Acting

Kristy Swanson

Born 1969-12-19 · Mission Viejo, California, USA

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).

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Run Hide Fight: Infidels
as Deputy Director Teresa Quill
2026
I Am Luke Perry
as Self
2025
Trail Blazers
as Slayer
2022
Just Another Dream
as Cindy Miller
2022
Courting Mom and Dad
as Sarah Lambert
2021
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
as Joanna Riley
2021
The ObamaGate Movie
as Lisa Page
2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
2020
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
as Lisa Page
2019
The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019
PawParazzi
as Latte (voice)
2019
Killer Under The Bed
as Sarah
2018
Mimesis: Nosferatu
as Max's Mother
2018
Winter's Dream
as Kat
2018
Bad Stepmother
as Louise
2018
A Mother's Sacrifice
as Kathrin
2017
Crowning Jules
as Victoria
2017
Angels in the Snow
as Judith Montgomery
2015
Driven Underground
as Sarah Palmer
2015
Merry Ex-Mas
as Noëlle Rogers
2014
A Belle for Christmas
as Dani Downy
2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Anne Parker
2014
A Lesson in Romance
as Megan Mills
2014
Little Women Big Cars 2
as Rocky
2014
Storm Rider
as Jody Peterson
2013
The Bouquet
as Terri Benton
2013
Operation Cupcake
as Janet Carson
2012
Little Women Big Cars
as Rocky
2012
A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
2011
Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
2011
Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
2011
What if...
as Wendy Walker
2010
Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2007
Living Death
as Elizabeth
2006
Psych
as Marlowe Viccellio
2006
The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
2006
Skating with Celebrities
as Self - Couple 4
2006
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
2005
Bound by Lies
Executive Producer
2005
One Tree Hill
as Woman in Car
2003
The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
2003
Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
CSI: Miami
as Roxanne Price
2002
Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lorelei Mailer
2001
Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
2001
Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
2000
Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
2000
Grapevine
as Susan Crawford
2000
Big Daddy
as Vanessa
1999
Supreme Sanction
as Jenna
1999
Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
1998
Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
1997
Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1997
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
1997
Just Shoot Me!
as Allison
1997
Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
1997
Early Edition
as Erica Paget
1996
The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
1996
Marshal Law
as Lilly Nelson
1996
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
as Self
1996
Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
1995
Getting In
as Kirby Watts
1994
The Chase
as Natalie Voss
1994
The Program
as Camille Shafer
1993
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
1992
Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
1991
Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
1991
Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
1990
Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
1990
B.L. Stryker
as Lynn Ellingsworth
1989
Nightingales
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1989
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988
Nightingales
as Becky
1988
Juarez
as Cathy Dodge
1988
Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
1987