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Yancy Victoria Butler (b. July 2, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actress born to musician Joe Butler. Butler may be best known for her role in the TV series Witchblade.
She grew up in Greenwich Village in a family devoted to theater. At thirteen, Butler began studying at HB Studios and later attended Sarah Lawrence College. She made her film debut in the horror film Savage Weekend and landed her first regular TV role in the short-lived 1992 series Mann & Machine. She followed up with yet another short-lived series South Beach and several movies. In 1997, she became a regular on the series Brooklyn South playing police officer Anne Marie Kersey.
She played another officer in Witchblade, Sarah Pezzini. Other notable roles include Doomsday Man, the Sci Fi Channel movie, Basilisk: The Serpent King and a recurring role on the soap opera As the World Turns.
Butler suffered from alcohol-related problems following the cancellation of Witchblade. Following an arrest for disorderly conduct in 2003, she entered an alcohol treatment program and later returned to acting.
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