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 Urgency

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

• March 4, 2002: The episode “Scam Artists” of comedy series Point Blank premieres in Canada. Not much is known, other than that the name of Luciana’s character is 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. (Fansite page)
• 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. (Urgency page on the Fansite)

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 Jen Halley at Megacon 2009 in Orlando (photo by Ross Nordeen)

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. (Smallville page on the fansite)
• 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. (Battlestar Galactica section at the fansite)
• 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) (pictures and videos at the Fansite)
• February 5, 19 and 26: 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)

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"

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)