Kristy Swanson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
One Tree Hill
Woman in Car
2003
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lorelei Mailer
2001
Series
CSI: Miami
Roxanne Price
2002
Series
Psych
Marlowe Viccellio
2006
Series
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Series
Knots Landing
Jody Campbell
1979
Series
Just Shoot Me!
Allison
1997
Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Series
Early Edition
Erica Paget
1996
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Female Student #2
1985
Series
Growing Pains
Rhonda
1985
Film
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Economics Student - Simone Adamley
1986
Film
Higher Learning
Kristen Connor
1995
Film
Hot Shots!
Kowalski
1991
Film
Dude, Where's My Car?
Christie Boner
2000
Film
Pretty in Pink
Duckette
1986
Film
Zebra Lounge
Louise Bauer
2001
Film
Big Daddy
Vanessa
1999
Series
B.L. Stryker
Lynn Ellingsworth
1989
Series
It's Your Move
Laura
1984
Film
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Summers
1992
Series
Call to Glory
Sally
1984
Film
Flowers in the Attic
Cathy Dollanganger
1987
Film
Deadly Friend
Samantha
1986
Film
The Phantom
Diana Palmer
1996
Film
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Jessie
1991
Film
Highway to Hell
Rachel Clark
1991
Series
Nightingales
Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1989
Film
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Marlowe Viccellio
2020
Film
Mimesis: Nosferatu
Max's Mother
2018
Film
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Anne Parker
2014
Film
The Chase
Natalie Voss
1994
Film
Living Death
Elizabeth
2006
Film
The Only Witness
Dr. Julia Craig
2003
Film
Swamp Shark
Rachel McDaniel
2011
Film
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Laurie
1997
Film
Mr. Boogedy
Jennifer Davis
1986
Film
What if...
Wendy Walker
2010
Film
The Program
Camille Shafer
1993
Film
Bound by Lies
Laura Cross
2005
Film
A Christmas Wish
Martha Evans
2011
Series
Grapevine
Susan Crawford
2000
Film
Nightingales
Becky
1988
Film
Ground Control
Julie Albrecht
1998
Film
Killer Under The Bed
Sarah
2018
Film
Forbidden Secrets
Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2007
Film
Bad Stepmother
Louise
2018
Film
I Am Luke Perry
Self
2025
Film
Dream Trap
Sue Halloran
1990
Film
Supreme Sanction
Jenna
1999
Film
Marshal Law
Lilly Nelson
1996
Film
Red Water
Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003
Film
Storm Rider
Jody Peterson
2013
Film
The Black Hole
Shannon Muir
2006
Film
Winter's Dream
Kat
2018
Film
Merry Ex-Mas
Noëlle Rogers
2014
Film
Angels in the Snow
Judith Montgomery
2015
Skating with Celebrities
Self - Couple 4
2006
Film
Getting In
Kirby Watts
1994
Film
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Stephanie Gamble
1986
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Self
1996
Film
A Belle for Christmas
Dani Downy
2014
Film
Not Quite Human
Eron Jeffries
1987
Film
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988
Film
Operation Cupcake
Janet Carson
2012
Film
Little Women Big Cars 2
Rocky
2014
Film
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Joanna Riley
2021
Film
Chick Magnet
Kristy (uncredited)
2011
Film
Meeting Daddy
Laurel Lee
2000
Film
Lover Girl
Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1997
Film
Driven Underground
Sarah Palmer
2015
Film
The Bouquet
Terri Benton
2013
Film
A Mother's Sacrifice
Kathrin
2017
Film
A Lesson in Romance
Megan Mills
2014
Film
Crowning Jules
Victoria
2017
Film
Courting Mom and Dad
Sarah Lambert
2021
Film
Trail Blazers
Slayer
2022
Film
Soul Assassin
Tessa Jansen
2001
Film
Just Another Dream
Cindy Miller
2022
Film
Bad to the Bone
Francesca Wells
1997
Film
Tinseltown
Nikki Randall
1997
Film
The Green Ribbon
Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019
Film
Diving In
Terry Hopkins
1990
Film
PawParazzi
Latte (voice)
2019
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
Lisa Page
2019
Film
Reapers Night
Ginger
Film
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
Film
The ObamaGate Movie
Lisa Page
2020
Film
Little Women Big Cars
Rocky
2012
Juarez
Cathy Dodge
1988
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003