Kristy Swanson

Birth name:

Kristen Noel Swanson

Nickname:

Swanie

Born:

19-Dec-1969

Birthplace:

Mission Viejo, California, USA

Gender:

Female

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Sexual orientation:

Straight

Occupation:

Actress

Nationality:

United States

Executive summary:

Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Kristy Swanson - Biography

Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson (born December 19, 1969) is an American actress best known for playing Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Swanson started her 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' absence in class. Her first starring role was later in 1986, in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend as Samantha - "the girl next door." The next year she played Cathy in the adaptation of V. C. Andrews' best-seller Flowers in the Attic.
By 1990, Swanson had made many television appearances, including multiple appearances in Knots Landing (1987-1988), Nightingales (1989), her first starring role in a TV series, although it only lasted a season, and a short-lived Burt Reynolds vehicle called B.L. Stryker (1989).
Throughout the '90s, she centered mostly in films. She played the title role in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which was a box office bomb but had a profitable rental life. She appeared in both starring and supporting roles in movies such as Hot Shots!, The Program, The Chase, or her most critically acclaimed role, that of 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 TV work in the late '90s.
In the 1998-1999 season of Early Edition, Swanson played Erica Paget, a love interest of the main character, Gary Hobson. In 1999 Swanson played Vanessa, the girlfriend of Adam Sandler in the movie Big Daddy. In 2000, she returned to a television series, as the star of Grapevine, a revamp of a 1992 TV series. It was cancelled after 5 episodes.
Swanson posed nude for Playboy magazine in November 2002 in a cover-featured pictorial. She appeared in and won the 2006 FOX television program Skating with Celebrities, partnered with Lloyd Eisler.
On May 8, 2007, Swanson appeared in the Law and Order: Criminal Intent episode "Bombshell", playing a fictionalized variation on Anna Nicole Smith.
In 2007, she became a spokesperson of the Medifast diet. In the following year, she guest-starred in 3 episodes of the lesbian web series 3Way.
In July 2009 she filmed the film What If..., co-starring Kevin Sorbo and Debby Ryan, scheduled for a 2010 Valentine's Day DVD release.
She is currently filming the film "A Root Beer Christmas" in Utah.
Appeared in an episode of One Tree Hill that aired on February 1, 2010.

Swanson was born in Mission Viejo, California, the daughter of physical education teachers Rosemary and Robert Swanson. She has Swedish ancestry.
Swanson married her Skating With Celebrities partner, Lloyd Eisler, on February 7, 2009 in San Luis Obispo. Their first child, a son named Magnus, was born on February 16, 2007. They currently reside in Santa Clarita, California.

Kristy Swanson - Personal Quotes

"I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wall or build a house or anything like that. But I've been out with a couple of guys who didn't own toolboxes, and they couldn't even change a light bulb."

"I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting. I love every aspect of show business and that includes both the show part of it and the business part of it."

