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| Birth Name(s) : Lucille Francis Ryan |
Date of Birth: March 29, 1968 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Robert G. Tapert |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Lucy Lawless Biography
Lucy Lawless was born in New Zealand and attended Auckland University for a year, studying German, Italian and French. She then left for Europe and travelled with boyfriend Garth Lawless earning travelling money by picking grapes.
Lucy later decided to try her hand at acting and debuted in the TV series "Funny Business" (1989). In 1995, the role of "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1985) came along and she fit the part perfectly. She has since gained an international fan base and brought the television series much success. |
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Additional Lucy Lawless Biography
Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.
At 19, Lucy became pregnant. In 1988, Lucy and Garth married in Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy Lawless (born July 15, 1988). The couple divorced in 1995. Lawless married Xena executive producer, Robert Tapert, on March 28, 1998. Lawless and Tapert have two sons: Julius Robert Bay Tapert (born October 16, 1999) and Judah Miro Tapert (born May 7, 2002), both born in Auckland, New Zealand.
Lawless had a guest role in New Zealand TV series Shark in the Park (1990), around the same time as future Xena actor Karl Urban.
In 1994, Lawless appeared in Hercules and the Amazon Women, the pilot film for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. In the episode, she played a man-hating Amazon named Lysia. Her key role was given to her when she was asked to play a villainous warrior woman named Xena in an episode entitled "The Warrior Princess" which aired in March 1995. Vanessa Angel had originally been cast in the role, but fell ill and was unable to travel to New Zealand for shooting. To differentiate between Xena and the similar Lysia, Lawless' hair was dyed dark brown. Xena subsequently returned in two more episodes of Hercules' first season.
Xena underwent a change of heart over the course of her several Hercules episodes, and decided to devote her life to fighting for good to make up for her past misdeeds. The character was popular enough that a spin-off series was created for her. Xena: Warrior Princess debuted on 4 September 1995 (although Lawless appeared as yet another character, Lyla, in two episodes of Hercules entitled "As Darkness Falls" and "Outcast").
In 1997, Lawless was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine. Days earlier on 6 May 1997, Lawless inadvertently exposed one of her breasts as she concluded a performance of the US national anthem at an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, California between the Mighty Ducks and Detroit Red Wings. Lawless was quoted in Newsweek as saying "Obviously, I was mortified... It was quite a bit more exposure than I want."
Lawless has a cult following in the lesbian community, largely because of her role as Xena and Xena's ambiguous relationship with travelling companion Gabrielle. Although Lawless is heterosexual, she appreciates her gay and lesbian fans and has appeared at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. In a 2003 interview with Lesbian News magazine, she said that she had come to see Xena and Gabrielle's relationship as gay after viewing the series finale, though she has also stated on several occasions that she was undecided on the nature of the relationship whilst playing the role.
Lawless competed as one of the celebrity singers on the reality TV show Celebrity Duets, which premiered August 29, 2006, on the U.S. Fox channel. She finished runner-up to Alfonso Ribeiro.
Lawless will provide the voice of Goldmoon for Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, a direct-to-DVD animated movie based on the novel of the same name. The movie is scheduled for release in 3rd quarter 2007. In addition, she will provide the voice for Wonder Woman in the direct-to-video animated movie Justice League: The New Frontier.
She also guest starred in the USA network series Burn Notice on September 13, 2007. She played a supposedly stressed out woman who claimed her ex-husband ran away with her kid, but really turns out to be a hitwoman.
On October 21, 2007, she guest starred as Larry David's date on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, after Larry's wife Cheryl leaves him.
Since her role as Xena, Lawless has pursued a new career in singing after being a contestant on Celebrity Duets. She made her onstage debut at the Roxy in Hollywood on January 13, 2007. Lawless was welcomed by a sold out crowd for back-to-back concerts.
List Of Concerts:
- January 13 - 14, 2007 - The Roxy Theater; Los Angeles
- May 31 - June 1-2, 2007 - The Canal Room; New York City
- October 5-6, 2007 - Buddy Guy's Legends; Chicago
List Of Concert DVDs:
- Come To Mama: Lucy Lawless In Concert: The Roxy Theater In Hollywood
- Gimme Some, Sugar: Lawless, NYC
The planet's nickname "Xena" was widely used in the press. So popular did the name become that, when the New Scientist magazine polled the public on their preferred final name for the tenth planet, "Xena" ranked no. 4. . Lawless rang Mike Brown in December 2005 to thank him for his "senseless act of beauty," and claimed that she "never dared hope would stick." .
Although planet "Xena" is now officially known as "Eris", Brown made an indirect tribute to Lawless by naming Eris's moon Dysnomia after the Greek goddess of lawlessness. |
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