The first popularity for the actress Yancy Butler came after the series "Wild Beach", "Mann and the Machine". However, the actress achieved the highest fame after the release of "The Blade of the Witches". In the film, Butler played the main role.
Butler's first film projects were short-lived and were quickly shot off the screen. There are many ups and downs in the biography of the performer. Yancey also played the role of the tabloid darling. Only the support of her relatives helped her to survive the difficult time. Recently, the artist again reminds of herself and her talent.
Carier start
Yancy was born in 1970, July 2, in New York. The head of the family was a professional musician. He played amazing drums. The girl's grandmother was also a theater actress. At the age of thirteen, Butler Jr. began her artistic career. Yancy played a small role in the thriller. However, the premiere was unsuccessful, and the girl's name did not get into the credits.
But a short appearance on the set became a noticeable turn in the future biography of the future star. She realized that she would only become an actress. In 1979, the aspiring playgirl made her debut. She was assigned a minor character in the horror film Wild Weekend. In the story, a group of friends decides to spend the day on the outskirts of New York. Young people have fun and sunbathe. Suddenly, an unknown person opens a hunt for them. All friends die one by one.
The first popularity came with the TV series "Mann and the Machine". In it, the girl got the role of the main character. However, the TV project did not last long. Behind him was the Wild Beach. This series also did not stay on the screens. However, in it, the actress played the main character. The work in "Murder by Order" turned out to be very interesting.
The charming heroine turned out to be a potential victim of an assassin. 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 he was ordered.
Successful roles
Playing Hard Target turned into a real breakthrough. Together with Yancy she played with Jean-Claude Van Damme. According to the plot, 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 fight against a group of criminals, turning the homeless into slaves. A courageous hero becomes the assistant of an active beauty in her investigation.
The actress pinned many hopes on the thriller "The Landing Zone". She starred in it after Tough Target. The film depicts the story of a police officer who airlifted a criminal who had pledged to give important testimony in court. Terrorists hijack an airliner. They leave the plane in the company of the one for whom the police officer is responsible.
He was removed from the investigation, but did not want to give up and began an independent search. After the action movies, Yancey was offered many small roles in The Quirks of Science, Fast Money, The Secret Bunker.
The spaceship pilot and senior officer, the heroes of the science fiction film, did not suspect that a regular flight would end with an emergency landing on an unknown island. It is not mapped to any map. The team, while exploring the new territory, finds themselves in a mysterious weapons storage. After the earthquake, a catastrophe begins.
Next came work in South Brooklyn. However, the show was canceled after the first season.
A new round of popularity
Several pictures were released with the participation of Butler. She starred in Anna's Garden, Delight, Ghosts of the Past, Doomsday. The actress began to worry that recognition and popularity would not return.
Leading role in "The Witch's Blade" became a new chance. The actress became Sarah, a girl endowed with supernatural powers. A spectacular bracelet was called a witch's blade. The jewelry is decorated with a talking stone. If there is a danger to the wearer, the bracelet transforms into a dangerous weapon.
For centuries, the hostess has chosen the decoration itself. The main condition is the possession of a magical gift. A sense of justice was also necessary, a willingness to fight for the truth. At one point, the artifact was in the hands of detective Sarah Pizzini. The new heroine begins to understand her true mission better every day.
The first season was successful. Again, Yancy's pictures in the image of Sarah began to appear on the covers of glossy magazines. But from the next season, interest in the project began to fade. The series was closed.
Preparing to return
In the long-running television series How the World Spins, Yancey received a supporting role. The long story depicts the life and uneasy relationships of the inhabitants of an American fictional town. The performer also actively starred in television films.
For several years, the actress took a break. She was disappointed with the closing of the Witchblade. The breakdown began. The recovery was difficult and time-consuming. Finally, there was a return to the cinema.
The list of paintings began to grow. The actress was invited to the "Lake of Fear: Anaconda". Then there was the main character in Zero Tolerance. Yancey became Carrie in Guy Killer.
In 2018, Heritage was released. The film tells the story of a young policeman who is busy solving the first serious case. Butler in the project got one of the key heroines.
Very little is known about the performer's personal life. She did not acquire a chosen one. The actress has no husband and child.
