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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 19, 1969
Place of Birth
Mission Viejo, California, USA
Also Known As
- Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson
- クリスティ・スワンソン
- کریستی سوانسون
Kristy Swanson
2.7 Popularity
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
7.3
Self
I Am Luke Perry
2025
2.0
Slayer
Trail Blazers
2022
5.5
Cindy Miller
Just Another Dream
2022
4.0
Sarah Lambert
Courting Mom and Dad
2021
6.2
Joanna Riley
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021
4.0
Lisa Page
The ObamaGate Movie
2020
7.0
Marlowe Viccellio
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
🎬
2.5
Lisa Page
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019
5.0
Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
The Green Ribbon
2019
5.0
Latte (voice)
PawParazzi
2019
Credits
I Am Luke Perry
as Self
2025
7.3
Trail Blazers
as Slayer
2022
2.0
Just Another Dream
as Cindy Miller
2022
5.5
Courting Mom and Dad
as Sarah Lambert
2021
4.0
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
as Joanna Riley
2021
6.2
The ObamaGate Movie
as Lisa Page
2020
4.0
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
2020
7.0
🎬
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
as Lisa Page
2019
2.5
The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019
5.0
PawParazzi
as Latte (voice)
2019
5.0
Killer Under The Bed
as Sarah
2018
4.2
Mimesis: Nosferatu
as Max's Mother
2018
3.6
Winter's Dream
as Kat
2018
5.8
Bad Stepmother
as Louise
2018
4.5
A Mother's Sacrifice
as Kathrin
2017
4.6
Crowning Jules
as Victoria
2017
7.3
Angels in the Snow
as Judith Montgomery
2015
6.5
Driven Underground
as Sarah Palmer
2015
7.5
Merry Ex-Mas
as Noëlle Rogers
2014
3.8
A Belle for Christmas
as Dani Downy
2014
5.4
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Anne Parker
2014
5.7
A Lesson in Romance
as Megan Mills
2014
6.1
Little Women Big Cars 2
as Rocky
2014
1.5
Storm Rider
as Jody Peterson
2013
6.5
The Bouquet
as Terri Benton
2013
5.0
Operation Cupcake
as Janet Carson
2012
6.2
Little Women Big Cars
as Rocky
2012
2.0
A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
2011
5.9
Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
2011
3.8
Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
2011
4.0
What if...
as Wendy Walker
2010
6.9
Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2007
3.6
Living Death
as Elizabeth
2006
4.0
Psych
as Marlowe Viccellio
2006
7.9
The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
2006
4.5
🎬
Skating with Celebrities
as Self - Couple 4
2006
0.0
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
6.8
Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
2005
3.6
One Tree Hill
as Woman in Car
2003
7.8
The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
2003
3.8
Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003
4.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
CSI: Miami
as Roxanne Price
2002
7.7
Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
2001
4.3
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lorelei Mailer
2001
7.6
Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
2001
4.6
Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
2000
5.5
Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
2000
2.0
Grapevine
as Susan Crawford
2000
5.0
Big Daddy
as Vanessa
1999
6.5
Supreme Sanction
as Jenna
1999
5.2
Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
1998
5.6
Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
1997
5.1
Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1997
5.3
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
1997
5.0
Just Shoot Me!
as Allison
1997
6.6
Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
1997
3.0
Early Edition
as Erica Paget
1996
7.3
The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
1996
5.3
Marshal Law
as Lilly Nelson
1996
3.7
🎬
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
as Self
1996
0.0
Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
1995
6.3
Getting In
as Kirby Watts
1994
4.9
The Chase
as Natalie Voss
1994
5.8
The Program
as Camille Shafer
1993
6.4
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
0.0
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
1992
5.6
Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
1991
5.8
Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
1991
6.6
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
1991
5.8
Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
1990
2.5
Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
1990
3.5
B.L. Stryker
as Lynn Ellingsworth
1989
6.0
Nightingales
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1989
5.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988
0.0
Nightingales
as Becky
1988
0.0
🎬
Juarez
as Cathy Dodge
1988
0.0
Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
1987
6.3
Not Quite Human
as Eron Jeffries
1987
5.4
Deadly Friend
as Samantha
1986
6.1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
1986
7.6
Mr. Boogedy
as Jennifer Davis
1986
6.3
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
as Stephanie Gamble
1986
1.0
Pretty in Pink
as Duckette
1986
6.7
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Female Student #2
1985
7.2
Growing Pains
as Rhonda
1985
6.5
It's Your Move
1984
6.8
Call to Glory
as Sally
1984
6.5
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Knots Landing
as Jody Campbell
1979
6.7
Reapers Night
as Ginger
N/A
0.0