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