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