Kristy Swanson
Biography
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
Movie Appearances

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Buffy Summers
1992

The Chase
as Natalie Voss
1994

Red Water
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003

Dude, Where's My Car?
as Christie Boner
2000

Big Daddy
as Vanessa
1999

Deadly Friend
as Samantha
1986

Bound by Lies
as Laura Cross
2005

Hot Shots!
as Kowalski
1991

The Phantom
as Diana Palmer
1996

Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jessie
1991

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
as Laurie
1997

What if...
as Wendy Walker
2010

Flowers in the Attic
as Cathy Dollanganger
1987

Highway to Hell
as Rachel Clark
1991

Swamp Shark
as Rachel McDaniel
2011

Higher Learning
as Kristen Connor
1995

The Program
as Camille Shafer
1993

Living Death
as Elizabeth
2006

The Only Witness
as Dr. Julia Craig
2003

A Christmas Wish
as Martha Evans
2011
TV Appearances

Growing Pains
as Rhonda
1985

CSI: Miami
as Roxanne Price
2002

Early Edition
as Erica Paget
1996

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Female Student #2
1985

Knots Landing
as Jody Campbell
1979

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lorelei Mailer
2001

Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003

It's Your Move
as Laura
1984

Nightingales
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
1989

Grapevine
as Susan Crawford
2000

Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
