Kristen Noel "Kristy" Swanson (born December 19, 1969 in Mission Viejo, California, U.S.) is an American actress best known as the original Buffy Summers in Joss Whedon's 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Got her first acting job at age 9 in a commercial for a dollhouse.
She gave up regular schooling at age 13 to focus on acting. Her parents, Bob and Rosemary, gave her home instruction. Her parents are retired physical education teachers.
Between the ages of 9 and 13, Kristy appeared in over 30 television commercials.
Appears nude in the November 2002 issue of Playboy.
Was the original Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) before Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Has co-starred with Charlie Sheen (I) in 3 films: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Hot Shots! (1991), and Chase, The (1994).
Played two roles in which she jumps through a second story window to stop someone from running away. The first was Samantha/BB in Deadly Friend (1986) and the second was a Medeival Slayer in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
She has one brother, Rob Swanson Junior (but he does not act or skate).
Son, Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler, born 15 February 2007, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. Father is her boyfriend, Lloyd Eisler.
Kristy and Lloyd Eisler became the parents of their first child, a boy named Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler, on February 16, 2007. The baby weighed in 7 lbs. 11 oz.
Her father 'Bob 'Swanie Swanson played the referee in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
Assault charges in Canada against her have been dropped. Was arrested in June, 2006 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada after an alleged altercation between her and her boyfriend's, Lloyd Eisler, ex-wife, 'Marcia OBrien [October 31,2007].
