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Lucy Lawless
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| Born | Lucille Frances Ryan (1968-03-29) 29 March 1968 (age 56) Mount Albert, Auckland, |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouses | Garth Lawless (m. 1988; div. 1995) |
| Children | 3 |
Lucille Frances Ryan (born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealandactress. When she was twenty years old, she got her first acting job in the TV program Funny Business. In 1994, she started in a small role on Hercules, where she became involved her current husband. In 1995, she starred in her first television series, Xena: Warrior Princess, becoming in an international star in this role. In 1995, she divorced her first husband with whom she had been with since she was 18.
Lawless is also known for her role as D'anna Biers in the TV series Battlestar Galactica between 2005 and 2008. During a break in 1997 between filming seasons on Xena, Lawless made her onstage debut singing songs on Broadway as Rizzo in the remake of the musical play Grease.
Since her role as Xena, Lawless has pursued a new career in singing after being a contestant on Celebrity Duets. She sang at the Roxy in Hollywood in 2007, and has since performed regularly in concerts and released several CDs. She has a contralto singing range.
Early life
[change | change source]She was born in Auckland on 29 March 1968. Lawless' mother, Julie, was teacher, and her father, Frank, was mayor. She has 6 brothers. She had bulimia and Depression.
Lawless began acting in secondary school, attending Marist College, New Zealand, in Mount Albert. She studied foreign languages at Auckland University for a year before dropping out and leaving for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel to Germany and Switzerland. The couple then
Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless won international fame in 1995 with Xena: Warrior Princess, a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. A rare female hero on television, Xena was hailed as both a feminist and gay icon, and appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, feminist trailblazer Ms, and men's magazine Maxim. Since shooting the last scene of Xena in New Zealand in 2001, Lawless has acting extensively, sung, and directed feature-length documentary Never Look Back.
Lucy F Lawless grew up in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert, as Lucy Francis Ryan. Her family of seven was mainly made up of brothers; her father was longtime Mount Albert Mayor Frank Ryan. She appeared in her first musical at age 10, and considered becoming a singer. But university studies in opera and languages were abandoned after she decided that opera would mean compromising her own mantra of being the best she could at everything she tried.
At the age of 18 she set off to Europe on her OE, picking grapes in Germany and goldmining in the Australian Outback. While in Australia she got pregnant, returning with partner Garth Lawless to New Zealand.
In 1987 Lawless was invited to join sketch comedy series Funny Business. She stayed with the show for two and a half seasons, then later moved to Vancouver, where she spent eight months studying drama.
The next five years saw Lawless appearing in a run of small roles in Kiwi television and film, plus the occasional advert. She was a genetically-engineered assassin on miniseries Typhons' People, and a member of the Greenpeace crew in The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. There were also appearances in classic movie The End of the Golden Weather, and episodes of Marlin Bay, Ray Bradbury Theatre, and police show Shark in the Park. Shortland Street though, was not to be: Lawless failed to win a part on the long-running soap.
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PERSONAL
Original name, Lucille Frances Ryan; born March 28, 1968, in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand; daughter of Frank (a banker and mayor) and Julie Ryan; married Garth Lawless (a bar manager), 1988 (divorced, 1995); married Robert G. Tapert (a producer, director, and writer), March 28, 1998; children: (first marriage) Daisy; (second marriage) Julius Robert Bay, Judah Miro. Education: Attended University of Auckland; studied drama at William Davis Center for Actors Study, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1991; trained with martial arts master Douglas Wong.
Addresses:
Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist—Dominique Appel, Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor, West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career:
Actress and producer. Appeared in television commercials. As a pageant contestant, named Miss New Zealand, 1989. Singer and anthem performer at various events. Also worked as a miner in a gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Australia, and as a grape picker in Germany.
CREDITS
Television Appearances; Series:
Multiple roles, Funny Business (also known as Funny Bunny), [New Zealand], beginning 1989.
Helen, For the Love of Mike, [New Zealand], beginning 1991.
