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'''Yancy Victoria Butler''' (born July 2, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film ''[[Hard Target]]'', Jess Crossman in ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]'', and Detective [[Sara Pezzini]] on the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] supernatural drama series ''[[Witchblade (2001 TV series)|Witchblade]]''. |
'''Yancy Victoria Butler''' (born July 2, 1970)<ref name=enc>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/butler-yancy-1970|work=[[Encyclopedia.com]]|title=Butler, Yancy 1970–|publisher=[[Cengage]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230924194928/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/butler-yancy-1970|archive-date=September 24, 2023}}</ref> is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film ''[[Hard Target]]'', Jess Crossman in ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]'' (1994), and Detective [[Sara Pezzini]] on the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] supernatural drama series ''[[Witchblade (2001 TV series)|Witchblade]]''. For her performance in ''Witchblade'', she won a [[Saturn Award]] for Best Actress in a Television Series. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Yancy Victoria Butler was born in [[Greenwich Village]] in Manhattan, the daughter of Leslie Vega, a theatre company manager, and [[Joe Butler]], the drummer and vocalist for the 1960s rock group [[ |
Yancy Victoria Butler was born in [[Greenwich Village]] in Manhattan, the daughter of Leslie Vega, a theatre company manager, and [[Joe Butler]], the drummer and vocalist for the 1960s rock group [[the Lovin' Spoonful]].<ref name=sno>{{Cite news|title=Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade's Sara Pezzini) - Part Two|publisher=Sci Fi Dimensions|date=July 2002|url=http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jul02/yancybutler2.htm|access-date=September 24, 2010|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612110443/http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jul02/yancybutler2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Butler attended [[Sarah Lawrence College]], graduating in 1991.<ref name=enc/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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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]]. A year later, she starred in her second series, ''[[South Beach (1993 TV series)|South Beach]]'', 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. |
According to the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', a fan site dedicated to Butler described her as having an "unmistakable husky voice and big, intense eyes"; flattered, she told the newspaper: "That makes me sound like [[Peter Lorre]]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rodgers |first1=Andrew |title='Witchblade' star rebounds from rehab |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-06-30-0206300078-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=June 30, 2002 |access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref> 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]]. A year later, she starred in her second series, ''[[South Beach (1993 TV series)|South Beach]]'', 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. |
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Butler's first film appearance was a small supporting role in the 1979 slasher film ''[[Savage Weekend]]''. Her next film appearance was a starring role in [[John Woo]]'s 1993 film, ''[[Hard Target]]''. She then starred in the 1994 film ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]''. In 1995, she starred as Corinne the dancer in the film ''[[Let It Be Me (1995 film)|Let It Be Me]]''. Butler was cast as a series regular in the CBS television series ''[[Brooklyn South]]'' playing Anne-Marie Kersey, a Brooklyn policewoman, which ran for one season from 1997 to 1998. |
Butler's first film appearance was a small supporting role in the 1979 slasher film ''[[Savage Weekend]]''. Her next film appearance was a starring role in [[John Woo]]'s 1993 film, ''[[Hard Target]]''. She then starred in the 1994 film ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]''. In 1995, she starred as Corinne the dancer in the film ''[[Let It Be Me (1995 film)|Let It Be Me]]''. Butler was cast as a series regular in the CBS television series ''[[Brooklyn South]]'' playing Anne-Marie Kersey, a Brooklyn policewoman, which ran for one season from 1997 to 1998. |
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|title="Witchblade" Sliced by TNT | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=79462aa7-4e88-49cb-9d58-429008f1b665 | date=September 5, 2002 | first=Grossberg | last=Josh | access-date=December 29, 2006}}</ref> |
|title="Witchblade" Sliced by TNT | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=79462aa7-4e88-49cb-9d58-429008f1b665 | date=September 5, 2002 | first=Grossberg | last=Josh | access-date=December 29, 2006}}</ref> |
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In 2005, Butler starred in the film ''Bloodlines''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s-films.com/portfolio/striking-range-trailer/ |title=Striking Range [Bloodlines] Trailer |website=Serendipitous Films}}</ref> For distribution purposes, it was retitled in 2006 as ''Striking Range''. In 2007, she appeared in 13 episodes of the television soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]'', as Ava Jenkins.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} She was confirmed to appear in ''[[Tales of an Ancient Empire]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/yancy-butler-joins-family-tales |title=Yancy Butler Joins the Family in Tales |work=Dreadcentral.com |date=April 17, 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> the follow-up to ''[[The Sword and the Sorcerer]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36509 |title=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 |publisher=Aintitcool.com |date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> On January 24, 2012, ''Tales of an Ancient Empire'' was released on DVD. Butler, however, did not appear in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Ancient-Empire-Melissa-Ordway/dp/B0062KMDPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328059235&sr=8-1|title=Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)|access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> She appeared in a small role in another comic-book adaptation, the [[Kick-Ass (film)|film version]] of ''[[Kick-Ass (comic book)|Kick-Ass]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-yancy-butler/ |title="Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Wolvesbane)" Action Flick Chick; October 26, 2009 |publisher=Actionflickchick.com |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> |
