Kristen Noel Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy Summers in the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Her first starring role was in Wes Craven’s horror film Deadly Friend, followed by her portrayal of Catherine “Cathy” Dollanganger in the film adaptation of V. C. Andrews’s Flowers in the Attic. Swanson also starred in several films, including The Phantom, Hot Shots!, The Program, The Chase, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Big Daddy, and Dude, Where’s My Car?, and appeared in Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. She’s made appearances in Psych, SEAL Team, One Tree Hill, Law & Order, and Sons of Thunder.