Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

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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Known For

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

2005 • as Self - Restaurant Patron

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002 • as Roxanne Price

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 • as Lorelei Mailer

One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill

2003 • as Woman in Car

Psych

Psych

2006 • as Marlowe Viccellio

Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

1997 • as Allison

Filmography

2025

I Am Luke Perry
I Am Luke Perry
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/1/2025

2022

Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers
as Slayer
Movie - Released: 12/30/2022
Just Another Dream
Just Another Dream
as Cindy Miller
Movie - Released: 7/7/2022

2021

Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
as Joanna Riley
Movie - Released: 1/25/2021
Courting Mom and Dad
Courting Mom and Dad
as Sarah Lambert
Movie - Released: 2/9/2021

2020

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
as Marlowe Viccellio
Movie - Released: 7/15/2020
The ObamaGate Movie
The ObamaGate Movie
as Lisa Page
Movie - Released: 10/20/2020

2019

Movie
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
as Lisa Page
Movie - Released: 10/8/2019
PawParazzi
PawParazzi
as Latte (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/19/2019
The Green Ribbon
The Green Ribbon
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/19/2019

2018

Winter's Dream
Winter's Dream
as Kat
Movie - Released: 1/27/2018
Bad Stepmother
Bad Stepmother
as Louise
Movie - Released: 1/12/2018
Killer Under The Bed
Killer Under The Bed
as Sarah
Movie - Released: 10/20/2018

2017

A Mother's Sacrifice
A Mother's Sacrifice
as Kathrin
Movie - Released: 12/31/2017
Crowning Jules
Crowning Jules
as Victoria
Movie - Released: 6/21/2017

2015

Driven Underground
Driven Underground
as Sarah Palmer
Movie - Released: 9/4/2015
Angels in the Snow
Angels in the Snow
as Judith Montgomery
Movie - Released: 11/22/2015

2014

A Lesson in Romance
A Lesson in Romance
as Megan Mills
Movie - Released: 2/19/2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Anne Parker
Movie - Released: 10/2/2014
A Belle for Christmas
A Belle for Christmas
as Dani Downy
Movie - Released: 11/4/2014
Merry Ex-Mas
Merry Ex-Mas
as Noëlle Rogers
Movie - Released: 12/5/2014
Little Women Big Cars 2
Little Women Big Cars 2
as Rocky
Movie - Released: 1/1/2014

2013

The Bouquet
The Bouquet
as Terri Benton
Movie - Released: 2/5/2013
Storm Rider
Storm Rider
as Jody Peterson
Movie - Released: 10/22/2013

2012

Operation Cupcake
Operation Cupcake
as Janet Carson
Movie - Released: 6/16/2012
Little Women Big Cars
Little Women Big Cars
as Rocky
Movie - Released: 5/14/2012

2011

Swamp Shark
Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
Movie - Released: 6/25/2011
A Christmas Wish
A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
Movie - Released: 11/20/2011
Chick Magnet
Chick Magnet
as Kristy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/20/2011

2010

What if...
What if...
as Wendy Walker
Movie - Released: 8/20/2010

2007

Forbidden Secrets
Forbidden Secrets
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
Movie - Released: 1/13/2007

2006

Living Death
Living Death
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 12/12/2006
The Black Hole
The Black Hole
as Shannon Muir
Movie - Released: 6/10/2006
Psych
Psych
as Marlowe Viccellio
TV - Released: 7/7/2006
TV
Skating with Celebrities
as Self - Couple 4
TV - Released: 1/18/2006

2005

Bound by Lies
Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
Movie - Released: 2/2/2005
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
TV - Released: 5/30/2005

2003

Red Water
Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
Movie - Released: 8/17/2003
The Only Witness
The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
Movie - Released: 8/19/2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
TV - Released: 6/4/2003
One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill
as Woman in Car
TV - Released: 9/23/2003

2002

CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
as Roxanne Price
TV - Released: 9/23/2002

2001

Zebra Lounge
Zebra Lounge
as Louise Bauer
Movie - Released: 10/4/2001
Soul Assassin
Soul Assassin
as Tessa Jansen
Movie - Released: 8/23/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lorelei Mailer
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

Dude, Where's My Car?
Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
Movie - Released: 12/15/2000
Meeting Daddy
Meeting Daddy
as Laurel Lee
Movie - Released: 6/27/2000
Grapevine
Grapevine
as Susan Crawford
TV - Released: 2/28/2000

1999

Big Daddy
Big Daddy
as Vanessa
Movie - Released: 6/25/1999
Supreme Sanction
Supreme Sanction
as Jenna
Movie - Released: 4/9/1999

1998

Ground Control
Ground Control
as Julie Albrecht
Movie - Released: 8/26/1998

1997

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
Movie - Released: 4/18/1997
Lover Girl
Lover Girl
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
Movie - Released: 9/11/1997
Bad to the Bone
Bad to the Bone
as Francesca Wells
Movie - Released: 10/19/1997
Tinseltown
Tinseltown
as Nikki Randall
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Just Shoot Me!
Just Shoot Me!
as Allison
TV - Released: 3/4/1997

1996

The Phantom
The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
Movie - Released: 6/6/1996
Marshal Law
Marshal Law
as Lilly Nelson
Movie - Released: 3/23/1996
Movie
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Early Edition
Early Edition
TV - Released: 9/28/1996
Early Edition
Early Edition
as Erica Paget
TV - Released: 9/28/1996

1995

Higher Learning
Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
Movie - Released: 1/11/1995

1994

The Chase
The Chase
as Natalie Voss
Movie - Released: 3/4/1994
Getting In
Getting In
as Kirby Watts
Movie - Released: 12/7/1994

1993

The Program
The Program
as Camille Shafer
Movie - Released: 9/24/1993
The Chili Con Carne Club
The Chili Con Carne Club
Movie - Released: 4/9/1993

1992

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
Movie - Released: 7/24/1992

1991

Hot Shots!
Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
Movie - Released: 7/31/1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
Movie - Released: 5/17/1991
Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
Movie - Released: 11/21/1991

1990

Diving In
Diving In
as Terry Hopkins
Movie - Released: 9/21/1990
Dream Trap
Dream Trap
as Sue Halloran
Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

1989

Nightingales
Nightingales
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
TV - Released: 1/21/1989
B.L. Stryker
B.L. Stryker
as Lynn Ellingsworth
TV - Released: 2/13/1989

1988

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 8/16/1988
Nightingales
Nightingales
as Becky
Movie - Released: 6/27/1988
Movie
Juarez
as Cathy Dodge
Movie - Released: 5/28/1988

1987

Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
Movie - Released: 11/20/1987
Not Quite Human
Not Quite Human
as Eron Jeffries
Movie - Released: 6/19/1987

1986

Deadly Friend
Deadly Friend
as Samantha
Movie - Released: 10/10/1986
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
as Stephanie Gamble
Movie - Released: 3/31/1986
Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink
as Duckette
Movie - Released: 2/28/1986
Mr. Boogedy
Mr. Boogedy
as Jennifer Davis
Movie - Released: 4/20/1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
Movie - Released: 6/11/1986

1985

Growing Pains
Growing Pains
as Rhonda
TV - Released: 9/24/1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Female Student #2
TV - Released: 9/29/1985

1984

It's Your Move
It's Your Move
TV - Released: 9/26/1984

1982

Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
TV - Released: 3/25/1982

1979

Knots Landing
Knots Landing
as Jody Campbell
TV - Released: 12/27/1979

Unknown

Reapers Night
Reapers Night
as Ginger
Movie