Yancy Butler

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Butler at the Big Apple Convention, June 8, 2008.
Born	July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02) (age 37) New York City, U.S.A.
Occupation	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.

1 Career
- 1.1 Beginnings
- 1.2 The Witchblade controversy
2 Recent Legal Issues
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Beginnings

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. 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, also for Dick Wolf. In South Beach, 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. Only six episodes were produced.

In 1995, she starred as Corinne the dancer in the film Let It Be Me, followed by the television program Brooklyn South which ran for a full season in 1997-1998.

Her first film appearance was in John Woo's Hard Target featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme followed by Drop Zone featuring Wesley Snipes.

[edit] The Witchblade controversy

Butler's first series to survive more than one season was the television adaptation of the comic book Witchblade. Although having a cult following, its cancellation was announced after the second season in September 2002,^[1]. 14 months later, after being arrested and charged with disorderly intoxication Butler was ordered to enter rehabilitation at the Renaissance Institute in Boca Raton for her condition, by a South Florida court.^[2] Later, it was discovered she had injuries from acting and family problems which led to her alcohol abuse.

Yancy has recently been confirmed to appear in Tales of the Ancient Empire, the follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer.^[3]

[edit] Recent Legal Issues

On February 11, 2007, Butler was arrested in her home on the charge of disorderly conduct. Butler had called police to her home to complain that her boyfriend would not give her the keys to her car or let her leave. Her boyfriend told police that she had been drinking and doing drugs and he did not want her driving. She also allegedly threw things at him because he would not let her leave. Butler was released on $500 bail and ordered by a judge to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings seven times a week until her next court appearance on March 8, 2007.

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. The actress was released on a $500 bail and ordered to appear in Bantam Superior Court on March 26, 2007.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] 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.^[7]