(1991), Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991), The Program (1993), The Chase (1994), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Big Daddy (1999), and Dude, Where's My Car?

[4] At the age of nine, she expressed interest in acting to her parents, and began pursuing roles in television commercials.

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.

She also appeared in the film adaptation of the comic-book The Phantom and the dark comedy 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag with Joe Pesci.

[citation needed] In the 1998–99 season of Early Edition, Swanson played Erica Paget, a love interest of the main character, Gary Hobson.

The same year, she starred in the successful film Dude, Where's My Car?, alongside Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott and Jennifer Garner.

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.

[9] Swanson co-starred in Obamagate, a stage play that focused on Donald Trump, with Dean Cain.