BUTLER, Yancy 1970–

(Yancy Victoria Butler)

PERSONAL

Full name, Yancy Victoria Butler; born July 2, 1970, in New York, NY; daughter of Joe (a singer and drummer with the Lovin' Spoonful and a construction worker) and Leslie (a theatre company manager) Butler. Education: Sarah Lawrence College, graduated, 1991; trained for the stage at HB Studios, New York City.

Addresses: Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Building, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Peg Donegan, Framework Entertainment, 9057 Nemo St., Suite C, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actress.

Awards, Honors: Saturn Award, best actress in a television series, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 2002, for Witchblade.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Sergeant Eve Edison, Mann and Machine, NBC, 1992.

Kate Patrick, South Beach, NBC, 1993.

Officer Anne-Marie Kersey, Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997–98.

Detective Sara "Pez" Pezzini, Witchblade, TNT, 2001–2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jordan Henning, The Hit List, Showtime, 1993.

Deidre Kenyon, The Ex, HBO, 1996.

Avedon Hammond, Ravager, Sci-Fi Channel, 1997.

Sandy Dickinson, The Witness Files, Cinemax, 1999.

Lisa St. Claire, Thin Air (also known as Thin Air: A Spenser Mystery), Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Veronica Hulka, "The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2000.

Kathy Swanson, Double Cross, Lifetime, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Beverly Kern, "Misconceptions," Law & Order, NBC, 1991.

Karen, "The Lisa and Billy Story," Grapevine, CBS, 1992.

Lisa Gerou, "Given the Heir," Perversions of Science, HBO, 1997.

Lucinda Hastings, "I Love Lucy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997.

Voice of third tourist, "Iron Curtain," The Wild Thornberrys (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Treva, "Officer Involved," Third Watch, NBC, 2000.

Treva, "32 Bullets and a Broken Heart," Third Watch, NBC, 2000.

Guest, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2001.

Sandra Previn, "Ex," The Lyon's Den, NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Sara "Pez" Pezzini, Witchblade, TNT, 2000.

Film Appearances:

(As Yancy Victoria Butler) Little girl, Savage Weekend (also known as The Killer behind the Mask and The Upstate Murders), 1976, Cannon, 1983.

Natasha "Nat" Binder, Hard Target, Universal, 1993.

Jessie Crossman, Drop Zone, Paramount, 1994.

Lisa, Annie's Garden, JLM Productions, 1994.

Corinne, Let It Be Me (also known as Love Dance), Savoy Pictures, 1995.

Francesca, Fast Money, Orion, 1996.

Wendy, The Treat, 1998.

Kate, Doomsday Man, 1999.

Ms. Toney, The Last Letter, Two-Oceans Pass Filmworks/DRD1 Productions, 2004.

Emily Johanson, Bloodlines, Serendipitous Films, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in a production of How Sweet the Sound, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City.

RECORDINGS

Audiobooks; Narrator:

Wendy Hornsby, Malice Domestic 3: High Heels in the Headliner, edited by Nancy Pickard, 1998.

Judith A. Jance, Rattlesnake Crossing, 1998.

Various authors, We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories, Dove Entertainment, 1999.

Martin Greenberg, editor, For the Good of the Firm, Audio Literature, 1999.

Judith A. Jance, Outlaw Mountain, Dove Entertainment, 1999.

Videos:

Voice for the video game Propaganda, Virgin Interactive Entertainment.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Allure, March, 1995, p. 196.

Cult Times, July, 2002, pp. 20-23.

Expose, July, 2002, pp. 38-42.

Femme Fatales, October, 2000, pp. 8-12.

TV Guide, October 4, 1997, pp. 36-38.

Wizard: The Comics Magazine, May, 2000, p. 68; July, 2000, pp. 40-43.

Wizard's Tomb Raider Special, July, 2000, pp. 62-67.