Kristy 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

CSI: Miami

One Tree Hill

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Psych

Knots Landing

Cagney & Lacey

Just Shoot Me!

Hell's Kitchen

All Movies (73)

• I Am Luke Perry2025 · as Self
• Trail Blazers2022 · as Slayer
• Just Another Dream2022 · as Cindy Miller
• Courting Mom and Dad2021 · as Sarah Lambert
• Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare2021 · as Joanna Riley
• The ObamaGate Movie2020 · as Lisa Page
• Psych 2: Lassie Come Home2020 · as Marlowe Viccellio
• FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers2019 · as Lisa Page
• The Green Ribbon2019 · as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
• PawParazzi2019 · as Latte (voice)
• Killer Under The Bed2018 · as Sarah
• Mimesis: Nosferatu2018 · as Max's Mother
• Winter's Dream2018 · as Kat
• Bad Stepmother2018 · as Louise
• A Mother's Sacrifice2017 · as Kathrin
• Crowning Jules2017 · as Victoria
• Angels in the Snow2015 · as Judith Montgomery
• Driven Underground2015 · as Sarah Palmer
• Merry Ex-Mas2014 · as Noëlle Rogers
• A Belle for Christmas2014 · as Dani Downy
• Beethoven's Treasure Tail2014 · as Anne Parker
• A Lesson in Romance2014 · as Megan Mills
• Little Women Big Cars 22014 · as Rocky
• Storm Rider2013 · as Jody Peterson
• The Bouquet2013 · as Terri Benton
• Operation Cupcake2012 · as Janet Carson
• Little Women Big Cars2012 · as Rocky
• A Christmas Wish2011 · as Martha Evans
• Chick Magnet2011 · as Kristy (uncredited)
• Swamp Shark2011 · as Rachel McDaniel
• What if...2010 · as Wendy Walker
• Forbidden Secrets2007 · as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
• Living Death2006 · as Elizabeth
• The Black Hole2006 · as Shannon Muir
• Bound by Lies2005 · as Laura Cross
• The Only Witness2003 · as Dr. Julia Craig
• Red Water2003 · as Dr. Kelli Raymond
• Zebra Lounge2001 · as Louise Bauer
• Soul Assassin2001 · as Tessa Jansen
• Dude, Where's My Car?2000 · as Christie Boner
• Meeting Daddy2000 · as Laurel Lee
• Big Daddy1999 · as Vanessa
• Supreme Sanction1999 · as Jenna
• Ground Control1998 · as Julie Albrecht
• Bad to the Bone1997 · as Francesca Wells
• Lover Girl1997 · as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag1997 · as Laurie
• Tinseltown1997 · as Nikki Randall
• The Phantom1996 · as Diana Palmer
• Marshal Law1996 · as Lilly Nelson
• The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend1996 · as Self
• Higher Learning1995 · as Kristen Connor
• Getting In1994 · as Kirby Watts
• The Chase1994 · as Natalie Voss
• The Program1993 · as Camille Shafer
• The Chili Con Carne Club1993
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer1992 · as Buffy Summers
• Highway to Hell1991 · as Rachel Clark
• Hot Shots!1991 · as Kowalski
• Mannequin Two: On the Move1991 · as Jessie
• Diving In1990 · as Terry Hopkins
• Dream Trap1990 · as Sue Halloran
• Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz1988 · as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
• Nightingales1988 · as Becky
• Juarez1988 · as Cathy Dodge
• Flowers in the Attic1987 · as Cathy Dollanganger
• Not Quite Human1987 · as Eron Jeffries
• Deadly Friend1986 · as Samantha
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986 · as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
• Mr. Boogedy1986 · as Jennifer Davis
• Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story1986 · as Stephanie Gamble
• Pretty in Pink1986 · as Duckette
• Reapers Night— · as Ginger

All TV Shows (18)

• Psych2006 · as Marlowe Viccellio
• Skating with Celebrities2006 · as Self - Couple 4
• Hell's Kitchen2005 · as Self - Restaurant Patron
• One Tree Hill2003 · as Woman in Car
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Roxanne Price
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Lorelei Mailer
• Grapevine2000 · as Susan Crawford
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as Allison
• Early Edition1996 · as Erica Paget
• B.L. Stryker1989 · as Lynn Ellingsworth
• Nightingales1989 · as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Female Student #2
• Growing Pains1985 · as Rhonda
• It's Your Move1984 · as Laura
• Call to Glory1984 · as Sally
• Cagney & Lacey1982
• Knots Landing1979 · as Jody Campbell