Psych
TVas Marlowe Viccellio• 6 eps
2010
What if...
as Wendy Walker
One Tree Hill
TVas Woman in Car• 1 eps
2009
Hell's Kitchen
TVas Self - Restaurant Patron• 1 eps
2007
Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Lorelei Mailer• 1 eps
2006
Living Death
as Elizabeth
The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
Skating with Celebrities
TVas Self - Couple 4
2005
Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
Bound by Lies
Executive Producer
2004
CSI: Miami
TVas Roxanne Price• 1 eps
2003
Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
Just Shoot Me!
TVas Allison• 1 eps
2001
Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
2000
Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
Grapevine
TVas Susan Crawford
1999
Big Daddy
as Vanessa
1998
Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
Early Edition
TVas Erica Paget• 20 eps
1997
Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
1996
The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
Marshal Law
as Lilly Nelson
1995
Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
1994
The Chase
as Natalie Voss
Getting In
as Kirby Watts
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
1990
Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
1989
B.L. Stryker
TVas Lynn Ellingsworth
Nightingales
TVas Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1988
Juarez
as Cathy Dodge
Nightingales
as Becky
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1987
Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
Not Quite Human
as Eron Jeffries
Knots Landing
TVas Jody Campbell• 8 eps
Growing Pains
TVas Rhonda• 1 eps
1986
Pretty in Pink
as Duckette
Deadly Friend
as Samantha
Mr. Boogedy
as Jennifer Davis
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Female Student #2• 1 eps
1985
1984
It's Your Move
TVas Laura
Call to Glory
TVas Sally

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/19/1969(56 years old)
Place of Birth
Mission Viejo, California, USA