Kristy Swanson
72 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 19, 1969 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Mission Viejo, California, USA
- Also known as
- Kristen Noel Swanson · Kristen Nöel Swanson
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).
Known for
Kristy Swanson: movies and TV shows
Acting (87)
- Upcoming Reapers Night
as Ginger
- 2026 Run Hide Fight: Infidels
as Deputy Director Teresa Quill
- 2022 Trail Blazers
as Slayer
- 2022 Just Another Dream
as Cindy Miller
- 2021 Courting Mom and Dad
as Sarah Lambert
- 2021 Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
as Joanna Riley
- 2020 The ObamaGate Movie
as Lisa Page
- 2020 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
- 2019 FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
as Lisa Page
- 2019 The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
- 2019 PawParazzi
as Latte (voice)
- 2018 Killer Under The Bed
as Sarah
- 2018 Mimesis: Nosferatu
as Max's Mother
- 2018 Winter's Dream
as Kat
- 2018 Bad Stepmother
as Louise
- 2017 A Mother's Sacrifice
as Kathrin
- 2017 Crowning Jules
as Victoria
- 2015 Angels in the Snow
as Judith Montgomery
- 2015 Driven Underground
as Sarah Palmer
- 2014 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
- 2013 Storm Rider
as Jody Peterson
- 2013 The Bouquet
as Terri Benton
- 2012 Operation Cupcake
as Janet Carson
- 2012 Little Women Big Cars
as Rocky
- 2011 A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
- 2011 Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
- 2011 Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
- 2010 What if...
as Wendy Walker
- 2007 Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
- 2006 Living Death
as Elizabeth
- 2006
- 2006 The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
- 2005 Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
- 2003
- 2003 The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
- 2003 Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
- 2002
- 2001 Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
- 2001
- 2001 Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
- 2000 Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
- 2000 Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
- 2000
- 1999 Big Daddy
as Vanessa
- 1999 Supreme Sanction
as Jenna
- 1998 Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
- 1997 Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
- 1997 Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
- 1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
- 1997
- 1997 Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
- 1996
- 1996 The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
- 1996 Marshal Law
as Lilly Nelson
- 1995 Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
- 1994 Getting In
as Kirby Watts
- 1994 The Chase
as Natalie Voss
- 1993 The Program
as Camille Shafer
- 1993
- 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
- 1991 Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
- 1991 Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
- 1991 Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
- 1990 Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
- 1990 Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
- 1988 Nightingales
as Becky
- 1988 Juarez
as Cathy Dodge
- 1987 Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
- 1987 Not Quite Human
as Eron Jeffries
- 1986 Deadly Friend
as Samantha
- 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
- 1986 Mr. Boogedy
as Jennifer Davis
- 1986 Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
as Stephanie Gamble
- 1986 Pretty in Pink
as Duckette
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982
- 1979
Behind the camera (1)
- 2005 Bound by Lies
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2025
- 2006 Skating with Celebrities
7 episodes
- 2005 Hell's Kitchen
1 episode
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored
1 episode
- 1996