May anniversaries

At the beginning of each month, we look back at TV premieres, appearances at conventions, and other key dates in Luciana’s public life that occurred this month one or more years ago.

Luciana in Everwood

Luciana in Everwood

While May has been a rather quiet month, there were a few interesting TV premieres and convention appearances:

  • May 2, 2005: Made-for-television movie Murder at the Presidio premieres in the US, starring Luciana as Corporal Diana Phillips. The movie is based on the true story of a homicide on a military base (discussion, screencaps).
  • May 12, 2005: Luciana guest stars in the episode “The Invincible Sword” of the Canadian adventure series Young Blades (discussion, screencaps).
  • May 22, 2006: The episode “Reckoning” of the successful TV show Everwood introduces Luciana’s character, Stephanie Meyer. Stephanie is the love interest of Ephram Brown in a story arc that spans the last four episodes of the series (discussion, screencaps).
  • May 7-10, 2009: Luciana attended the second Propworx BSG auction in Pasadena, including a Q&A with cast mates Grace Park, Kate Vernon and Michael Trucco. One of the highlights was when Luciana was given a nameplate of her Viper (Prop Auction II posts on this blog).
  • May 15-17, 2009: The Motor City Comic Con took place in Novi, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Fellow Battlestar Galactica actors Michael Hogan and Aaron Douglas were also in attendance (Motor City Comic Con posts on this blog).
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April anniversaries

At the beginning of each month, we look back at TV premieres, appearances at conventions, and other key dates in Luciana’s public life that occurred this month one or more years ago.

Luciana in Doctor Dolittle 3

Luciana in Doctor Dolittle 3

April has only seen few movie releases and TV premieres, but on the other hand there were several interesting convention appearances:

  • April 28-29, 2012: Luciana is a guest at the Toulouse Game Show, her first convention appearance in France. (TGS posts on this blog)
  • April 30-May 2, 2010: Several actors from Battlestar Galactica, including Luciana, attend FedCon, Germany’s largest sci fi convention. This was Luciana’s second visit to Germany, the first time was for the Wolf Crossroads convention in November 2007. (FedCon posts on this blog)
  • April 17-19, 2009: The Chiller Theatre Expo takes place in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Luciana is one of the star guests. (Chiller posts here on the blog)
  • April 4, 2009: Luciana attended the Frank & Son Collectible Show in California.
  • April 4-5, 2008: Luciana was a special guest at BSGcast in Las Vegas, where she joined Matt and Nat from the excellent video blog series BSGcast, as well as 100 other fans, in celebrating the premiere of Battlestar Galactica’s last season.
  • April 25, 2006: Dr. Dolittle 3 was released on DVD in the United States. Luciana co-stars as a confident girl who excels at horseback riding while staying at a dude ranch. (discussion, screencaps)
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Happy Birthday, Luciana!

Happy Birthday! (Luciana as pregnant Gina in Snowglobe)

Happy Birthday! (Luciana as pregnant Gina in Snowglobe)

Our best and heartfelt wishes to this lovely and charming woman and very talented actress. We hope you enjoy your special day, and we wish you all the good things in life, and for your dreams to come true today, tomorrow and beyond. May you achieve your goals and find happiness in all aspects of your life.

♥ Happy Birthday, Luciana! ♥

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Luciana cast in “Hatfields & McCoys” pilot

Excellent news! Luciana has booked a role in the TV-pilot Hatfields & McCoys, which is currently being filmed in Boston for NBC. According to IMDb, Luciana will play a character named Treena McCoy.

As American readers will probably have guessed, the pilot is based on the infamous feud between the McCoy and Hatfield families which took place in the late 19th century. In this version, however, the old feud between the wealthy Hatfields and blue collar McCoys breaks out again in present-day Pittsburgh.

The production stars Virginia Madsen, James Remar and Rebecca De Mornay, among others, with Charlize Theron working behind the scenes as producer.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed this gets picked up as full series!

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March anniversaries

At the beginning of each month, we look back at TV premieres, appearances at conventions, and other key dates in Luciana’s public life that occurred this month one or more years ago.

