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Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Highest Rated: 82% Hot Shots! (1991)

Lowest Rated: 7% 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)

Birthday: Dec 19, 1969

Birthplace: Mission Viejo, California, USA

A dynamic, athletic performer who decided at the age of nine that she wanted to be an actor, Kristy Swanson had racked up some 30 TV commercial credits by the age of 15. She made her feature debut in the John Hughes-produced "Pretty in Pink" (1986) and also appeared in Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) before essaying her first lead in Wes Craven's "Deadly Friend" (1986). After landing a key role in the film version of V. C. Andrews' classic horror novel "Flowers in the Attic" (1987), Swanson segued to TV. She had her first shot at series stardom portraying student nurse Rebecca Halliday in the short-lived Aaron Spelling-produced "Nightingales" (NBC, 1989). Her career received a big boost as the Valley Girl title character of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992). Fans discovered the young star when the picture became a hot video rental, helping to spawn the highly successful TV series version. She put her athleticism to good use as a calm, cool tennis star in "The Program" (1993) and starred as a millionaire's daughter taken hostage by an innocent man (Charlie Sheen) on the run in "The Chase" (1994). Swanson also snagged the female lead of Diana Palmer to Billy Zane's "The Phantom" (1996), in the adventure thriller based on the popular comic strip. She went on to star in "Bad to the Bone" (1997) "Meeting Daddy" (1998) and the blockbuster "Big Daddy" (1999) alongside Adam Sandler. Swanson eventually returned to television, joining the cast of "Early Edition" (CBS, 1998-99) and, later, "Grapevine" (CBS, 2000).

Highest rated movies

82% 65% Hot Shots!
46% 73% Higher Learning
44% 31% The Phantom
43% 37% The Chase
43% 80% The Program
40% 35% Ground Control
39% 74% Big Daddy
36% 43% Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 12% Just Another Dream Cindy Miller (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Courting Mom and Dad Sarah Lambert (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Parent's Worst Nightmare Joanna Riley (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mimesis Nosferatu Max's Mother (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 33% Bad Stepmother Louise (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 33% Killer Under the Bed Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 20% Winter's Dream Kat Miller (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Qu'est-il arrivé à ma fille ? Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Mother's Sacrifice Kathrin (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 30% Crowning Jules Victoria (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Driven Underground Sarah Palmer (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 42% Angels in the Snow Judith Montgomery (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 31% Merry Ex-Mas Noëlle (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 44% A Belle for Christmas Dani Downy (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 30% Beethoven's Treasure Tail Anne (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Lesson in Romance Megan Mills (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 33% The Bouquet Terri (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 65% Storm Rider Jody Peterson (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 0% Mom and Dad Undergrads Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet LIttle Women Big Cars Rocky (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Women, Big Cars 2 Rocky (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Cupcake Janet Carson (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 15% Swamp Shark Rachel Broussard (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 60% A Christmas Wish Martha Evans (Character) - 2011
33% 68% What If ... Wendy Walker (Character) $814.9K 2010
No Score Yet 19% Living Death Elizabeth Harris (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 8% The Black Hole Shannon Muir (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 7% Bound by Lies Laura Cross (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 22% Forbidden Secrets Alexandra Kent Lambeth (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 19% Red Water Dr. Kelli Raymond (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silence Dr. Julia Craig (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 13% Soul Assassin Tessa Jansen (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 33% Zebra Lounge Louise Bauer (Character) - 2001
16% 47% Dude, Where's My Car? Christie Boner (Character) $46.7M 2000
39% 74% Big Daddy Vanessa (Character) $163.5M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tinseltown Nikki Randall (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Meeting Daddy Laurel Lee (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Supreme Sanction Jenna (Character) - 1998
40% 35% Ground Control Julie Albrecht (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lover Girl Darlene Ferrari/"Sherry" (Character) - 1997
7% 35% 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Laurie Bennett (Character) $3.6M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad to the Bone Francesca Wells (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 50% Marshal Law Lilly Nelson (Character) - 1996
44% 31% The Phantom Diana Palmer (Character) $17.3M 1996
46% 73% Higher Learning Kristen Connor (Character) $36.8M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chili Con Carne Club Julie (Character) - 1995
43% 37% The Chase Natalie Voss (Character) $8.0M 1994
No Score Yet 38% Getting In Kirby Watts (Character) - 1994
43% 80% The Program Camille Shafer (Character) $22.8M 1993
36% 43% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy Summers (Character) $14.1M 1992
No Score Yet 52% Highway to Hell Rachel Clark (Character) $12.3K 1991
13% 40% Mannequin: On the Move Jessie (Character) $3.2M 1991
82% 65% Hot Shots! Kowalski (Character) $68.3M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dream Trap Sue Halloran (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diving In Terry Hopkins (Character) - 1990
20% 50% Flowers in the Attic Cathy (Character) $13.1M 1987
20% 38% Deadly Friend Samantha Pringle (Character) $8.9M 1986

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 84% SEAL Team Julia (Guest Star) 2019
89% 94% Psych Marlowe (Guest Star) 2012-2014
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Chopper - Senior vs Junior Self 2009
No Score Yet 63% Hell's Kitchen Guest 2009
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lorelai Mailer (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just Shoot Me Alison (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grapevine Susan Crawford (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Edition Unknown (Character) 1998-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing Pains Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogan Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1986