January anniversaries

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

A happy New Year to all of our readers! I wish you all the best for 2012.

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 as Kat in the BSG episode "The Hand of God"

Luciana as Kat in the BSG episode "The Hand of God"

As many TV series begin their seasons in January, this is a busy month, but there’s more than just TV premieres:

  • January 13, 2002: Luciana first appears as fun-loving Tanya on the comedy series The Chris Isaak Show — in episode 2.02 “The Devil Made Me Do It”. This became her biggest recurring role aside of BSG, very early in her career, and Luciana still loves that part a lot. (screen caps of this episode – but beware, these are sexy pics)
  • January 18, 2004: The made-for-TV comedy I Want to Marry Ryan Banks premieres on US TV (screen caps – again, quite sexy)
  • January 18 and 25, 2004: The pilot for TV series The L Word and the the second episode, “Let’s Do It”, air. (screen caps)
  • January 3, 2005: Luciana’s second episode of Battlestar Galactica, “The Hand of God” premieres on Sky One in Great Britain (where season one episodes were shown before they aired in the US). (Battlestar Galactica section at the fansite)
  • January 1, 2006: Luciana has a guest appearance in the episode “Love Hurts” of Killer Instinct. (Fansite page)
  • January 6 and 20, 2006: The Battlestar Galactica season two episodes “Resurrection Ship: Part 1″ and “Epiphanies” with Luciana as Kat premiere on Sci Fi. (Battlestar Galactica section at the fansite)
  • January 2009: Galactica Watercooler conducts a phone interview with Luciana. She chats about Kat’s relationship with Starbuck, and her feelings on set, amongst other things. (Fansite page)
  • January 16-18, 2009: Luciana attends a BSGcast frak party and the first live BSG prop auctions in Pasadena. (Fansite page)
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Deck the Halls premieres tonight

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Today is the day! Deck the Halls – based on the mystery novel of the same name by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark and featuring Luciana as a driver called Rosita – premieres today. It will air on TNT tonight (Dec. 20) at 9 P.M. (ET/PT) and in Canada on SuperChannel 1 also at 9 P.M. (ET/PT).

You can watch the preview clip here and see Santa point a gun at Luciana’s character. She must have been on his naughty list. ;-)

So, don’t forget to watch Deck the Halls tonight! And if you want to see more of Luciana this holiday season, you can always watch her other Christmas themed movie, Snowglobe, a comedy where Luciana and Christina Milian play sisters.

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Luciana to attend convention in Spain

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Excellent news for our Spanish friends: Luciana will attend Infinity Conventions’ “Dradis Contact” event in Sevilla, Spain. The convention takes place February 24-26, 2012. This will be Luciana’s seventh convention appearance in Europe and her first in Spain.


Kandyse McClure (Anastasia “Dee” Dualla on Battlestar Galactica) has also been announced for the event. Luciana and Kandyse have appeared at several conventions together, including once before in Europe when they both attended FedCon in Germany in 2010. They are a lovely team, so this convention should be heaps of fun.

Ticket prices range from 79 euros for a basic weekend pass to 299 euros for a limited “infinity pass” that includes a meet and greet as well as access to photo sessions and autographs. So far, Luciana and Kandyse are the only guests that have been announced for the con; it is not known how many there will be in total.

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December anniversaries

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

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 and her on screen husband in Snowglobe

Luciana and her on screen husband in Snowglobe

In December, Luciana’s final two BSG episodes and a lovely Christmas movie aired, and she also gave a very interesting and comprehensive interview:

  • December 1 and 8, 2006: Luciana’s final two episodes of Battlestar Galactica premiere on Syfy. On December 1, “Unfinished Business” airs, and on December 8 we bid farewell to Kat in “The Passage”. (Battlestar Galactica section at the fansite)
  • December, 2006: Galactica.TV conducts a long interview with Luciana, shortly after “The Passage” had aired. The interview was published in early January 2007.
  • December 15, 2007: Christmas-themed movie of the week Snowglobe airs on ABC Family. Luciana plays the pregnant and slightly sassy sister of the main character (played by Christina Milian). (Discussion and picture threads on the fanboard)
  • December 4-6, 2009: Luciana attends Steel City Con in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. (Steel City Con entries on this blog)
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First pictures from Deck the Halls

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

While we eagerly wait for the new season of Falling Skies, which will premiere next summer, we should not forget that another project of Luciana’s is just around the corner – Christmas-themed movie of the week, Deck the Halls. Starring Luciana as driver Rosita, and based on a mystery novel by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, Deck the Halls will air on December 20.

Just in time for the beginning of the holiday season, TNT has released the first pictures from Deck the Halls – and Luciana is in three of them. Luciana sports very curly hair, wearing a red sweater in the first pic, and wearing a suit in the last two stills, where she is obviously being held hostage along with Santa Claus. ;-)

(To browse the complete gallery, go here, click “Deck the Halls” on the left, then click “Photos” above the synopsis.)

Now look at these stills, then go back to my last post with the photo from Falling Skies. Could the difference be any bigger? A businesswoman in a suit here, a fierce resistance fighter there – and Luciana makes both of them look great! That’s what I love most about her job, it’s always amazing to see her portray characters who are so different.

Speaking of photos: Dennys Ilic has published another one of his wonderful shots of Luciana, just a few weeks after the Science Fiction Women calendar – which features a photo of Luciana from the same shoot – became available.

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