Yancy Butler
Yancy Victoria Butler | |
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| Occupation(s) | 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.
Biography
Early life
After growing up in Greenwich Village, New York City, she went on to study at Sarah Lawrence College in 1987, where she majored in liberal arts.
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 television series Witchblade, 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 recently been confirmed to appear in Tales of the Ancient Empire,[4] the follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer.[5]
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.[6]
On February 2nd of 2007, Butler's former boyfriend was arraigned in Litchfield, CT on charges stemming from a stalking complaint filed by the actress. [7][8].
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[9]. The actress was released on a $500 bail and ordered to appear in Bantam Superior Court on March 26, 2007.[10] [11] [12] 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 wasn't in court.[13]
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.[14]
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 | Rôle | Notes and Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Herself (host) | |
| 2004 | "The Last Letter" | Ms. Toney / Alicia Cromwell | |
| 1999 | The Witness Files | Sandy Dickinson | |
| 1997 | The Ex | Deidre Kenyon | |
| 1996 | Fast Money | Francesca | |
| 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
- ^ Josh, Grossberg (2002-09-05). ""Witchblade" Sliced by TNT". E! Online. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ Bloodlines Movie, from Serendipitous Films
- ^ Yancy Butler Overview, from The Internet Movie Database
- ^ Yancy Butler Joins the Family in Tales | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central
- ^ 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
- ^ Josh, Grossberg (2003-11-24). ""Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab". E! Online. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ 'Witchblade' star says ex-boyfriend stalked her 2/1/2007 10:37 AM ET USA Today
- ^ '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
- ^ Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI USA Today 3/15/2007 9:13 AM
- ^ ""Actress Yancy Butler Arrested for DUI"". ABC News Online. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ Kennedy, Tracy (2007-02-14). ""Actress finds legal trouble of her own"". The Register Citizen. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ SUNDIE, BRYAN (2007-02-14). ""SHARON: Actress charged in domestic violence case"". Waterbury Republican American. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ ""A no-show in court, `Witchblade' star facing another arrest"". The Associated Press via The Advocate. 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ^ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Saturn Award Recipients, 2002, from The Internet Movie Database