Kristy Swanson

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.

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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

Personal life Swanson married her Skating with Celebrities partner Lloyd Eisler in 2009. They have a son, and two children from his previous marriage.

Swanson has described herself as "a proud republican" and "#MAGA since 1969". Swanson has said that she received death threats as a result. Megan Mills TV movie Beethoven's Treasure Tail Anne Parker Video A Belle For Christmas Daniella Downy Merry Ex-Mas Noelle TV movie

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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" Linda Perkins Episode: "The Big Fix-Up" 1987 Growing Pains Rhonda Episode: "Thank God It's Friday" 1987–1988 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 1998–1999 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" 2011–2014 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 2022 Sons of Thunder Linda Gibson Main Cast: Season 2

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 Wins 1989: Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Horror or Mystery Motion PictureFlowers in the Attic 2019: Independent Women's Forum Annual Award GalaResilience Award

Nominations 2021: Royal Starr Film Festival for Best Feature FilmJust Another Dream 2012: Movieguide Awards for Most Inspirational Television ActingA Christmas Wish 2011: Movieguide Awards for Most Inspiring Movie ActingWhat If... 1992: Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best ActressBuffy the Vampire Slayer 1988: Young Artist Award for Best Young Female Superstar in Motion PicturesDeadly Friend 1987: Young Artist Award for Exceptional Young Actress Starring in a Television Special or Movie of the WeekMr. Boogedy 1986: Young Artist Award for Best Young ActressGuest in a Television SeriesCagney & Lacey episode "On the Street"