Kristen Noel 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 film adaptation of V. C. Andrews's Flowers in the
Attic (1987). Swanson also 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).Swanson was born and raised in Mission Viejo, California. 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.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' absence in class. Her first
starring role was later in 1986, in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend as
Samantha â€" "the girl next door." The next year she played Cathy in
the adaptation of V. C. Andrews' best-seller Flowers in the Attic.
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 film adaptation of V. C. Andrews's Flowers in the
Attic (1987). Swanson also 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).Swanson was born and raised in Mission Viejo, California. 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.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' absence in class. Her first
starring role was later in 1986, in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend as
Samantha â€" "the girl next door." The next year she played Cathy in
the adaptation of V. C. Andrews' best-seller Flowers in the Attic.
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