Luciana in The Chris Isaak Show episode "Run Yola Run"

Luciana in The Chris Isaak Show episode “Run Yola Run”

In March, TV episodes of several series aired, a movie was released on DVD and Luciana attended a couple a conventions:

  • March 23, 1081: It all started when Luciana was born in Toronto, Canada.
  • March 4, 2002: The episode “Scam Artists” of comedy series Point Blank premieres in Canada, Luciana plays a character named Maria.
  • March 11 + 25, 2004: Luciana’s last two episodes of Canadian TV show The Chris Isaak Show, “Run Yola Run” (screen caps) and “Suspicion” (screen caps), air on Showtime.
  • March 16-18, 2007: Luciana attends the Dallas All Con, along with former Battlestar castmate Kate Vernon. (Fanboard thread)
  • March 23, 2007: A Battlestar Galactica season three finale party is held in Los Angeles, with Luciana, Bodie Olmos and Michael Trucco as special guests.
  • March 26-28, 2010: Luciana returns to her hometown for the Toronto Comic Con. Her Battlestar Galactica and Caprica castmates Kandyse McClure and Magda Apanowicz also attend. (Toronto Comic Con posts on this blog)
  • March 15, 2011: Luciana’s movie Urgency is released on DVD in the US. The movie stars Brian Austin Green as husband of Luciana’s character.
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NCIS: Los Angeles “The Chosen One” – screen caps

Here are some screen caps of Luciana from her guest appearance in the NCIS: Los Angeles episode “The Chosen One”.
Luciana played Gloria Seggara, a member of a terrorist cell that planned a suicide bombing.

Slight spoilers below

Gloria Seggara was very different from the roles Luciana has played so far, and it’s always wonderful to see her portray something new. It was probably the first time she played a “real” villain, or at least that’s what it would have seemed like at first glance when we saw that she was a member of the terrorist group, but it soon became clear this wasn’t really the case. Of course, she participated in a plot to kill lots of innocent people, which certainly would qualify her as a villain, but the way she was recruited into the terrorist cell makes it clear she herself was also a victim of these terrorists.

Gloria’s story was a tragic one, a woman with a troubled past who was recruited by the terrorists and whose wish to be understood and loved and belong somewhere made her blind to how terrible the things the terror cell planned were. It practically allowed them to completely brainwash her and make her believe in their twisted opinions about their “cause”.
Luciana does a very good job portraying this troubled and mislead woman and despite the horrifying plan she participates in, you can’t help but feel sorry for Gloria. Particularly when you see what the leader of the terrorists ask her to do for him and his plan.

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NCIS Los Angeles posts on this blog

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February anniversaries

On the first of each month, we look back at TV premieres, appearances at conventions, and other key dates in Luciana’s public life that occurred this month one or more years ago.

Luciana in the BSG episode "Scar"

Luciana in the BSG episode “Scar”

February saw the premieres of many TV episodes and a convention:

  • February 4, 2003: Luciana guest stars in Smallville, episode 2.04 “Rush”. She would return to the series for a second episode several years later, playing a different character.
  • February 9 + 23, 2003: Luciana guest stars in Canadian TV series Da Vinci’s Inquest, appearing in two episodes, “The Ducks Are Too Depressing” and “You Got Monkey Chatter” . (Fanboard thread)
  • February 5, 2004: Luciana returns as Tanya to The Chris Isaak Show for “The Little Mermaid”, the fifth of her seven episodes. (Screen caps)
  • February 29, 2004: Luciana appears as a character named Rose in the Still Life episode, “Not Fade Away”. (Fanboard thread)
  • February 20, 2005: Luiana’s third and final The L Word episode, “Life, Loss, Leaving”, airs on Showtime. (screen caps)
  • February 3, 2006: The Battlestar Galactica season two episode “Scar” premieres, with Kat being a central part of the story.
  • February 27 – March 1, 2009: Luciana attends Megacon 2009 in Orlanda together with Battlestar Galactica castmates James Callis (Gaius Baltar), Jen Halley (Diana “Hardball” Seelix) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six)
  • February 5, 19 and 26, 2010: Luciana guest stars in the Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica as PR advisor Priyah Magnus in the three episodes “Reins of a Waterfall”, “Gravedancing” and “There Is Another Sky”. (Caprica posts on this blog, Caprica pictures)

Reins of a Waterfall

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