Yancy Butler
Yancy Victoria Butler (born July 2, 1970 in New York City , New York ) is an American actress .
Life
Butler grew up in Greenwich Village , her father Joe Butler is a musician. Yancy Butler studied at HB Studios in New York and Sarah Lawrence College .
Butler played as a child in the horror film The Killer Behind the Mask , and received her first adult role in 1991 in the television series Law & Order . In 1992 she appeared in one of the lead roles in the science fiction action series Mann & Machine . In the action film Tough Targets (1993) by John Woo , she played on the side of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lance Henriksen . In the action film Drop Zone (1994) she played one of the bigger roles alongside Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey . She took on the lead role in the action film Witness on the Run (1999).
Butler played the leading role of Sara Pezzini in the television film Witchblade - Die Waffen der Götter (2000) as well as in the television series of the same name from 2001 to 2002. For the role in the series, she won the 2002 Saturn Award .
After the Witchblade series was discontinued , she was arrested repeatedly for alcohol-related offenses.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: The Killer Behind the Mask (Savage Weekend)
- 1992: LA Machine (Mann And Machine)
- 1993 Hard Target (Hard Target)
- 1994: Drop Zone
- 1995: Let it be me
- 1996: Fast Money - driven hunt to Tijuana (Fast Money)
- 1997: The Ax
- 1998: Some like it differently (The Treat)
- 1999: The Witness Files
- 1999: Infected - On the run with death viruses (Doomsday Man)
- 2000: Witchblade - The Weapon of the Gods (Witchblade)
- 2006: Bloodlines
- 2010: Kick-Ass
- 2010: Lake Placid 3
- 2011: Rage of the Yeti - Dangerous Treasure Hunt (Rage of the Yeti)
- 2012: Lake Placid 4
- 2012: Rage of the Yeti
- 2013: Kick-Ass 2
- 2015: Lake Placid vs Anaconda (Reba)
Web links
- Yancy Butler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Yancy Butler at filmreference.com (English)
- Yancy Butler in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Articleclick: Yancy Butler, From Witchblade to Rehab , July 18, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butler, Yancy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butler, Yancy Victoria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |