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{{short description|American actress (born 1969)}}
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| image = Kristy Swanson Photo Op GalaxyConNightmare RaleighWeekend 2019Richmond 2024 (cropped).jpg
| name = Kristy Swanson
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| caption = Swanson at [[GalaxyCon]] Raleigh in 20192024
| birth_name = Kristen<!-- NoelValid Swansoncitation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| 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=16 February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/kristy-swanson-pro-trump-actress-whos-questioned-covid-protocols-hospitalized-with-covid/|title=Kristy Swanson, Pro-Trump Actress Who's Questioned COVID Protocols, Hospitalized With COVID|website=Thewrap.com|date=1 November 1, 2021|access-date=16 February 16, 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[MissionLaguna ViejoBeach, California|MissionLaguna ViejoBeach]], California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984–present
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'''Kristen NoelKristy 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 (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and appeared in the 1996 film ''[[The Phantom (1996 film)|The Phantom]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/where-in-the-horror-are-they-now-kirsty-swanson-225|work=Arrow in the Head|title=Where in the Horror are they Now? Kristy Swanson|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=December 28, 2015|author=O., Jimmy}}</ref>
 
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, was born in [[South Laguna, California]] at the South Coast Community Hospital, and was raised in [[Mission Viejo, California]]. by her parents Rosemary Albrecht and Robert Russell Swanson, a high school teacher.<ref name="rick">{{cite web|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-31/entertainment/-ca-4462_1_mission4462-viejo-s-kristy-swansonstory.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Will 'Buffy' Role Slay 'Em? : Mission Viejo's Kristy Swanson Is No Stranger to Outrageous Parts|date=July 31, 1992|author=Vanderknyff, Rick|access-date=December 29, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="rick"/>
 
==Career==
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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=16 February 16, 2022}}</ref> She appeared in and won in the 2006 Fox television program ''[[Skating with Celebrities]]'', partnered with [[Lloyd Eisler]].
 
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]]''.
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Swanson married her ''[[Skating with Celebrities]]'' partner [[Lloyd Eisler]] in 2009. They have a son, and two children from his previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benet |first1=Lorenzo |title=Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler Get Married! |url=https://people.com/celebrity/kristy-swanson-and-lloyd-eisler-get-married/ |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=PEOPLE.com |date=February 7, 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
 
Swanson is a [[Make_America_Great_Again|MAGARepublican 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, who protested public health protocols during the coronavirus pandemic, was hospitalized with COVID-19 with severe respiratory complications. The anti-vax actress made the disclosure on Twitter, asking for prayers after taking 'an ambulance ride to the hospital'. <ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2021-11-02 |title=Kristy Swanson, actress and vaccine skeptic, is hospitalized with Covid. (Published 2021) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/us/kristy-swanson-hospitalized-covid.html?unlocked_article_code=urm6zasEgz4rnbDp-yVt1rlClPH7q0t0GcaXALf9tMvQeY3trEvhQ7ck9vuVk3L5-XcjjvrLbmP3Xarle1R58FGhWg3JomldDetjNt-fDEvstkToXzPrfJ4EUFscjabyeAlQLIjwWyFCwrT4N60FMYIwjPeF3qwS6kYCnVgj9FkXRjElAJMOwhWWI1Ht55ouAivdfELywq0e5nQXBFIP5kXZCqLuyx2fJzOii2-6Y-2O6IxheRB4zfZHoLKGaTqLw9XGfBXsaTNj85LMuzM7AlFkudA2zze1ugNLjG8U177Ely0OSIAohJP00r0izzizVcjHxdGn7Yp9p7b-HIHw3h4536dN1A&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare |access-date=2023-07-July 30, 2023 |last1=Lukpat |first1=Alyssa }}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==
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|1992
|1991
|''[[Highway to Hell (film)|Highway to Hell]]''
|Rachel Clark
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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=16 February 16, 2022|archive-date=20 April 20, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140420083856/http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/alessoninromance/cast|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Megan Mills
|Television film ([[PixL]])
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|2014