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{{short description|American actress (born 1969)}}
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| name = Kristy Swanson
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|19}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KristySwansonXO?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor|title=Official Page/Actress #KristySwanson, God 1st, Proud Mama, Happy Wife, Loyal Friend|website=Twitter.com|access-date=
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984–present
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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 film)|Flowers in the Attic]]'' (1987). Swanson also starred in several films, including ''[[Hot Shots!]]'' (1991), ''[[Mannequin Two: On the Move]]'' (1991), ''[[The Program (1993 film)|The Program]]'' (1993), ''[[The Chase (1994 film)|The Chase]]'' (1994), ''[[8 Heads in a Duffel Bag]]'' (1997), ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|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
==Career==
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 (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] films: ''[[Pretty
Swanson described how she was cast in ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'': "[Writer] John Hughes said, 'We're re-shooting the end of ''Pretty in Pink''. I was wondering if you would come be in this scene with our main character, Ducky, because the way we tested it in the movie theater, it didn't work. We need him to end up with somebody else at the end of the movie. So would you play the part?'"<ref>{{cite web |title=Kristy Swanson, Lead Role in 1992 Film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"—Guest 06/04/2015 |url=http://kenboxerlive.com/2015/05/24/kristy-swanson-lead-role-in-1992-film-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-guest-06042015/ |website=Kenboxerlive.com |date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=June 11, 2015}}</ref>
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By 1990, Swanson had made many television appearances, including multiple appearances in ''[[Knots Landing]]'' (1987–1988), ''[[Nightingales (American TV series)|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 (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 (1993 film)|The Program]]'', ''[[The Chase (1994 film)|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 (1996 film)|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 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 (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]''. In 2000, she returned to a television series, as the star of ''[[Grapevine (TV series)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Kristy-Swanson-Cover-Playboy-November/dp/B003TRMK7W|title=Amazon.com: Kristy Swanson Cover Playboy November 2002 : Hugh Hefner: Everything Else|website=Amazon.com|access-date=
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Michigan Native Writes & Films New Movie Throughout State |url=https://wcrz.com/michigan-native-writes-films-new-movie-throughout-state/ |access-date=January 22, 2022 |website=Wcrz.com |date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>
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Swanson is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=897492079562981376|title=I've always been a proud republican|date=August 16, 2017|first=Kristy|last=Swanson|user=kristyswansonxo|access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref> Swanson co-starred in ''Obamagate'', a stage play that focused on [[Donald Trump]], with [[Dean Cain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/23/pro-trump-stars-dean-cain-kristy-swanson-got-death-threats/1203787001/|title=Pro-Trump star Kristy Swanson: Dean Cain and I got 'death threats' over play|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|date=May 23, 2019|website=USA Today|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>
In 2021, Swanson was hospitalized with COVID-19 with severe respiratory complications.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2021
== Filmography ==
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|2014
|''A Lesson in Romance''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/alessoninromance/cast|title=Kristy Swanson - A Lesson in Love - Cast|website=Hallmarkchannel.com|access-date=
|Megan Mills
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