Kristy Swanson

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Kristy Swanson (born December 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best recognized for having played Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer and appeared in the 1996 film The Phantom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Her first starring role was in Wes Craven's horror film Deadly Friend (1986), followed by her portrayal of Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the 1987 film adaptation of V. C. Andrews's Flowers in the Attic (1987). Swanson also starred in several films, including Hot Shots! (1991), Mannequin Two: On the Move (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).

Early life

Swanson was born in South Laguna, California at the South Coast Community Hospital and was raised in Mission Viejo, California by her parents Rosemary Albrecht and Robert Russell Swanson, a high school teacher.<ref name="rick">Template:Cite web</ref> At the age of nine, she expressed interest in acting to her parents, and began pursuing roles in television commercials. She landed her first job appearing in a doll house commercial, which was followed with several more commercial appearances.<ref name="rick"/>

Career

Swanson began her acting career at The Actors Workshop with R. J. Adams and promptly moved into TV advertising roles and several one-off appearances in TV series such as Cagney and Lacey and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1986, she debuted on the big screen in two John Hughes films: Pretty in Pink, in a non-speaking role, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as a character who announces a convoluted excuse for Ferris's absence in class. Her first starring role was later in 1986, in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend as SamanthaTemplate:Spaced ndash"the girl next door." The next year she played Cathy in Flowers in the Attic, an adaptation of V. C. Andrews' bestselling novel.

Swanson described how she was cast in Pretty in Pink: "[Writer] John Hughes said, 'We're re-shooting the end of Pretty in Pink. I was wondering if you would come be in this scene with our main character, Ducky, because the way we tested it in the movie theater, it didn't work. We need him to end up with somebody else at the end of the movie. So would you play the part?'"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

By 1990, Swanson had made many television appearances, including multiple appearances in Knots Landing (1987–1988), Nightingales (1989), her first starring role in a television series, although it only lasted a season, and a short-lived Burt Reynolds television series called B.L. Stryker (1989).

Throughout the 1990s, she starred mostly in films. She played the title role in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although not a hit at the box office originally, it had a profitable rental life. She appeared in both starring and supporting roles in films such as Hot Shots!, The Program, The Chase, and her most critically acclaimed role, playing Kristen Connor, a student discovering her sexuality, in John Singleton's Higher Learning. She also appeared in the film adaptation of the comic-book The Phantom and the dark comedy 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag with Joe Pesci. Most of these films failed at the box office, and she reverted to television work in the late 1990s.Template:Citation needed

In the 1998–99 season of Early Edition, Swanson played Erica Paget, a love interest of the main character, Gary Hobson. In 1999, Swanson played Vanessa, the ex-girlfriend of Adam Sandler in the film Big Daddy. In 2000, she returned to a television series, as the star of Grapevine, a revamp of a 1992 TV series that was canceled after five episodes. The same year, she starred in the successful film Dude, Where's My Car?, alongside Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott and Jennifer Garner.

Swanson posed nude for Playboy magazine in November 2002 in a cover-featured pictorial.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She appeared in and won in the 2006 Fox television program Skating with Celebrities, partnered with Lloyd Eisler.

In 2007, she became a spokesperson of the Medifast diet. In the following year, she guest-starred in three episodes of the lesbian web series 3Way. In the same year, she appeared in an episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

In 2021, a release date of June 15 was announced for Swanson's recent feature and a Jennifer Nichole Lee and Paul Schneider collaboration, Just Another Dream. She co-starred alongside long-time friend Dean Cain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Swanson married her Skating with Celebrities partner Lloyd Eisler in 2009. They have a son, and two children from his previous marriage.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Swanson has described herself as "a proud republican"<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> and "#MAGA since 1969".<ref name="sara" /> She co-starred with Dean Cain in a pro-Trump stage play titled FBI Lovebirds: Undercovers directed by conservative filmmaker Phelim McAleer.<ref name="sara">Template:Cite web</ref> Swanson has said that she received death threats as a result.<ref name="sara" />