In 2005, Butler starred in the film ''Bloodlines''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s-films.com/portfolio/striking-range-trailer/ |title=Striking Range [Bloodlines] Trailer |website=Serendipitous Films}}</ref> For distribution purposes, it was retitled in 2006 as ''Striking Range''. In 2007, she appeared in 13 episodes of the television soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]'', as Ava Jenkins.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} She was confirmed to appear in ''[[Tales of an Ancient Empire]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/yancy-butler-joins-family-tales |title=Yancy Butler Joins the Family in Tales |work=Dreadcentral.com |date=April 17, 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> the follow-up to ''[[The Sword and the Sorcerer]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36509 |title=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 |publisher=Aintitcool.com |date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> On January 24, 2012, ''Tales of an Ancient Empire'' was released on DVD. Butler, however, did not appear in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Ancient-Empire-Melissa-Ordway/dp/B0062KMDPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328059235&sr=8-1|title=Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)|website=Amazon |access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> She appeared in a small role in another comic-book adaptation, the [[Kick-Ass (film)|film version]] of ''[[Kick-Ass (comic book)|Kick-Ass]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-yancy-butler/ |title="Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Wolvesbane)" Action Flick Chick; October 26, 2009 |publisher=Actionflickchick.com |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> |
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==Legal issues== |
==Legal issues== |
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In November 2003, Butler was taken into custody in [[Delray Beach, Florida]], for disorderly intoxication and sentenced to a substance-abuse treatment program.<ref name="EOnline-ButlerRehab">{{cite web | publisher=E! Online | title="Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8 | date=November 24, 2003 | first=Grossberg | last=Josh | access-date=December 29, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184322/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8 | archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> In 2007, |
In November 2003, Butler was taken into custody in [[Delray Beach, Florida]], for disorderly intoxication and sentenced to a substance-abuse treatment program.<ref name="EOnline-ButlerRehab">{{cite web | publisher=E! Online | title="Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8 | date=November 24, 2003 | first=Grossberg | last=Josh | access-date=December 29, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184322/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8 | archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> In 2007, she was charged with driving under the influence after she crashed her car.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-03-15-butler-arrest_N.htm |title=Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI |work=[[USA Today]] |date=March 15, 2007}}</ref> |
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On April 3, 2017, Butler was arrested in [[Sag Harbor, New York]], and charged with aggravated drunken driving and possession of drugs after she was found passed out behind the wheel of her car after it had hopped a |
On April 3, 2017, Butler was arrested in [[Sag Harbor, New York]], and charged with aggravated drunken driving and possession of drugs after she was found passed out behind the wheel of her car after it had hopped a curb onto the sidewalk.<ref name=EastHampstonStar>{{cite web|url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/archive/actress-charged-again-drunken-driving|newspaper=[[The East Hampton Star]]|title=Actress Charged Again With Drunken Driving|author=Morrow, T. E.|language=en-US|url-status=bot: unknown|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2022|archivedate=June 21, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621005417/https://www.easthamptonstar.com/archive/actress-charged-again-drunken-driving}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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As of 2017, Butler lives in [[Winnetka, |
As of 2017, Butler lives in [[Winnetka, Los Angeles]].<ref name=EastHampstonStar/> |
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==Filmography== |
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==Awards== |
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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 |
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 and Horror Films]] Awards ceremony, for her performances in ''Witchblade''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2002/1 |title=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA – 2002 Awards |website=IMDb.com}}</ref> |
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Born | Yancy Victoria Butler July 2, 1970 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979, 1991–present |
Father | Joe Butler |
Yancy Victoria Butler (born July 2, 1970)[1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone (1994), and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade. For her performance in Witchblade, she won a Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.
Early life
[edit]Yancy Victoria Butler was born in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, the daughter of Leslie Vega, a theatre company manager, and Joe Butler, the drummer and vocalist for the 1960s rock group the Lovin' Spoonful.[2]
Butler attended Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1991.[1]
Career
[edit]According to the Chicago Tribune, a fan site dedicated to Butler described her as having an "unmistakable husky voice and big, intense eyes"; flattered, she told the newspaper: "That makes me sound like Peter Lorre."[3] 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. A year later, she starred in her second series, South Beach, 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.
Butler's first film appearance was a small supporting role in the 1979 slasher film Savage Weekend. Her next film appearance was a starring role in John Woo's 1993 film, Hard Target. She then starred in the 1994 film Drop Zone. In 1995, she starred as Corinne the dancer in the film Let It Be Me. Butler was cast as a series regular in the CBS television series Brooklyn South playing Anne-Marie Kersey, a Brooklyn policewoman, which ran for one season from 1997 to 1998.
