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Yancy Butler

 
Actor: Yancy Butler
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  • Born: Jul 02, 1970 in New York, New York
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Thriller, Crime
  • Career Highlights: Hard Target, Fast Money, Drop Zone
  • First Major Screen Credit: Hard Target (1993)

Biography

Raised in the 1970s bohemia of New York's Greenwich Village, Yancy Butler dabbled in acting in college at Sarah Lawrence, but didn't decide to make it her career until after graduation. After guest appearances on TV, including 1990s New York stalwart Law & Order, and featured roles in the short-lived series Mann and Machine (1992) and South Beach (1993), the husky-voiced Butler made her film debut opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in John Woo's inaugural American effort, Hard Target (1993). Aided by her exotic good looks as well as her acting chops, Butler became the action babe du jour with subsequent starring roles in Drop Zone (1994) opposite Wesley Snipes and B-actioner Fast Money (1995). Breaking away from the genre, Butler joined the cast of the ill-received ballroom dance comedy Let It Be Me (1995) and played the titular psycho in B-thriller The Ex (1997). Butler got a potentially major career break when she was cast in distinguished TV producer Steven Bochco's 1997 TV police drama Brooklyn South, but the series failed to catch on with viewers; Butler returned to B-movies, including the thriller Witness Files (1998). Her father is Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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Yancy Victoria Butler

Yancy Butler attending the Motor City Comic Con on May 16, 2009.
Born July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02) (age 39)
Greenwich Village, New York, U.S.
Occupation Film, television actress

Yancy Victoria Butler (born July 2, 1970 in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American television and movie actress. She is the daughter of Joe Butler, drummer for the sixties rock group The Lovin' Spoonful. As an actress she's best known for her role as Det. Sara "Pez" Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama Witchblade.

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Career

Butler's first major role was in the television series Mann & Machine in 1992, in which she played an android police officer partnered with a human detective. The series was set in Los Angeles in the near future. The series was co-created by Dick Wolf, of Law & Order fame. A year later, she starred in her second series, South Beach also for Dick Wolf, in which she played a con artist and thief who made a deal with the federal government: in exchange for their wiping of her criminal record, she performs certain tasks for them. Seven episodes of this series were produced, but only six were broadcast.

Butler's first film appearance, which she also starred in, was John Woo's 1993 film, Hard Target, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme. She then starred in the 1994 film Drop Zone, featuring Wesley Snipes. In 1995, she starred as Corinne the dancer in the film Let It Be Me. Butler was cast as a series regular in the television series Brooklyn South playing Anne-Marie Kersey, a Brooklyn policewoman, which ran for a full season in 1997–1998, totaling 22 episodes which she appeared in almost every one.

Butler starred in the made-for-television film Witchblade (2000) and the subsequent television series, based on an adaptation from the comic book (also titled Witchblade), which ran for two seasons on the Turner Network Television network (TNT) for a total of 23 episodes. The series has a "cult television" following, and was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002 (Multichannel News, February 24, 2003). The show's cancellation was announced after the second season in September 2002.[1]

In 2005, Yancy starred in the film Bloodlines, alongside Lou Diamond Phillips.[2]

In 2006, Butler starred in the American movie Striking Range. and in 2007, she appeared in thirteen episodes of the television soap opera As The World Turns, as character "Ava Jenkins."[3]

Yancy has been confirmed to appear in Tales of the Ancient Empire,[4] the follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer.[5] Butler will appear in another comic book adaptation, the Kick-Ass, based on the Marvel/Icon Comics series by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.[6]

Personal life

Fourteen months after the cancellation of the Witchblade series, Butler was arrested and charged with disorderly intoxication. She was ordered to enter rehabilitation at the Renaissance Institute in Boca Raton by a South Florida court.[7]

On February 2, 2007, Butler's former boyfriend was arraigned in Litchfield, CT on charges stemming from a stalking complaint filed by the actress.[8][9].

On March 13, 2007, Butler was charged with driving under the influence and failure to drive in the established lane after she crashed her Saab 900 into a wire guard rail in Sharon, Connecticut[10]. The actress was released on a $500 bail and ordered to appear in Bantam Superior Court on March 26, 2007.[11][12][13] On March 28, Bantam Superior Court Judge Richard Marano issued a re-arrest order for Butler because she had twice not appeared at scheduled court dates. The judge directed that the warrant not be served until April 2 to give Butler a chance to explain why she was not in court.[14]

Awards

On June 10, 2002, Butler won a Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series, at the 29th Annual Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Awards ceremony, for her performances in Witchblade.[15]

TV series

Year Title Rôle
2007 As The World Turns Ava Jenkins
2001 - 2002 Witchblade Detective Sara Pezzini
1997 - 1998 Brooklyn South Officer Anne-Marie Kersey
1993 South Beach Kate Patrick
1992 Mann & Machine Sgt. Eve Edison

Filmography

Year Work Role Notes and Awards
2010 Kick-Ass Angie D'Amico
2008 Vote and Die: Liszt for President Ann Barklely
2006 Basilisk: The Serpent King Hannah Carmelina Santorini Frankman
2006 Striking Range Emily Johanson
2006 Double Cross Kathy Swanson
2004 "The Last Letter" Ms. Toney / Alicia Cromwell
1999 The Witness Files Sandy Dickinson
1997 Ravager Avedon Hammond
1997 The Ex Deidre Kenyon
1996 Fast Money Francesca March
1995 Let It Be Me Corinne
1994 Drop Zone Jessie Crossman
1993 Hard Target Natasha Binder
1993 The Hit List Jordan Henning TV Movie

References

  1. ^ Josh, Grossberg (2002-09-05). ""Witchblade" Sliced by TNT". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=79462aa7-4e88-49cb-9d58-429008f1b665. Retrieved 2006-12-29. 
  2. ^ Bloodlines Movie, from Serendipitous Films
  3. ^ Yancy Butler Overview, from The Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Yancy Butler Joins the Family in Tales | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central
  5. ^ A Few More Details On That SWORD AND THE SORCERER Follow-Up We've Been Hearing About!! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news
  6. ^ "Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Wolvesbane)" Action Flick Chick; October 26, 2009
  7. ^ Josh, Grossberg (2003-11-24). ""Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8. Retrieved 2006-12-29. 
  8. ^ 'Witchblade' star says ex-boyfriend stalked her 2/1/2007 10:37 AM ET USA Today
  9. ^ 'Witchblade' Actress Arrested At Sharon Home After Incident LITCHFIELD-Turner Network Television's "Witchblade" star Yancy Butler, who last week accused an ex-boyfriend of stalking her, was ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday in Bantam Superior Court after State Police arrested her last Sunday in Sharon on a disorderly conduct charge. By: Tracy Kennedy 02/15/2007 Litchfield County Times
  10. ^ Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI USA Today 3/15/2007 9:13 AM
  11. ^ ""Actress Yancy Butler Arrested for DUI"". ABC News Online. 2007-03-15. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2952891&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 
  12. ^ SUNDIE, BRYAN (2007-02-14). ""SHARON: Actress charged in domestic violence case"". Waterbury Republican American. http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=19686. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 
  13. ^ ""A no-show in court, `Witchblade' star facing another arrest"". The Associated Press via The Advocate. 2007-03-28. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-28012814.apds.m0861.bc-ct--peopmar28,0,4098830.story?track=rss. Retrieved 2007-03-28. 
  14. ^ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Saturn Award Recipients, 2002, from The Internet Movie Database

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