JENYA LANO
Jenya Lano has always been one of Johnny Ringo's favorite ladies.
Tall, tough, large chested, good hip to waist ratio, and insanely beautiful to boot. Ed Stipps at movietvcatfightalert makes a good assessment in my view when he guesses that Jenya holds the record for engaging in the most female fights during the course of a movie or a single episode from a t.v. show.
Writes Ed Stipps on August 11th 2005:
Ms. Lano had eight catfights in the fifth season episode of Xena: Warrior Princess titled "Succession."
She portrayed the evil Mavican who during the episode had five fights with Lucy Lawless as Xena and three with Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle. Most of these eight confrontations unfortunately followed the usual Xena catfight choreography, specifically a lot of exaggerated jumping and leaping together with other superwoman moves. I.e., not nearly as much realistic fighting as you would prefer. The fight scenes involving Jenya and Lucy Lawless were also impeded by the fact that Lucy's real life pregnancy was readily apparent despite the extended use by the production staff of above the waist camera angles. Ms. Lano's first and third fights with Renee O'Connor, each of which concluded with a clear winner, were the best in the episode.
Now that is something I never realized. I didn't know that Xena was pregant. Maybe that was an excuse for the producers to not let Mavican - Jenya Lano win these catfights. For anyone who reads the Catfight Report, obviously you know that I wanted Mavican - Jenya Lano to win every single one of those catfights against Xena in decisive fashion. Much like she did with Gabrielle! (for the most part)
Meow!
Jenya Lano is about as good as it gets for a bad girl. Strong, sexy, red headed, luscious body, all the goods. Of course, now it's 2011, and it's been a long time since we seen her in film and TV. But, along with Callisto (Hudson Leick) I think she was one of the top female bad girls that I would have liked to see dominate Xena totally and completely in a catfight or two. Or three. Well, ok. four or five.
And a lot of other ladies for that matter.
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Speaking of other ladies...........Xena was not the only opportunity Jenya had to engage in a movie or tv catfight. Do any of you remember the series called "Mutant X"? It's been a good while now, but Jenya Lano was a guest star and took on Victoria Pratt.
Writes Edstips:
Jenya Lano has been in at least two other movie/t.v. catfights. The best of all of her female fights that I have seen is the above average bout she had with Victoria Pratt in the second season episode of the television series Mutant X called "Understudy."
I remember watching that episode back in the day. It had a fantastic buildup but I don't feel it delivered much at the end but would agree with Edstips above that it was "above average". I can't find the video or a good description of it out there so I don't have much more to add here.
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However, there are a couple more Jenya Lano catfights to add. She also had a very bad catfight with Traci Lords in the movie Deathlands. I don't mean "bad" in the "good" way either. As in "Bad ass". No, I mean it was bad.
Ed Stips agrees:
Ms. Lano had a brief, very disappointing fight with Traci Elizabeth Lords in the science fiction film Deathlands (2003). A nice buildup but a big letdown.
Actually, I remember catching that movie on TV and sitting all the way through it because of the great buildup. And, yes, there was very little contact at all and it was all over very quickly if memory serves me and I remember feeling bummed.
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A 4th movie with a pathetic Jenya Lano catfight was a movie called "Killing Cupid". She and a blond girl played by ??? engage in a two on one catfight with Asian lady Karen Kim. It is fast paced, with constant cutaways to a male vs male fight going on. Worse, this Youtube clip below doesn't show a clear winner. I didn't watch the film so I can't say.
See Jenya Lano & ??? vs Karen Kim in Killing Cupid below:
http://youtu.be/VX0UWoJY81w
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Also, I remember an episode from Charmed where Jenya Lano played Inspector Sheridan. If I remember correctly..........I do believe Jenya landed a one punch knockout on either Piper (Holly Marie Combs) or Paige (Rose McGowan).
I could be wrong on that however.
The fact remains.
Jenya Lano has been in at least 4-5 TV/Movie catfights and just seems like a lady that is not only sexy, but could kick a lot of ass at the same time. Therefore, she is a good candidate for induction into the Catfight Report Hall of Fame as there are very few actresses out there that come close to that level of catfights in movies whatsoever.
Granted, most of these catfights were very bad. But, I think her peformance in Xena really boosted her strong, and that was the ultimate determining factor that pushed her into top contention for our Hall of Fame along with her other (even if weak) catfights.
Here are some movies and shows Jenna played in where some good "possible" catfights "could have" taken place if the producers had been more attentive and wrote the scripts to highlight more female vs female story situations.
Ten Till Noon
Jenya Lano vs Rayne Guest
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Erosion
Jenya Lano vs Charis Michelson
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In Charmed (TV Series)
Jenya Lano vs Alyssa Milano
Jenya Lano vs Rose McGowan
Jenya Lano vs Holly Marie Combs
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Ghost Rock
Jenya Lano vs Adrienne Barbeau
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S.W.A.T.
Jenya Lano vs Michelle Rodriguez
(wow, that would have been hot!)
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Stealing Candy
Jenya Lano vs Julie St Claire
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Blood Money
Jenya Lano vs Jennifer Gatti
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In any case, speculation or actual catfights aside, I Johnny Ringo certify that Jenya Lano has the skills and ability to be inducted into the Catfight Report Hall of Fame.
Congratulations Jenya Lano!
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Does she deserve this high honor?
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