Kristy Swanson

Acting

December 19, 1969 (56 years old)

Mission Viejo, California, USA

Female

74 Movies

18 TV Shows

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).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992 5.6

as Buffy Summers

Age 22 (now 56)

The Phantom

1996 5.3

as Diana Palmer

Age 26 (now 56)

The Chase

1994 5.8

as Natalie Voss

Age 24 (now 56)

Dude, Where's My Car?

2000 5.5

as Christie Boner

Age 30 (now 56)

Deadly Friend

1986 6.2

as Samantha

Age 16 (now 56)

Higher Learning

1995 6.3

as Kristen Connor

Age 25 (now 56)

Mannequin Two: On the Move

1991 5.8

as Jessie

Age 21 (now 56)

Hot Shots!

1991 6.6

as Kowalski

Age 21 (now 56)

Flowers in the Attic

1987 6.3

as Cathy Dollanganger

Age 17 (now 56)

Highway to Hell

1991 5.8

as Rachel Clark

Age 21 (now 56)

What if...

2010 6.9

as Wendy Walker

Age 40 (now 56)

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014 5.7

as Anne Parker

Age 44 (now 56)

Angels in the Snow

2015 6.6

as Judith Montgomery

Age 45 (now 56)

A Christmas Wish

2011 5.9

as Martha Evans

Age 41 (now 56)

Early Edition

1996 7.4

as Erica Paget

Age 26 (now 56) 20 eps

20 eps

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

1997 5.0

as Laurie

Age 27 (now 56)

I Am Luke Perry

2025 7.0

as Self

Age 55 (now 56)

Trail Blazers

2022 2.0

as Slayer

Age 53 (now 56)

Just Another Dream

2022 5.5

as Cindy Miller

Age 52 (now 56)

Courting Mom and Dad

2021 4.0

as Sarah Lambert

Age 51 (now 56)

Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare

2021 6.2

as Joanna Riley

Age 51 (now 56)

The ObamaGate Movie

2020 4.0

as Lisa Page

Age 50 (now 56)

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home

2020 7.0

as Marlowe Viccellio

Age 50 (now 56)

FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers

2019 2.5

as Lisa Page

Age 49 (now 56)

The Green Ribbon

2019 5.0

as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)

Age 49 (now 56)

PawParazzi

2019 5.0

as Latte (voice)

Age 49 (now 56)

Killer Under The Bed

2018 4.2

as Sarah

Age 48 (now 56)

Mimesis: Nosferatu

2018 3.6

as Max's Mother

Age 48 (now 56)

Winter's Dream

2018 5.8

as Kat

Age 48 (now 56)

Bad Stepmother

2018 4.5

as Louise

Age 48 (now 56)

A Mother's Sacrifice

2017 4.6

as Kathrin

Age 48 (now 56)

Crowning Jules

2017 7.3

as Victoria

Age 47 (now 56)

Angels in the Snow

2015 6.6

as Judith Montgomery

Age 45 (now 56)

Driven Underground

2015 7.5

as Sarah Palmer

Age 45 (now 56)

Merry Ex-Mas

2014 3.8

as Noëlle Rogers

Age 44 (now 56)

A Belle for Christmas

2014 5.4

as Dani Downy

Age 44 (now 56)

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014 5.7

as Anne Parker

Age 44 (now 56)

A Lesson in Romance

2014 6.1

as Megan Mills

Age 44 (now 56)

Little Women Big Cars 2

2014 1.5

as Rocky

Age 44 (now 56)

Storm Rider

2013 6.5

as Jody Peterson

Age 43 (now 56)

The Bouquet

2013 5.0

as Terri Benton

Age 43 (now 56)

Operation Cupcake

2012 6.2

as Janet Carson

Age 42 (now 56)

Little Women Big Cars

2012 2.0

as Rocky

Age 42 (now 56)

A Christmas Wish

2011 5.9

as Martha Evans

Age 41 (now 56)

Chick Magnet

2011 3.8

as Kristy (uncredited)

Age 41 (now 56)

Swamp Shark

2011 4.1

as Rachel McDaniel

Age 41 (now 56)

What if...

2010 6.9

as Wendy Walker

Age 40 (now 56)

Forbidden Secrets

2007 3.8

as Alexandra Kent Lambeth

Age 37 (now 56)

Living Death

2006 4.0

as Elizabeth

Age 36 (now 56)

The Black Hole

2006 4.4

as Shannon Muir

Age 36 (now 56)

Bound by Lies

2005 4.0

Executive Producer

Age 35 (now 56)

Bound by Lies

2005 4.0

as Laura Cross

Age 35 (now 56)

The Only Witness

2003 4.6

as Dr. Julia Craig

Age 33 (now 56)

Red Water

2003 4.1

as Dr. Kelli Raymond

Age 33 (now 56)

Zebra Lounge

2001 4.4

as Louise Bauer

Age 31 (now 56)

Soul Assassin

2001 4.7

as Tessa Jansen

Age 31 (now 56)

Dude, Where's My Car?

2000 5.5

as Christie Boner

Age 30 (now 56)

Meeting Daddy

2000 4.7

as Laurel Lee

Age 30 (now 56)

Big Daddy

1999 6.5

as Vanessa

Age 29 (now 56)

Supreme Sanction

1999 5.5

as Jenna

Age 29 (now 56)

Ground Control

1998 5.6

as Julie Albrecht

Age 28 (now 56)

Bad to the Bone

1997 5.6

as Francesca Wells

Age 27 (now 56)

Lover Girl

1997 5.9

as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'

Age 27 (now 56)

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

1997 5.0

as Laurie

Age 27 (now 56)

Tinseltown

1997 4.0

as Nikki Randall

Age 27 (now 56)

The Phantom

1996 5.3

as Diana Palmer

Age 26 (now 56)

Marshal Law

1996 4.0

as Lilly Nelson

Age 26 (now 56)

The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

1996

as Self

Age 26 (now 56)

Higher Learning

1995 6.3

as Kristen Connor

Age 25 (now 56)

Getting In

1994 5.1

as Kirby Watts

Age 24 (now 56)

The Chase

1994 5.8

as Natalie Voss

Age 24 (now 56)

The Program

1993 6.5

as Camille Shafer

Age 23 (now 56)

The Chili Con Carne Club

1993 10.0

Age 23 (now 56)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992 5.6

as Buffy Summers

Age 22 (now 56)

Highway to Hell

1991 5.8

as Rachel Clark

Age 21 (now 56)

Hot Shots!

1991 6.6

as Kowalski

Age 21 (now 56)

Mannequin Two: On the Move

1991 5.8

as Jessie

Age 21 (now 56)

Diving In

1990 3.6

as Terry Hopkins

Age 20 (now 56)

Dream Trap

1990 5.7

as Sue Halloran

Age 20 (now 56)

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

1988 9.0

as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)

Age 18 (now 56)

Nightingales

1988

as Becky

Age 18 (now 56)

Juarez

1988

as Cathy Dodge

Age 18 (now 56)

Flowers in the Attic

1987 6.3

as Cathy Dollanganger

Age 17 (now 56)

Not Quite Human

1987 5.4

as Eron Jeffries

Age 17 (now 56)

Deadly Friend

1986 6.2

as Samantha

Age 16 (now 56)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986 7.6

as Economics Student - Simone Adamley

Age 16 (now 56)

Mr. Boogedy

1986 6.3

as Jennifer Davis

Age 16 (now 56)

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986 5.0

as Stephanie Gamble

Age 16 (now 56)

Pretty in Pink

1986 6.7

as Duckette

Age 16 (now 56)

Reapers Night

as Ginger