Biography for
Kristy Swanson More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

19 December 1969, California, USA

Birth Name

Kristen Noel Swanson

Nickname

Swanie

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Spouse

Lloyd Eisler

(7 February 2009 - present) 1 child

Trivia

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.

Was the original Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) before Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Has co-starred with Charlie Sheen in 3 films: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Hot Shots! (1991), and The Chase (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 O'Brien [October 31,2007].

Dated Alan Thicke when she was 17 and he was 40. They were engaged two years later. She said they met when she was 16 while working on the WB lot.

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. [2000]

Arrested for cocaine overdose. [January 1988]

Filmed a scene with Willem Dafoe in _To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)_ but the scene was deleted on the final cut of the film. This would have marked her feature film debut.

Personal Quotes

I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wall or build a house or anything like that. But I've been out with a couple of guys who didn't own toolboxes, and they couldn't even change a light bulb.

I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting. I love every aspect of show business and that includes both the show part of it and the business part of it.

Where Are They Now

(October 2007) Is currently a spokesperson for Medifast.