Cast & creator
Kristy Swanson
Best known for Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, One Tree Hill
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).
Also known as: Kristen Noel Swanson, Kristen Nöel Swanson
75
film credits
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television credits
92
1979–2026 · acting roles
5.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (93)
Showing 93 of 93 credits
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lorelei Mailer
2001
CSI: Miami
Roxanne Price
2002
One Tree Hill
Woman in Car
2003
Psych
Marlowe Viccellio
2006
Knots Landing
Jody Campbell
1979
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Early Edition
Erica Paget
1996
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Female Student #2
1985
Just Shoot Me!
Allison
1997
Growing Pains
Rhonda
1985
Zebra Lounge
Louise Bauer
2001
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Economics Student - Simone Adamley
1986
Hot Shots!
Kowalski
1991
Big Daddy
Vanessa
1999
Dude, Where's My Car?
Christie Boner
2000
It's Your Move
Laura
1984
Run Hide Fight: Infidels
Deputy Director Teresa Quill
2026
Call to Glory
Sally
1984
B.L. Stryker
Lynn Ellingsworth
1989
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Summers
1992
Pretty in Pink
Duckette
1986
The Phantom
Diana Palmer
1996
Flowers in the Attic
Cathy Dollanganger
1987
Nightingales
Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1989
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Marlowe Viccellio
2020
Higher Learning
Kristen Connor
1995
Mr. Boogedy
Jennifer Davis
1986
The Chase
Natalie Voss
1994
Deadly Friend
Samantha
1986
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Jessie
1991
Highway to Hell
Rachel Clark
1991
I Am Luke Perry
Self
2025
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Laurie
1997
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Anne Parker
2014
Supreme Sanction
Jenna
1999
The Program
Camille Shafer
1993
The Only Witness
Dr. Julia Craig
2003
Grapevine
Susan Crawford
2000Skating with Celebrities
Self - Couple 4
2006
What if...
Wendy Walker
2010
Killer Under The Bed
Sarah
2018
Mimesis: Nosferatu
Max's Mother
2018
A Lesson in Romance
Megan Mills
2014
Swamp Shark
Rachel McDaniel
2011
Meeting Daddy
Laurel Lee
2000
Angels in the Snow
Judith Montgomery
2015
Living Death
Elizabeth
2006
Storm Rider
Jody Peterson
2013
A Christmas Wish
Martha Evans
2011
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Joanna Riley
2021
Ground Control
Julie Albrecht
1998
Red Water
Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003
Forbidden Secrets
Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2007
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988
Winter's Dream
Kat
2018
Marshal Law
Lilly Nelson
1996
A Mother's Sacrifice
Kathrin
2017
Diving In
Terry Hopkins
1990
The Black Hole
Shannon Muir
2006
Nightingales
Becky
1988
Bad to the Bone
Francesca Wells
1997
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
Bad Stepmother
Louise
2018
Operation Cupcake
Janet Carson
2012
Lover Girl
Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1997
Driven Underground
Sarah Palmer
2015The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Self
1996
Little Women Big Cars
Rocky
2012
Getting In
Kirby Watts
1994
Soul Assassin
Tessa Jansen
2001
Courting Mom and Dad
Sarah Lambert
2021
Bound by Lies
Laura Cross
2005Bound by Lies
Executive Producer
2005
PawParazzi
Latte (voice)
2019
Little Women Big Cars 2
Rocky
2014
Crowning Jules
Victoria
2017
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Stephanie Gamble
1986
Chick Magnet
Kristy (uncredited)
2011
A Belle for Christmas
Dani Downy
2014
Tinseltown
Nikki Randall
1997
The Bouquet
Terri Benton
2013
Dream Trap
Sue Halloran
1990
Merry Ex-Mas
Noëlle Rogers
2014
Trail Blazers
Slayer
2022
Not Quite Human
Eron Jeffries
1987
The Green Ribbon
Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019
Reapers Night
Ginger
Juarez
Cathy Dodge
1988FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
Lisa Page
2019
The ObamaGate Movie
Lisa Page
2020
Just Another Dream
Cindy Miller
2022
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003