Butler starred in the television film Witchblade (2000) and the subsequent television series, adapted from the ongoing comic book of the same title; the series ran for two seasons on the Turner Network Television network for a total of 23 episodes. The series has a cult following, and was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. The show's cancellation was announced after the second season in September 2002.[4]
In 2005, Butler starred in the film Bloodlines.[5] For distribution purposes, it was retitled in 2006 as Striking Range. In 2007, she appeared in 13 episodes of the television soap opera As the World Turns, as Ava Jenkins.[citation needed] She was confirmed to appear in Tales of an Ancient Empire,[6] the follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer.[7] On January 24, 2012, Tales of an Ancient Empire was released on DVD. Butler, however, did not appear in the film.[8] She appeared in a small role in another comic-book adaptation, the film version of Kick-Ass.[9]
Legal issues
[edit]In November 2003, Butler was taken into custody in Delray Beach, Florida, for disorderly intoxication and sentenced to a substance-abuse treatment program.[10] In 2007, she was charged with driving under the influence after she crashed her car.[11]
On April 3, 2017, Butler was arrested in Sag Harbor, New York, and charged with aggravated drunken driving and possession of drugs after she was found passed out behind the wheel of her car after it had hopped a curb onto the sidewalk.[12]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2017, Butler lives in Winnetka, Los Angeles.[12]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Savage Weekend | Little Girl | |
1993 | Hard Target | Natasha Binder | |
1993 | The Hit List | Jordan Henning | |
1994 | Drop Zone | Jessie Crossman | |
1995 | Let It Be Me | Corinne | |
1996 | Fast Money | Francesca March | |
1997 | Ravager | Avedon Hammond | |
1997 | The Ex | Deidre Kenyon | |
1997 | Annie's Garden | Lisa Miller | |
1999 | The Witness Files | Sandy Dickinson | |
2000 | Doomsday Man | Captain Kate Roebuck | |
2004 | The Last Letter | Ms. Toney / Alicia Cromwell | |
2006 | Striking Range | Emily Johanson | |
2008 | Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Ann Barklely | |
2010 | Kick-Ass | Angie D'Amico | |
2010 | Lake Placid 3 | Reba | |
2012 | Shark Week | Elena | |
2012 | Lake Placid: The Final Chapter | Reba | |
2013 | Hansel & Gretel Get Baked | Officer Hart | |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Angie D'Amico | |
2015 | Lake Placid vs. Anaconda | Reba | |
2017 | Death Race 2050 | Alexis Hamilton | Direct to video |
2018 | The Assassin's Code | Laura Consolo | |
2019 | American Criminal | Dr. Penelope Lang | |
2020 | Emerald Run | Anna Thomas | |
2021 | Initiation | Detective Sandra Fitzgerald | |
2021 | The Accursed | Hana |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Law & Order | Beverly Kern | Episode: "Misconception" |
1992 | Mann & Machine | Sgt. Eve Edison | 9 episodes |
1993 | South Beach | Kate Patrick | 7 episodes |
1997 | NYPD Blue | Lucinda "Lucy" Hastings | 1 episode |
1997–1998 | Brooklyn South | Officer Anne-Marie Kersey | 21 episodes |
2000 | Witchblade | Detective Sara Pezzini | Television movie |
2001–2002 | Witchblade | Detective Sara Pezzini | 23 episodes |
2006 | Double Cross | Kathy Swanson | Television movie |
2006 | Basilisk: The Serpent King | Hannah Carmelina Santorini Frankman | Television movie |
2007 | As the World Turns | Ava Jenkins | 13 episodes |
2008 | Wolvesbayne | Lillith | Television movie |
2010 | Lake Placid 3 | Reba | Television movie |
2011 | The Mentalist | Aunt Jodie | Episode: "Blood for Blood" |
2011 | Rage of the Yeti | Villers | Television movie |
2012 | Lake Placid: The Final Chapter | Reba | Television movie |
2015 | Lake Placid vs. Anaconda | Reba | Television movie |
2017 | Boyfriend Killer | Carrie Ellington | Television movie |
2017 | Witness Protection | Susan | Television movie |
Awards
[edit]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 and Horror Films Awards ceremony, for her performances in Witchblade.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Butler, Yancy 1970–". Encyclopedia.com. Cengage. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade's Sara Pezzini) - Part Two". Sci Fi Dimensions. July 2002. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Rodgers, Andrew (June 30, 2002). "'Witchblade' star rebounds from rehab". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ Josh, Grossberg (September 5, 2002). ""Witchblade" Sliced by TNT". E! Online. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
- ^ "Striking Range [Bloodlines] Trailer". Serendipitous Films.
- ^ "Yancy Butler Joins the Family in Tales". Dreadcentral.com. April 17, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ "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". Aintitcool.com. April 23, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ "Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)". Amazon. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ ""Interview: Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Wolvesbane)" Action Flick Chick; October 26, 2009". Actionflickchick.com. October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ Josh, Grossberg (November 24, 2003). ""Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab". E! Online. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
- ^ "Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI". USA Today. March 15, 2007.
- ^ a b Morrow, T. E. (April 5, 2017). "Actress Charged Again With Drunken Driving". The East Hampton Star. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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External links
[edit]- Yancy Butler at IMDb