Acting · Mission Viejo, California, USA · Born December 19, 1969
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).
MovieI Am Luke Perry
2025
as Self
MovieTrail Blazers
2022
as Slayer
MovieJust Another Dream
2022
as Cindy Miller
MovieCourting Mom and Dad
2021
as Sarah Lambert
MovieTrafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
2021
as Joanna Riley
MovieThe ObamaGate Movie
2020
as Lisa Page
MoviePsych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Marlowe Viccellio
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
2019
as Lisa Page
MovieThe Green Ribbon
2019
as Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
MoviePawParazzi
2019
as Latte (voice)
MovieKiller Under The Bed
2018
as Sarah
MovieMimesis: Nosferatu
2018
as Max's Mother
MovieWinter's Dream
2018
as Kat
MovieBad Stepmother
2018
as Louise
MovieA Mother's Sacrifice
2017
as Kathrin
MovieCrowning Jules
2017
as Victoria
MovieAngels in the Snow
2015
as Judith Montgomery
MovieDriven Underground
2015
as Sarah Palmer
MovieMerry Ex-Mas
2014
as Noëlle Rogers
MovieA Belle for Christmas
2014
as Dani Downy
MovieBeethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
as Anne Parker
MovieA Lesson in Romance
2014
as Megan Mills
MovieLittle Women Big Cars 2
2014
as Rocky
MovieStorm Rider
2013
as Jody Peterson
MovieThe Bouquet
2013
as Terri Benton
MovieOperation Cupcake
2012
as Janet Carson
MovieLittle Women Big Cars
2012
as Rocky
MovieA Christmas Wish
2011
as Martha Evans
MovieChick Magnet
2011
as Kristy (uncredited)
MovieSwamp Shark
2011
as Rachel McDaniel
MovieWhat if...
2010
as Wendy Walker
MovieForbidden Secrets
2007
as Alexandra Kent Lambeth
MovieLiving Death
2006
as Elizabeth
TVPsych
2006
as Marlowe Viccellio
MovieThe Black Hole
2006
as Shannon Muir
Skating with Celebrities
2006
as Self - Couple 4
TVHell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
MovieBound by Lies
2005
as Laura Cross
TVOne Tree Hill
2003
as Woman in Car
MovieThe Only Witness
2003
as Dr. Julia Craig
MovieRed Water
2003
as Dr. Kelli Raymond
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Roxanne Price
MovieZebra Lounge
2001
as Louise Bauer
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lorelei Mailer
MovieSoul Assassin
2001
as Tessa Jansen
MovieDude, Where's My Car?
2000
as Christie Boner
MovieMeeting Daddy
2000
as Laurel Lee
TVGrapevine
2000
as Susan Crawford
MovieBig Daddy
1999
as Vanessa
MovieSupreme Sanction
1999
as Jenna
MovieGround Control
1998
as Julie Albrecht
MovieBad to the Bone
1997
as Francesca Wells
MovieLover Girl
1997
as Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
Movie8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
as Laurie
TVJust Shoot Me!
1997
as Allison
MovieTinseltown
1997
as Nikki Randall
TVEarly Edition
1996
as Erica Paget
MovieThe Phantom
1996
as Diana Palmer
MovieMarshal Law
1996
as Lilly Nelson
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996
as Self
MovieHigher Learning
1995
as Kristen Connor
MovieGetting In
1994
as Kirby Watts
MovieThe Chase
1994
as Natalie Voss
MovieThe Program
1993
as Camille Shafer
MovieThe Chili Con Carne Club
1993
MovieBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Buffy Summers
MovieHighway to Hell
1991
as Rachel Clark
MovieHot Shots!
1991
as Kowalski
MovieMannequin Two: On the Move
1991
as Jessie
MovieDiving In
1990
as Terry Hopkins
MovieDream Trap
1990
as Sue Halloran
TVB.L. Stryker
1989
as Lynn Ellingsworth
TVNightingales
1989
as Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
MovieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
MovieNightingales
1988
as Becky
Juarez
1988
as Cathy Dodge
MovieFlowers in the Attic
1987
as Cathy Dollanganger
MovieNot Quite Human
1987
as Eron Jeffries
MovieDeadly Friend
1986
as Samantha
MovieFerris Bueller's Day Off
1986
as Economics Student - Simone Adamley
MovieMr. Boogedy
1986
as Jennifer Davis
MovieMiracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986
as Stephanie Gamble
MoviePretty in Pink
1986
as Duckette
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Female Student #2
TVGrowing Pains
1985
as Rhonda
TVIt's Your Move
1984
as Laura
TVCall to Glory
1984
as Sally
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Jody Campbell
MovieReapers Night
as Ginger
