The first popularity to the actress Yancy Butler came after the series "Wild Beach", "Mann and the car." However, the actress achieved the highest fame after the release of "Witch's Blade". In the picture, Butler played the main role.
The first Butler film projects were short-lived and were quickly taken off the screen. In the biography of the performer there are many falls and ups. Yancy was also in the role of the darling of the yellow press. Only the support of her relatives helped her through a difficult time. Recently, the artist again reminds herself and her talent.
Carier start
Yancy was born in 1970, on July 2, in New York. The head of the family was a professional musician. He played amazing drums. The theater actress was the girl’s grandmother. With thirteen, an artistic career began with Butler Jr. Yancy played a small role in the thriller. However, the premiere was unsuccessful, and the girl’s name did not fall into the credits.
But the short appearance on the set was a significant turn in the future biography of the future star. She realized that she would only become an actress. In 1979, the debut of a beginner lyceum. She was assigned a secondary character in the horror film "Wild Weekend." In the story, a group of friends decides to spend a day on the outskirts of New York. Young people have fun and sunbathe. Suddenly, an unknown person opens a hunt for them. All buddies die one by one.
The first popularity came with the series "Mann and Machine." In it, the girl got the role of the main character. However, the television project did not last long. Behind it was "Wild Beach". This series also did not linger on the screens. However, in him, the actress played the main character. Very interesting was the work in "Assassination on Order".
The charming heroine was a potential victim of a hit man. Quite by chance, the performer found out that he himself would soon become a game. The killer has to unite with the one whose destruction was ordered.
Successful Roles
The game in the Difficult Target turned into a real breakthrough. Together with Yancy played along with Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the story, the heroine Butler is looking for her father. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, who disappeared not during the battles, but at home, in his native country. The reason is the struggle with a group of criminals, turning into slaves of the homeless. The brave hero becomes an assistant to an active beauty in her investigation.
The actress also pinned a lot of hopes on the thriller Landing Zone. In it, she starred after the "Difficult target". The film shows the story of a police officer transporting a criminal by flight, who undertook to give important evidence in court. Terrorists capture an air liner. They leave the plane in the company of the person for whom the policeman is responsible.
He is suspended from the investigation, but does not want to give up and proceeds to an independent search. After the militants, Yancy was offered many small roles in The Fads of Science, Quick Money, and The Secret Bunker.
The spaceship pilot and senior officer, the heroes of a science fiction film, did not suspect that a regular flight would end in an emergency landing on an unknown island. It is not marked on any card. The team during the inspection of the new territory is in a mysterious weapon storage. After the earthquake, disaster begins.
Next came the work in South Brooklyn. However, the show closed after the first season.
A new round of popularity
Several pictures featuring Butler came out. She starred in "Anne's Garden", "Enjoyment", "Ghosts of the Past", "Doomsday". The actress began to worry that recognition and popularity would not return.
A new chance was the leading role in The Witchblade. The actress became Sarah, a girl endowed with supernatural powers. The witch’s blade was called a spectacular bracelet. The decoration is decorated with a talking stone. If there is a danger to the owner, the bracelet is transformed into a dangerous weapon.
For centuries, the hostess chose the jewelry herself. The main condition is the possession of a magical gift. A sense of justice and a willingness to fight for the truth were also necessary. At one point, the artifact was in the hands of detective Sarah Pizzini. The new character begins to understand her true mission every day better.
The first season was successful. Once again, pictures of Yancy in the image of Sarah began to appear on the covers of glossy publications. But from next season, interest in the project began to fade. The series was closed.
