Kristy Swanson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 19, 1969
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
73 movies · 18 TV shows, newest first
7.0
I Am Luke Perry
2025
2.0
Trail Blazers
2022
5.5
Just Another Dream
2022
4.0
Courting Mom and Dad
2021
6.2
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021
4.0
The ObamaGate Movie
2020
7.0
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
20202.5
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019
5.0
The Green Ribbon
2019
5.0
PawParazzi
2019
4.2
Killer Under The Bed
2018
3.6
Mimesis: Nosferatu
2018
5.8
Winter's Dream
2018
4.5
Bad Stepmother
2018
4.5
A Mother's Sacrifice
2017
7.3
Crowning Jules
2017
6.4
Angels in the Snow
2015
7.5
Driven Underground
2015
3.8
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
5.3
A Belle for Christmas
2014
5.6
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
6.1
A Lesson in Romance
2014
1.7
Little Women Big Cars 2
2014
6.5
Storm Rider
2013
5.0
The Bouquet
2013
6.2
Operation Cupcake
2012
2.0
Little Women Big Cars
2012
5.9
A Christmas Wish
2011
3.8
Chick Magnet
2011
4.3
Swamp Shark
2011
6.9
What if...
2010
3.8
Forbidden Secrets
2007
4.0
Living Death
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
4.4
The Black Hole
2006NR
Skating with Celebrities
2006
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005
4.0
Bound by Lies
2005
7.8
One Tree Hill
2003
4.6
The Only Witness
2003
4.1
Red Water
2003
4.9
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
4.5
Zebra Lounge
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
4.7
Soul Assassin
2001
5.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
4.7
Meeting Daddy
2000
6.0
Grapevine
2000
6.5
Big Daddy
1999
5.2
Supreme Sanction
1999
5.6
Ground Control
1998
5.6
Bad to the Bone
1997
5.9
Lover Girl
1997
5.0
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
3.7
Tinseltown
1997
7.4
Early Edition
1996
5.3
The Phantom
1996
4.0
Marshal Law
1996NR
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996
6.3
Higher Learning
1995
5.1
Getting In
1994
5.8
The Chase
1994
6.5
The Program
1993
10.0
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
5.6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
5.9
Highway to Hell
1991
6.6
Hot Shots!
1991
5.8
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
3.6
Diving In
1990
5.7
Dream Trap
1990
6.1
B.L. Stryker
1989
7.5
Nightingales
1989
9.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
NR
Nightingales
1988NR
Juarez
1988
6.3
Flowers in the Attic
1987
5.5
Not Quite Human
1987
6.2
Deadly Friend
1986
7.6
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
6.3
Mr. Boogedy
1986
5.0
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986
6.7
Pretty in Pink
1986
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
6.5
Growing Pains
1985
7.2
It's Your Move
1984
7.3
Call to Glory
1984
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
NR
Reapers Night
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