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