1. Yancy Butler is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone, and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade.
11 Facts About Yancy Butler
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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 the Lovin' Spoonful.
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Yancy Butler's first film appearance was a small supporting role in the 1979 slasher film Savage Weekend.
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Yancy Butler's next film appearance was a starring role in John Woo's 1993 film, Hard Target.
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Yancy Butler then starred in the 1994 film Drop Zone.
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Yancy 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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Yancy Butler starred in the television film Witchblade 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.
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Yancy Butler was confirmed to appear in Tales of an Ancient Empire, the follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer.
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Yancy Butler appeared in a small role in another comic-book adaptation, the film version of Kick-Ass.
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In November 2003, Yancy Butler was taken into custody in Delray Beach, Florida, for disorderly intoxication and sentenced to a substance-abuse treatment program.
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On June 10,2002, Yancy 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.