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
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Run Hide Fight: Infidels (2026)
as Deputy Director Teresa Quill
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
as Christie Boner
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
Hot Shots! (1991)
as Kowalski
Big Daddy (1999)
as Vanessa
Zebra Lounge (2001)
as Louise Bauer
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
as Jennifer Davis
Meeting Daddy (2000)
as Laurel Lee
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
as Buffy Summers
Living Death (2006)
as Elizabeth
Nightingales (1988)
as Becky
The Phantom (1996)
as Diana Palmer
Pretty in Pink (1986)
as Duckette
Deadly Friend (1986)
as Samantha
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
as Cathy Dollanganger
Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014)
as Anne Parker
The Chase (1994)
as Natalie Voss
Higher Learning (1995)
as Kristen Connor
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
as Marlowe Viccellio
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
as Laurie
Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)
as Jessie
I Am Luke Perry (2025)
as Self
Marshal Law (1996)
as Lilly Nelson
Mimesis: Nosferatu (2018)
as Max's Mother
Swamp Shark (2011)
as Rachel McDaniel
Highway to Hell (1991)
as Rachel Clark
Lover Girl (1997)
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
Courting Mom and Dad (2021)
as Sarah Lambert
The Only Witness (2003)
as Dr. Julia Craig
The Program (1993)
as Camille Shafer
The Black Hole (2006)
as Shannon Muir
Little Women Big Cars 2 (2014)
as Rocky
What if... (2010)
as Wendy Walker
Killer Under The Bed (2018)
as Sarah
A Christmas Wish (2011)
as Martha Evans
Storm Rider (2013)
as Jody Peterson
A Belle for Christmas (2014)
as Dani Downy
A Lesson in Romance (2014)
as Megan Mills
Red Water (2003)
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
Ground Control (1998)
as Julie Albrecht
Supreme Sanction (1999)
as Jenna
Dream Trap (1990)
as Sue Halloran
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare (2021)
as Joanna Riley
Angels in the Snow (2015)
as Judith Montgomery
Merry Ex-Mas (2014)
as Noëlle Rogers
A Mother's Sacrifice (2017)
as Kathrin
Bad Stepmother (2018)
as Louise
Forbidden Secrets (2007)
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
The Bouquet (2013)
as Terri Benton
Winter's Dream (2018)
as Kat
PawParazzi (2019)
as Latte (voice)
Diving In (1990)
as Terry Hopkins
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers (2019)
as Lisa Page
Chick Magnet (2011)
as Kristy (uncredited)
Bad to the Bone (1997)
as Francesca Wells
Not Quite Human (1987)
as Eron Jeffries
Bound by Lies (2005)
as Laura Cross
Trail Blazers (2022)
as Slayer
The Green Ribbon (2019)
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
Getting In (1994)
as Kirby Watts
Just Another Dream (2022)
as Cindy Miller
Tinseltown (1997)
as Nikki Randall
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986)
as Stephanie Gamble
Juarez (1988)
as Cathy Dodge
Driven Underground (2015)
as Sarah Palmer
Crowning Jules (2017)
as Victoria
Little Women Big Cars (2012)
as Rocky
Soul Assassin (2001)
as Tessa Jansen
The Chili Con Carne Club (1993)
Actor
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (1996)
as Self
Operation Cupcake (2012)
as Janet Carson
Reapers Night (—)
as Ginger
The ObamaGate Movie (2020)
as Lisa Page