Happy Birthday, Luciana!

It’s March 23 again, that means it’s the birthday of a wonderful, lovely person and very talented actress.

Happy birthday, Luciana!

May your dreams come true and may life give you everything you envision and all the goodness you deserve! Have a wonderful day and many happy returns!

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”

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

• March 23, 1981: 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.
• March 7, 21 and 28, 2014: Several episodes of Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore’s new scifi/horror series Helix, with Luciana as Anana, premiere.

February 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 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.
• 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)
• February 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2014: Several episodes of Helix, a scifi/horror series produced by Syfy, premiere with Luciana as Anana.

Reins of a Waterfall

January anniversaries

A happy New Year to everyone! Hopefully 2015 will be a wonderful year for all of our readers, and for Luciana!

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 I want to Marry Ryan Banks

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).
• January 1, 2006: Luciana has a guest appearance in the episode “Love Hurts” of Killer Instinct.
• 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.
• 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.
• January 16-18, 2009: Luciana attends a BSGcast frak party and the first live BSG prop auctions in Pasadena.
• January 29, 2013: The NCIS: Los Angeles episode “The Chosen One” airs, with Luciana guest starring as Gloria Seggara. (Posts on this blog)

September 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 and Richard Hatch at Dragon*Con (photo by Acanthine)

September has usually been a rather quiet month, but aside of the premiere of a BSG episode which was particularly interesting for fans of Kat and Luciana, she also attended one of the biggest conventions in the US:

• September 9, 2005: Battlestar episode “Final Cut” shows Kat suffering from an addiction to stims, and Kat truly becomes much more than a background character (Fanboard discussion, screen caps).
• September 18, 2007: The book “Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three” is released by Tor Books. It features an interview with Luciana and contains interesting information about a couple of scenes featuring Luciana which unfortunately were cut from the finished episodes (Fanboard discussion).
• September 4-7, 2009: Luciana attends Dragon*Con – one of the biggest genre conventions – together with many other Battlestar Galactica cast and crew (blog entries about Dragon*Con).