Kristy Swanson
Department: Acting
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
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
The Chase
1994
Red Water
2003
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
Big Daddy
1999
Deadly Friend
1986
Bound by Lies
2005
Hot Shots!
1991
The Phantom
1996
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
What if...
2010
Flowers in the Attic
1987
Highway to Hell
1991
Swamp Shark
2011
Higher Learning
1995
The Program
1993
Living Death
2006
The Only Witness
2003
A Christmas Wish
2011
The Black Hole
2006
Marshal Law
1996
Ground Control
1998
Zebra Lounge
2001
Forbidden Secrets
2007
Lover Girl
1997
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019
Diving In
1990
Operation Cupcake
2012
Meeting Daddy
2000
Getting In
1994
The Bouquet
2013
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986
Storm Rider
2013
Dream Trap
1990
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996
A Lesson in Romance
2014
Bad to the Bone
1997
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
Pretty in Pink
1986
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
Nightingales
1988
A Belle for Christmas
2014
Supreme Sanction
1999
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
Driven Underground
2015
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
Soul Assassin
2001
Juarez
1988
Angels in the Snow
2015
Mr. Boogedy
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Not Quite Human
1987
Winter's Dream
2018
Bad Stepmother
2018
A Mother's Sacrifice
2017
Tinseltown
1997
Crowning Jules
2017
Killer Under The Bed
2018
PawParazzi
2019
Little Women Big Cars
2012
Chick Magnet
2011
The ObamaGate Movie
2020
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021
Courting Mom and Dad
2021
Trail Blazers
2022
Just Another Dream
2022
The Green Ribbon
2019
Reapers Night
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Little Women Big Cars 2
2014
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
I Am Luke Perry
2025
Mimesis: Nosferatu
2018
Growing Pains
1985
CSI: Miami
2002
Early Edition
1996
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Knots Landing
1979
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
It's Your Move
1984
Nightingales
1989
Grapevine
2000
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Psych
2006
One Tree Hill
2003
B.L. Stryker
1989
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Skating with Celebrities
2006
Call to Glory
1984