Cohost, Air New Zealand Holiday, [New Zealand], 1992–93.
Title role, Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995–2001.
Kathleen Clayton, Tarzan (also known as Tarzan & Jane), The WB, 2003.
Host, Warrior Women, Discovery Channel Canada, beginning 2003.
Television Appearances; Specials:
(In archive footage) Look Who's Famous Now, TV2 (New Zealand), 1999.
Lucy Lawless: Kiwi Superstar, [New Zealand], 2001.
Narrator, Gladiatrix, The Discovery Channel, 2002.
(In archive footage) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell, NBC, 2002.
Narrator, Totally Gayer, VH1, 2004.
(In archive footage) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri, NBC, 2004.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
The acclaimed actress Lucy Lawless has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for her portrayal as the fierce and fearless Xena, Warrior Princess.
Lucy describes her character as "a woman with the devil on her shoulder, who is constantly fighting the darker side of her own nature." Whether considered devil or angel, Xena has become a pop culture icon and hero.
Lucy was born on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand. Almost six feet tall, with jet black hair and piercing blue eyes, Lucy is the fifth of seven children in her family. She has five brothers (4 older), and one sister. Her mother, Julie, is a homemaker and her father, Frank, is currently a councilor in Auckland.
Until the age of 8, she was very much a tomboy, following in her brothers footsteps. She was educated primarily in convent schools where she developed her interest in acting and began performing in numerous musicals and plays.
After graduating from high school in 1985 at the age of 17, Lucy attended Auckland University for 1 year. After that, she attended Wesley Intermediate and Marist Sisters College before her passion for adventure took her to Europe.
She traveled through Switzerland and then headed to Australia, sighing up with a gold mining company in Kalgoorie, a small town about 50 miles from Perth. She became one of the few women miners; doing the same work as men did - driving trucks, mapping, and digging.
In 1988 she married Garth Lawless, a bar manager and in the same year, Lucy had her first child; Daisy. During that year, she had her first real acting job on a New Zealand show called Funny Business. A year after that, she was crowned Mrs. New Zealand in 1989.
After several appearances in different New Zealand TV shows, Lucy moved to Vancouver, Canada in mid 1991 and studied for eight months at the William Davis Center for Actors Study. When she returned to New Zealand in 1992, she accepted a job to co-host Air New Zealand Holiday, a travel magazin
The acclaimed actress Lucy Lawless has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for her portrayal as the fierce and fearless Xena, Warrior Princess.
Lucy describes her character as "a woman with the devil on her shoulder, who is constantly fighting the darker side of her own nature." Whether considered devil or angel, Xena has become a pop culture icon and hero.
Lucy was born on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand. Almost six feet tall, with jet black hair and piercing blue eyes, Lucy is the fifth of seven children in her family. She has five brothers (4 older), and one sister. Her mother, Julie, is a homemaker and her father, Frank, is currently a councilor in Auckland.
Until the age of 8, she was very much a tomboy, following in her brothers footsteps. She was educated primarily in convent schools where she developed her interest in acting and began performing in numerous musicals and plays.
After graduating from high school in 1985 at the age of 17, Lucy attended Auckland University for 1 year. After that, she attended Wesley Intermediate and Marist Sisters College before her passion for adventure took her to Europe.
She traveled through Switzerland and then headed to Australia, sighing up with a gold mining company in Kalgoorie, a small town about 50 miles from Perth. She became one of the few women miners; doing the same work as men did - driving trucks, mapping, and digging.
In 1988 she married Garth Lawless, a bar manager and in the same year, Lucy had her first child; Daisy. During that year, she had her first real acting job on a New Zealand show called Funny Business. A year after that, she was crowned Mrs. New Zealand in 1989.
After several appearances in different New Zealand TV shows, Lucy moved to Vancouver, Canada in mid 1991 and studied for eight months at the William Davis Center for Actors Study. When she returned to New Zealand in 1992, she accepted a job to co-host Air New Zealand Holiday, a travel magazin