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).
I Am Luke Perry
Self
2025
Trail Blazers
Slayer
2022
Just Another Dream
Cindy Miller
2022
Courting Mom and Dad
Sarah Lambert
2021
Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Joanna Riley
2021
The ObamaGate Movie
Lisa Page
2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Marlowe Viccellio
2020
FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers
Lisa Page
2019
The Green Ribbon
Samantha Pringle (archive footage)
2019
PawParazzi
Latte (voice)
2019
Killer Under The Bed
Sarah
2018
Mimesis: Nosferatu
Max's Mother
2018
Winter's Dream
Kat
2018
Bad Stepmother
Louise
2018
A Mother's Sacrifice
Kathrin
2017
Crowning Jules
Victoria
2017
Angels in the Snow
Judith Montgomery
2015
Driven Underground
Sarah Palmer
2015
Merry Ex-Mas
Noëlle Rogers
2014
A Belle for Christmas
Dani Downy
2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Anne Parker
2014
A Lesson in Romance
Megan Mills
2014
Little Women Big Cars 2
Rocky
2014
Storm Rider
Jody Peterson
2013
The Bouquet
Terri Benton
2013
Operation Cupcake
Janet Carson
2012
Little Women Big Cars
Rocky
2012
A Christmas Wish
Martha Evans
2011
Chick Magnet
Kristy (uncredited)
2011
Swamp Shark
Rachel McDaniel
2011
What if...
Wendy Walker
2010
Forbidden Secrets
Alexandra Kent Lambeth
2007
Living Death
Elizabeth
2006
Psych
Marlowe Viccellio · (6 episodes)
2006
The Black Hole
Shannon Muir
2006
Skating with Celebrities
Self - Couple 4 · (7 episodes)
2006
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron · (1 episode)
2005
Bound by Lies
Laura Cross
2005
One Tree Hill
Woman in Car · (1 episode)
2003
The Only Witness
Dr. Julia Craig
2003
Red Water
Dr. Kelli Raymond
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2003
CSI: Miami
Roxanne Price · (1 episode)
2002
Zebra Lounge
Louise Bauer
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lorelei Mailer · (1 episode)
2001
Soul Assassin
Tessa Jansen
2001
Dude, Where's My Car?
Christie Boner
2000
Meeting Daddy
Laurel Lee
2000
Grapevine
Susan Crawford · (6 episodes)
2000
Big Daddy
Vanessa
1999
Supreme Sanction
Jenna
1999
Ground Control
Julie Albrecht
1998
Bad to the Bone
Francesca Wells
1997
Lover Girl
Darlene Ferrari / 'Sherry'
1997
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Laurie
1997
Just Shoot Me!
Allison · (1 episode)
1997
Tinseltown
Nikki Randall
1997
Early Edition
Erica Paget · (20 episodes)
1996
The Phantom
Diana Palmer
1996
Marshal Law
Lilly Nelson
1996
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Self
1996
Higher Learning
Kristen Connor
1995
Getting In
Kirby Watts
1994
The Chase
Natalie Voss
1994
The Program
Camille Shafer
1993
The Chili Con Carne Club
1993
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Summers
1992
Highway to Hell
Rachel Clark
1991
Hot Shots!
Kowalski
1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Jessie
1991
Diving In
Terry Hopkins
1990
Dream Trap
Sue Halloran
1990
B.L. Stryker
Lynn Ellingsworth · (2 episodes)
1989
Nightingales
Rebecca 'Becky' Granger · (13 episodes)
1989
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Teenage Heidi Abromowitz (uncredited)
1988
Nightingales
Becky
1988
Juarez
Cathy Dodge
1988
Flowers in the Attic
Cathy Dollanganger
1987
Not Quite Human
Eron Jeffries
1987
Deadly Friend
Samantha
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Economics Student - Simone Adamley
1986
Mr. Boogedy
Jennifer Davis
1986
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Stephanie Gamble
1986
Pretty in Pink
Duckette
1986
Reapers Night
Ginger
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Female Student #2 · (1 episode)
1985
Growing Pains
Rhonda · (1 episode)
1985
It's Your Move
(1 episode)
1984
Cagney & Lacey
(1 episode)
1982
Knots Landing
Jody Campbell · (8 episodes)
1979