Kristy Swanson - Filmography

A Root Beer Christmas (2010) .... Martha Evans
What If... (2009) .... Wendy Walker
"One Tree Hill" (1 episode, 2010)
- Don't You Forget About Me (2010) TV episode
The Closer (2009) .... Kaitlyn
"3Way" .... Leslie Lapdalulu (3 episodes, 2008)
- The Dinah Monologues (2008) TV episode .... Leslie Lapdalulu
- Fatal Distraction: Part 2 (2008) TV episode .... Leslie Lapdalulu
- Fatal Distraction: Part 1 (2008) TV episode .... Leslie Lapdalulu
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Lorelai Mailer (1 episode, 2007)
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Bombshell (2007) TV episode .... Lorelai Mailer
Living Death (2006) (V) .... Elizabeth Harris
The Black Hole (2006) (TV) .... Shannon Muir
Six Months Later (2005) .... Linda
Forbidden Secrets (2005) (TV) .... Alexandra Kent Lambeth
Bound by Lies (2005) (V) .... Laura Cross
... aka Betrayed (UK: DVD title) (USA: working title)
... aka The Long Dark Kiss (Europe: English title)
"CSI: Miami" .... Roxanne Price (1 episode, 2004)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
- Complications (2004) TV episode .... Roxanne Price
Silence (2003/I) .... Dr. Julia Craig
... aka Dead Silence (USA: video title)
... aka The Only Witness (USA: TV title)
Red Water (2003) (TV) .... Dr. Kelli Raymond
"Just Shoot Me!" .... Allison Cavanaugh (1 episode, 2003)
- There's Something About Allison (2003) TV episode .... Allison Cavanaugh
Zebra Lounge (2001) (TV) .... Louise Bauer
... aka Rendez-vous au Zebra Lounge (Canada: French title)
Soul Assassin (2001) .... Tessa Jansen
Untitled Charles Randolph Project (2001) (TV)
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) .... Christie Boner
Meeting Daddy (2000) .... Laurel Lee
"Grapevine" .... Susan Crawford (5 episodes, 2000)
- Matt (2000) TV episode .... Susan Crawford
- Jack (2000) TV episode .... Susan Crawford
- Jamie (2000) TV episode .... Susan Crawford
- Thumper (2000) TV episode .... Susan Crawford
- Pilot (2000) TV episode .... Susan Crawford
Big Daddy (1999/I) .... Vanessa
"Early Edition" .... Erica Paget (20 episodes, 1998-1999)
- Blowing Up Is Hard to Do (1999) TV episode .... Erica Paget
- Play It Again, Sammo (1999) TV episode .... Erica Paget
- Home Groan (1999) TV episode .... Erica Paget
- Crumb Again (1999) TV episode .... Erica Paget
- Fate (1999) TV episode .... Erica Paget
(15 more)
Supreme Sanction (1999) (TV) .... Jenna
Ground Control (1998) .... Julie Albrecht
... aka Jet (UK: video title)
Bad to the Bone (1997) (TV) .... Francesca Wells
Tinseltown (1997) .... Nikki Randall
Lover Girl (1997) .... Darlene Ferrari/'Sherry'
... aka Lover Girls
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) .... Laurie Bennett
Marshal Law (1996) (TV) .... Lilly Nelson
The Phantom (1996) .... Diana Palmer
Higher Learning (1995) .... Kristen Connor
Getting In (1994) .... Kirby Watts
... aka Student Body
The Chase (1994) .... Natalie Voss
The Program (1993) .... Camille Shafer
The Chili Con Carne Club (1993) .... Julie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) .... Buffy
Highway to Hell (1991) .... Rachel Clark
Hot Shots! (1991) .... Kowalski
Mannequin: On the Move (1991) .... Jessie
... aka Mannequin 2: On the Move (USA: promotional title)
Diving In (1990) .... Terry Hopkins
Dream Trap (1990) .... Sue Halloran
"B.L. Stryker" .... Lynn Ellingsworth (2 episodes, 1989)
- Blues for Buder (1989) TV episode .... Lynn Ellingsworth
- The Dancer's Touch (1989) TV episode .... Lynn Ellingsworth
"Nightingales" .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger / ... (13 episodes, 1989)
- Episode #1.13 (1989) TV episode .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
- Episode #1.12 (1989) TV episode .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
- Episode #1.11 (1989) TV episode .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
- Episode #1.10 (1989) TV episode .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
- Episode #1.9 (1989) TV episode .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
(8 more)
Nightingales (1988) (TV) .... Rebecca 'Becky' Granger
"Knots Landing" .... Jody Campbell (5 episodes, 1987-1988)
- In Too Deep (1988) TV episode .... Jody Campbell
- If Not Now, When? (1988) TV episode .... Jody Campbell
- Flight of the Sunbirds (1987) TV episode .... Jody Campbell
- Love In (1987) TV episode .... Jody Campbell
- Say Uncle (1987) TV episode .... Jody Campbell
The Loner (1988) (TV) .... Sherry Spicer
Flowers in the Attic (1987) .... Cathy Dollanganger
Not Quite Human (1987) (TV) .... Eron Jeffries, Chip's Crush
"Growing Pains" .... Rhonda (1 episode, 1987)
- Thank God It's Friday (1987) TV episode .... Rhonda
Juarez (1987) (TV) .... Cathy Dodge
Deadly Friend (1986) .... Samantha Pringle
"Valerie" .... Linda Perkins (1 episode, 1986)
... aka The Hogan Family (USA: new title)
... aka Valerie's Family (USA: new title)
- The Big Fix-Up (1986) TV episode .... Linda Perkins
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) .... Simone Adamley
Mr. Boogedy (1986) (TV) .... Jennifer Davis
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986) (TV) .... Stephanie Gamble
Pretty in Pink (1986) .... Duckette
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Female Student #2 (1 episode, 1986)
- The Gloating Place (1986) TV episode .... Female Student #2
"Cagney & Lacey" .... Stephanie Brandon (1 episode, 1985)
- On the Street (1985) TV episode .... Stephanie Brandon
"Call to Glory" (2 episodes, 1985)
- JFK: Part 1 (1985) TV episode
- JFK: Part 2 (1985) TV episode
"It's Your Move" .... Laura (1 episode, 1984)
- Love Letters (1984) TV episode .... Laura

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