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Pretty in Pink Duckette
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story Stephanie Gamble TV movie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Simone Adamley
Deadly Friend Samantha Pringle
1987 Not Quite Human Eron Jeffries TV movie
Flowers in the Attic Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger
1988 Nightingales Rebecca "Becky" Granger TV movie
1990 Dream Trap Sue Halloran
Diving In Terry Hopkins
1991 Mannequin Two: On the Move Jessie
Hot Shots! Kowalski
1992 Highway to Hell Rachel Clark
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy Summers
1993 The Chili Con Carne Club Julie Short
The Program Camille Shafer
1994 Template:Sortname Natalie Voss
Getting In Kirby Watts
1995 Higher Learning Kristen Connor
1996 Template:Sortname Diana Palmer
Marshal Law Lilly Nelson TV movie
1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Laurie Bennett
Lover Girl Darlene Ferrari/"Sherry"
Tinseltown Nikki Randall
Bad to the Bone Francesca Wells TV movie
1998 Ground Control Julie Albrecht
1999 Supreme Sanction Jenna TV movie
Big Daddy Vanessa
2000 Meeting Daddy Laurel Lee
Dude, Where's My Car? Christie Boner
2001 Soul Assassin Tessa Jansen
Zebra Lounge Louise Bauer TV movie
2002 Dead Silence Dr. Julia Craig
2003 Red Water Dr. Kelli Raymond TV movie
2005 Bound by Lies Laura Cross Video
Forbidden Secrets Alexandra Kent Lambeth TV movie
Six Months Later Linda Short
2006 Template:Sortname Shannon Muir TV movie
Living Death Elizabeth Harris Video
2009 Template:Sortname Kaitlyn Short
2010 What If... Wendy Walker
2011 Swamp Shark Rachel Bouchard TV movie
Template:Sortname Martha Evans TV movie
Chick Magnet Kristy Video
2012 Little Women, Big Cars Rocky
Little Women, Big Cars 2 Rocky
Operation Cupcake Janet Carson TV movie
2013 Template:Sortname Terri Benton
Storm Rider Jody Peterson
2014 Mom and Dad Undergrads<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Megan Mills TV movie
Beethoven's Treasure Tail Anne Parker Video
A Belle For Christmas Daniella Downy
Merry Ex-Mas Noelle TV movie
2015 Driven Underground Sarah Palmer TV movie
Angels in the Snow Judith Montgomery TV movie
2017 Crowning Jules Victoria <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
A Mother's Sacrifice Kathrin TV movie
2018 Bad Stepmother Louise TV movie
Winter's Dream Kat Miller TV movie
Killer Under the Bed Sarah
Mimesis Nosferatu Max's Mother
2019 PupParazzi Latte (voice)
2020 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Marlowe Viccellio TV movie
The ObamaGate Movie Lisa Page
2021 Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare Joanna Riley
Courting Mom and Dad Sarah Lambert
Just Another Dream Cindy Miller

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984 It's Your Move Laura Episode: "Love Letters"
1985 Call to Glory Sally Episodes: "JFK: Parts 1 & 2"
Cagney & Lacey Stephanie Brandon Episode: "On the Street"
1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Female Student #2 Episode: "The Gloating Place"
Disneyland Jennifer Davis Episode: "Mr. Boogedy"
Template:Sortname Linda Perkins Episode: "The Big Fix-Up"
1987 Growing Pains Rhonda Episode: "Thank God It's Friday"
1987–88 Knots Landing Jody Campbell Recurring Cast: Season 9
1988 Ohara Jennifer Collins Episode: "X"
1989 Nightingales Rebecca "Becky" Granger Main Cast
B.L. Stryker Lynn Ellingsworth Recurring Cast: Season 1
1998–99 Early Edition Erica Paget Main Cast: Season 3
1999 The Directors Herself Episode: "The Films of Wes Craven"
2000 Grapevine Susan Crawford Main Cast
2002 Backstory Herself Episode: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
I Love the '80s Herself Episode: "1986"
2003 The Christopher Lowell Show Herself Episode: "Small Spaces"
Just Shoot Me! Allison Cavanaugh Episode: "There's Something About Allison"
2004 CSI: Miami Roxanne Price Episode: "Complications"
2006 Skating with Celebrities Herself Main Cast
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lorelai Mailer Episode: "Bombshell"
2008 3Way Leslie Lapdalulu Recurring Cast
2009 Whatever Happened To? Herself Episode: "Unlikely Heroes"
Hell's Kitchen Herself Guest Cast: Season 5-6
American Chopper Herself Episode: "Iraq Star Foundation Bike"
2010 One Tree Hill Woman in Car Episode: "Don't You Forget About Me" .
2011 Comedy Central Roast Herself Episode: "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen"
2011–14 Psych Marlowe Viccellio Recurring Cast: Season 6-8
2012 unCONventional Herself Recurring Cast
2018 Gutfeld! Herself/Guest Panelist Episode: "August 4, 2018"
2019 SEAL Team Julia Logan Recurring Cast: Season 4

Music Videos

Year Song Artist Role
1992 "Keep It Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)" C+C Music Factory featuring Q-Unique and Deborah Cooper Buffy Summers
2017 "Yours If You Want It" Rascal Flatts Stacy

Awards and nominations

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