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Name | Kristy Swanson |
Aliases | Kristen Noel Swanson |
Gender | Female |
Place of birth | Mission Viejo, California |
Date of birth | December 19th, 1969 |
Place of death | {{{place of death}}} |
Date of death | |
First appearance | Mr. Boogedy (1986) |
Kristy Swanson is an American film actress and model born in California on December 19th, 1969. Her first role in the horror genre was the 1986 made-for-TV family film Mr. Boogedy where she played a character named Jennifer Davis. In 1991, she appeared in the adventure comedy Highway to Hell as Rachel Clark. Kristy's best-known role however came a year later when she played the titular hero Buffy in the Joss Whedon film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although the movie was a commercial bomb, Joss Whedon re-imagined it as a television series, which became extremely popular. Swanson however, did not play Buffy in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series. Instead, the role went to Sarah Michelle Gellar who immortalized the character for the next seven years.
Body of work[]
Film[]
Film | Year | Character |
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Mr. Boogedy | 1986 | Jennifer Davis |
Highway to Hell | 1991 | Rachel Clark |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1992 | Buffy |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Kristy Swanson appeared in and won the 2006 Fox television program Skating with Celebrities, partnered with Lloyd Eisler. Swanson and Eisler were married on February 7th, 2009.
- In 2007, she became a spokesperson of the Medifast diet.
- Kristy's father Bob Swanson played the referee in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Kristy Swanson was ordered to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after pleading no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving in Los Angeles. She was also fined, put on probation and ordered to perform community service. Tests showed she had a blood alcohol level of 0.23 percent, nearly three times California's legal limit of 0.08. [1]
External Links[]
- Kristy Swanson at IMDB
- Kristy Swanson at Wikipedia
- Kristy Swanson at Starpulse.com
- Kristy Swanson at Maxim Online
- Kristy Swanson at Kristy Swanson.com
References[]
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